New Mac Pro or EOL coming soon?

[Chris Harlan]

[Jeremy Garchow] “There’s plenty of ways to make ProRes movies from an external hardware recorder from a baseband video source.
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Or I could buy a copy of Episode Engine for the price of the Macbook Pro and TBolt drive. Of course, that seems just dumb.

[Jeremy Garchow] “Did you read today that 51% of US households have an Apple product (according to a cnbc poll)? Craziness.
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A kick in the pants, huh? Who knew there were so many Professionals out there.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Chris Harlan] “Or I could buy a copy of Episode Engine for the price of the Macbook Pro and TBolt drive. Of course, that seems just dumb.”

I’m just saying, you don’t need a Mac or Episode to deliver ProRes, and they are cheaper than an MBP.

[Chris Harlan] “A kick in the pants, huh? Who knew there were so many Professionals out there.”

Yes, considering Windows has an 85% OS share, iOSX has it’s work cut out for it in the Pro department.

[Chris Harlan]

[Jeremy Garchow] “[Chris Harlan] “Or I could buy a copy of Episode Engine for the price of the Macbook Pro and TBolt drive. Of course, that seems just dumb.”

I’m just saying, you don’t need a Mac or Episode to deliver ProRes, and they are cheaper than an MBP.
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I thought I knew what you were talking about, but maybe I don’t. What are the cheeper ways? Sounds intriguing.

[Jeremy Garchow]

AJA KiPro mini
Atomos Ninja/Samurai
Sound Devices Pix

And probably another one I’m missing at the moment.

[Chris Harlan]

Here’s part of the 51%

https://www.wimp.com/dadipad/

[Tapio Haaja]

What I read Ivy Bridge server processors are coming out next fall so I guess there is possibility that Apple don’t want to release new MacPro now with much delayed Sandy bridge server processor but instead will wait to Ivy Bridge server processors because with Ivy Bridge they can have USB3 ports and possible next-gen thunderbolt ports. And I guess Macbook Pro refresh what we’ll propably see in a month will include USB3 ports. So do they wan’t to release new MacPro now with features that are somewhat worse than in their Macbook Pro?

So I guess there’s possibility that we won’t know until next fall if MacPro is EOL.

Best
Tapio Haaja

On-Air Promotion Producer
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[Andrew Richards]

[Tapio Haaja] “What I read Ivy Bridge server processors are coming out next fall…”

Given how much trouble Intel had shipping the Sandy Bridge E5 Xeons, and the fact that Ivy Bridge is using their new 3D tri-gate transistors, I wouldn’t bet on an on-time launch for Ivy Bridge E5 Xeons. Unless by “next fall” you mean Fall 2013, then I’d be pretty confident they’ll ship by then.

[Tapio Haaja] “…so I guess there is possibility that Apple don’t want to release new MacPro now with much delayed Sandy bridge server processor but instead will wait to Ivy Bridge server processors because with Ivy Bridge they can have USB3 ports and possible next-gen thunderbolt ports.”

I don’t see the logic. They waited this long for the E5 Xeon and would just skip a generation? Why? Either they’re in the market or they aren’t. Not shipping a Sandy Bridge Xeon Mac Pro is a tacit EOL, IMHO. Intel is’t going to continue producing the Gainestown and Westmere Xeons found in the current (2010) Mac Pro, so if the Mac Pro has a future, it lies with the chips that Intel is manufacturing.

Thunderbolt is of little consequence on a tower equipped with PCIe 3.0 slots that offer more than an order of magnitude greater bandwidth than Thunderbolt.

[Tapio Haaja] “And I guess Macbook Pro refresh what we’ll propably see in a month will include USB3 ports. So do they wan’t to release new MacPro now with features that are somewhat worse than in their Macbook Pro?”

USB3 can be added with a third party controller if Apple is worried about USB feature parity.

[Tapio Haaja] “So I guess there’s possibility that we won’t know until next fall if MacPro is EOL.”

As far as I’m concerned, we’ll know this month (April). If HP and other vendors are shipping E5-based workstations and Apple isn’t, then I’d say Apple is clearing the channel before quietly EOL-ing the Mac Pro as we know it.

Best,
Andy

[Tapio Haaja]

[Andrew Richards] “As far as I’m concerned, we’ll know this month (April). If HP and other vendors are shipping E5-based workstations and Apple isn’t, then I’d say Apple is clearing the channel before quietly EOL-ing the Mac Pro as we know it.”

Yeah I guess and hope you’re right. I’d really love to see new Macpro or EOL information soon so we can stop this speculating where Apple is heading 🙂

Best
Tapio Haaja

On-Air Promotion Producer
https://avseikkailuja.blogspot.com/

[Andrew Richards]

[Tapio Haaja] “I’d really love to see new Macpro or EOL information soon so we can stop this speculating where Apple is heading :)”

Amen to that!

Best,
Andy

[Chris Harlan]

[Andrew Richards] “[Tapio Haaja] “And I guess Macbook Pro refresh what we’ll propably see in a month will include USB3 ports. So do they wan’t to release new MacPro now with features that are somewhat worse than in their Macbook Pro?”

USB3 can be added with a third party controller if Apple is worried about USB feature parity.
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And why–after all this time–would Apple finally embrace USB3? Not that I don’t think they should. They should have done that a couple of years ago. But why would they now?