New MP Upgradeable? Maybe so…

[Craig Seeman]

I think that assuming a machine can be serviced, parts can be replaced.

My own thinking is that just as one might have to bring in a MBP to have the battery replaced, there may be a means to do the equivalent with the GPU in the new MacPro for example. Given the apparent custom design of the board the GPU sits on, one does have to wonder whether the GPU makers will make such cards which would, most likely, require a purchase from Apple and brought in to their stores for actual install.

[Charlie Austin]

[Craig Seeman] ” one does have to wonder whether the GPU makers will make such cards which would, most likely, require a purchase from Apple and brought in to their stores for actual install.”

Agreed. But, like anything, if a company sees a potential revenue stream, they will make the product. If this thing sells, I would think vendors will step up to the plate…

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Ridley Walker]

Or it could be the new G4 Cube. Sexy but doomed.

One of the benefits of the current MacPro design is housing the PCIe boards, HDDs/SSDs, the new design means everything a connected peripheral, a tangle of TB and USB cables.

[Charlie Austin]

[Ridley Walker] “Or it could be the new G4 Cube. Sexy but doomed.”

Well, sure. One would hope Apple has learned from that experience, but who knows…

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Brandon Cordy]

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[Larry Towers]

Even if it were to be “upgradeable” its standard interconnects for all of the parts means number of options will be ridiculously limited and expensive.

[Mark Dobson]

[Ridley Walker] “the new design means everything a connected peripheral, a tangle of TB and USB cables.”

If you’ve got the iMac that’s pretty much what you’ll see out the back – but tangle is probably too strong a description. The thunderbolt cables are too thick to tangle – they just dangle !

I’ve got a bunch of thunderbolt cables loosely held together with a velcro strap so that when I disconnect my external drives everything stays more or less in place.

One thing I thought strange in the presentation was that you could swing the back of the new Mac Pro towards you to connect cables. But if you have some connected already this will not work and you’ll have to lean over to see the pretty lights from behind.

[Ridley Walker]

[Mark Dobson] “One thing I thought strange in the presentation was that you could swing the back of the new Mac Pro towards you to connect cables. But if you have some connected already this will not work and you’ll have to lean over to see the pretty lights from behind.
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Yup. Seems like the brilliant Jony Ives doesn’t actually use a MacPro as most of us do.

The machine looks like it will scream but at this point, when I upgrade from my current MacPro rig, I’m more likely to build a Hackintosh with Thunderbolt for the flexibility and expansion options it would provide.

[Charlie Austin]

[Mark Dobson] ” But if you have some connected already this will not work and you’ll have to lean over to see the pretty lights from behind.”

Or you could, you know, leave a little slack in your bundle of cables… 🙂

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~”It is a poor craftsman who blames his tools.”~
~”The function you just attempted is not yet implemented”~

[Rick Lang]

Speaking of sexy and R2D2, I don’t know how turned on you would be by this concept:

If there is a glass that is a good conductor of heat comparable to the cylinder metal housing of the Mac Pro Tube, I’d like to see the option of a glass cylindrical enclosure revealing all those sexy parts reminiscent of the old iMacs. I’d put it on my desktop behind my screens even if the noisy peripherals were in my cabinets.

Rick Lang

iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB