WWDC 2012: No New Mac Pro

[Laco Gaal]

it says “new” in the store.
But I don’t know what has changed…
https://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro

[John Pilgrim]

[Laco Gaal] “it says “new” in the store.
But I don’t know what has changed…”

Seemingly different chips but still from the Westmere family, not Sandy Bridge E.
That means we retain dual Westmeres’ max 40 channels of PCI-E bandwidth,
probably still laid out x16 x16 x4 x4.
No (meaningful) motherboard or case updates.

Cubix, HP, Asus and Supermicro are happy today.

[Robert Houllahan]

Wow super lame from Snapple iThing pad phone tvo Co. Maybe we should run Resolve on the cloud from out iPhone.

-Rob-

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[Arthur Dobbe]

Total disappointment, and not going to buy it. Apple really doesn’t want my money ;-(

[Sascha Haber]

Yes they do, but not give you anything for it than a glorified netbook

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[Robert Houllahan]

The new Macbook “Pro” has some interesting features but I am glad I got a 17″ MBP a few months ago. As fast as any laptop can be they are not a real substitute for a serious desktop machine especially in terms of GPU performance.

I think it is pretty clear what direction that Apple is going in and that it does not really include heavy professional application use like what we all do in the Film/TV industry.

-Rob-

Robert Houllahan
Director / Colorist
Cinelab Inc.
http://www.cinelab.com

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[Tim Wilson]

[John Pilgrim] “Cubix, HP, Asus and Supermicro are happy today.”

Don’t forget ProMAX and Dell! 🙂

Tim Wilson
Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW Magazine
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[Laco Gaal]

I think this is a clear message: the Mac Pro line is not dead.
We just have to wait some more to get the refreshed ones with Thunderbolt, usb3, etc.etc.

[Arthur Dobbe]

Yeah, new rumors:

https://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/11/david-pogue-new-imacs-and-mac-pros-coming-probably-in-2013/

Another year of waiting …..

At least it looks like they got the message that there is need for a Mac Pro like desktop.

[Juan Salvo]

I think the clear message from Apple to Pro users requiring pci & serious gpus is “go f*ck yourself!”

At least that’s my take away.

This is definately a must read now:
https://www.blackmagic-design.com/media/3358649/Resolve%20Win%20Config%20Guide%20Mar%202012.pdf

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