Marcus Moore
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Software can be updated (and has been (for free), to include those features- except tracks, which isn’t a feature but a methodology). Hardware cannot (ok, sure internal components can, but not a zero cost to the user).
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Agreed. They won’t be releasing a new MacPro without Thunderbolt.
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[Craig Seeman] “Already been stated that something is coming this year. We don’t know when or what but they’ve indicated it will be of interest to “professionals.””
This ground has been covered before, but what’s coming isn’t nearly as vague as some might think.
Larry Jordan’s recent post “Will Apple Release a New MacPro”‘ has had the most even handed roundup on this:
https://www.larryjordan.biz/app_bin/wordpress/archives/2119
Basically, though the wording of Cooks email may not have been iron-clad…
Our Pro customers like you are really important to us. Although we didn’t have a chance to talk about a new Mac Pro at today’s event, don’t worry as we’re working on something really great for later next year.
…I think you have to really be trying to pull the wording apart to get the impression that Tim Cook is not talking about releasing a new MacPro.
But this all seems moot since, as per Larry’s article,
Shortly thereafter, Apple PR clarified that Tim’s comments were correct, that a new MacPro was slated for release in “early 2013.” This was reported by David Pogue, Technology Editor for the New York Times. Read David’s entire post here. (I confirmed this with David in a series of private emails after his column.)
So there you go. Unless something remarkable is afoot, it’s a new MacPro.
And even if the form factor does change (and I think it will in some way), why WOULDN’T it be called the MacPro anyway? Within their current naming conventions what else are they going to call it?
Because we’ve been going thru a couple of transitionary hardware cycles, things look way messier than they should. I think we’re going to see a refocusing of the product line as Apple finished these transitions.
Right now on the portables side, we have the MacBookAir, MacBookPro, and MacBookPro with Retina (and the iPad). Thin and light is applicable to all Mac laptops to a certain extent, and the Retina version of the MBP is only going to be around until they can commoditize the cost of the screen enough to get rid of the old model. In a year or two, I think we’ll just have (iPad), MacBook, and MacBookPro.
On the desktop side, there’s the MacMini, the iMac, and the MacPro. The iMac name doesn’t really make sense anymore, as “i” is now synonymous with the iOS stuff- however it’s a brand name that people recognize, so I’m sure it’s been tough for Apple to consider dropping it. But it would make a lot more sense if there were simply the MacMini, the Mac, and the MacPro.
But all this is to say that MacPro is the only name that makes sense based on how they’re naming they’re products, regardless of what it ends up looking like.
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Actually…. That I’m pretty sure they do every year!
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I doubt we’ll ever see Apple with a booth again, and you’re right, they’re always there. But the question is whether the FCP team will be there to observe… or to present?
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As far as I know, Apple have no history of releasing new hardware at NAB. It’s only ever been Final Cut (and support apps) previews. And I know I’ll be plenty happy if that tradition continues this year.
I think WWDC is a much more likely venue for premiering any new MacPro. It was the lack of an update at WWDC last year that caused the uproar which ultimately led to Tim Cook and Apple PR’s statements on a new machine coming in 2013.
Last year Phil Schiller asked the crowd if they wanted to see what a next generation MacBookPro would look like- this year perhaps they’ll do the same thing with the MacPro.
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This is completely off-topic, but what you said in relation to Maps was COMPLETELY inaccurate in every way possible.
Point 1: Apple and Google could not agree on terms about Maps. In short, Apple wanted turn-by-turn directions and vector maps for faster downloads (like Google was supplying on Android). Google wanted more access to iPhone user personal info. Neither was willing to give the other what they wanted. So Google wasn’t “kicked off”, Apple and Google both walked away from the agreement. Apple replaced Google’s back end data with their own set.
Point 2: If you look for news around that Australia issue. The info that left people in the middle of the desert (in a park I believe) when looking for a specific town wasn’t an error in Apple’s maps, but one in the data set supplied by the Australian government. And as reported a day or two later was ALSO in Google’s map data as well.
Point 3: Point 2 had absolutely nothing to do with when Google Maps was released on the iPhone. It was published when Google had it ready. It wasn’t “held back” by Apple, anymore than Google Search, or Google Voice, or Google Earth, or the YouTube apps were.
In the end both Apple and Google got what they wanted.
Apple isn’t in a position where they’re completely reliant on Google for core functionality to one of their fiercest rivals in the mobile space. Plus they put out of competitive product with the features they wanted, PLUS they now have a Google Maps version that has what they were asking for all along.
Google gets the access it wanted to the data that Google Maps users provide it (since you have to agree to that to use it) without Apple’s interference.
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Mark… Any talk about the AppleTV up to now is just analyst bullshit- there’s never been any solid information on whatever plans Apple might have in the TV market. There’s nothing BUT spin there.
The MacPro replacement was announced by Tim Cook for 2013. According to Larry Jordan’s recent article, Apple PR confirmed with David Pogue right after that he was talking about MacPro.
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I don’ think Apple has ever launched new hardware at NAB.
I’ll be thrilled if they’re at NAB with FCPX, I think a new MacPro is WAY more likely at an Apple controlled event like WWDC.
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Uh, yeah it is. Spring is from March 20 to June 20. WWDC is usually early June.
RE: Tim Cook’s email. That’s specifically not what they’re saying. They said this was a response statement to an enquiry to Apple from them. They could be wrong. They could be lying. But that’s what they said in their newsletter.