Cylindrical Apple Mac Pro goes retail

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Koniakki

2013-10-23 15:08

Can someone explain me the quoted text? "....dual workstation-class GPUs...." How??

#4681643

Loophole35

2013-10-23 15:10

Two fire-pro's?

#4681646

BLEH!

2013-10-23 15:14

The trashcan is built around a "thermal core" design, so the GPU faces inwards, built onto the mainboard as I understand it. Good design in theory but they could've implemented it in a far more aesthetically pleasing way.

#4681694

heffeque

2013-10-23 16:20

Can someone explain me the quoted text? "....dual workstation-class GPUs...." How??

Two fire-pro's?

From Mac Rumors: --- The Mac Pro features the latest Intel Ivy Bridge E Xeon processors with up to 12 cores, dual AMD FirePro GPUs, six Thunderbolt 2 ports, and PCIe-based flash storage with ECC memory, USB 3.0, and faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi. --- This thing won't be cheap though. Would like to see how these things fair in noise level taking into consideration the ammount of stuff that's in that small weird case.

#4681722

MM10X

2013-10-23 17:02

Can someone explain me the quoted text? "....dual workstation-class GPUs...." How??

The pictures on the G3d article don't show it well ... it uses 3 main boards in a triangular shape. This means the only replacable components are the RAM. Everything else is proprietary apple design. http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mac_pro_2013_cooling-566x500.png

#4681723

Glidefan

Moderator

2013-10-23 17:03

Can someone explain me the quoted text? "....dual workstation-class GPUs...." How??

They stuffed two FirePro graphics cards in an angle, sharing the same heatsink.

#4681747

Enticles

2013-10-23 17:32

This means the only replacable components are the RAM. Everything else is proprietary apple design. http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mac_pro_2013_cooling-566x500.png

Honestly, i didnt expect anything less from Apple. Everything is proprietary for them, and even the inter-changeable parts that a user can get hold of they charge an arm and a leg for! this is just one of the many reasons i refuse to purchase any apple products

#4681749

Loophole35

2013-10-23 17:34

Honestly, i didnt expect anything less from Apple. Everything is proprietary for them, and even the inter-changeable parts that a user can get hold of they charge an arm and a leg for! this is just one of the many reasons i refuse to purchase any apple products

This really isn't a consumer level product to begin with.

#4681753

vbetts

Moderator

2013-10-23 17:41

This really isn't a consumer level product to begin with.

This, and the hardware is proprietary to obtain the best design in size, thermal dissipation, and performance. Which they did a fantastic job at! For how much power this new Mac Pro in such a small compact design, that's pretty amazing.

#4682668

heffeque

2013-10-24 15:10

It looks like a dust bin.

Such an original comment. Congrats.

#4682697

bobdude

2013-10-24 15:30

It looks like a dust bin.

did you use google to come up with that?

#4682707

(.)(.)

2013-10-24 15:35

Whats the bet that this one leads to lay-offs at Apple.

#4682896

Fender178

2013-10-24 18:18

To me Apple did not redefine pro computing because to me majority of Pro computer users want to customize their computers such as adding more hard drives. The Older Mac Pros you could do that to an extent. This new Mac pro is not for the pro users who had used the older generation Mac Pros.

#4682897

heffeque

2013-10-24 18:20

To me Apple did not redefine pro computing because to me majority of Pro computer users want to customize their computers such as adding more hard drives. The Older Mac Pros you could do that to an extent. This new Mac pro is not for the pro users who had used the older generation Mac Pros.

You can add more hard drives. The thing is that they have to be connected by Thunderbolt instead of SATA.

#4682899

Fender178

2013-10-24 18:22

You can add more hard drives. The thing is that they have to be connected by Thunderbolt instead of SATA.

I stand corrected.

#4682906

heffeque

2013-10-24 18:29

I stand corrected.

Although I admit that it's kind of a bummer that after making the effort to make it compact, you have to add external hard drives and cables everywhere. Making it a bit bigger for space for upgrades would have been a better option for pros but... it's their design and they can do with it whatever they want. It's up to the consumers to decide if they want this small pro computer that you can't upgrade the internals and have to upgrade them via external addons.

#4685268

Andrew LB

2013-10-27 12:52

It looks like a dust bin.

Exactly! The first thing that came to mind when i saw it was 'trash can'. Then wondered how many people will end up throwing trash in it on accident. Me: "so you don't like such strong coffee?" co-worker: "nah, i tossed it in the waste basket. btw, people typically keep them UNDER their desks. You're a weird guy Andrew" You guys gotta admit, it's a guarantee some idiot will do something like this.

#4685275

Loophole35

2013-10-27 13:07

Although I admit that it's kind of a bummer that after making the effort to make it compact, you have to add external hard drives and cables everywhere. Making it a bit bigger for space for upgrades would have been a better option for pros but... it's their design and they can do with it whatever they want. It's up to the consumers to decide if they want this small pro computer that you can't upgrade the internals and have to upgrade them via external addons.

Not really, you can daisy chain thunder bolt, or use a server for storage. Most of the time these will be setup in an office setting with a couple main servers for backup and data storage nothing is left on the computer itself.