Now that's a Mac Pro

[ack]

http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ - avoid Firefox

 

[GaryProtein]

and it's so small!

6.6" x 9.9" cylinder

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I'm no Mac fan, but their design and innovation is second to none!

 

[Steve Williams]

It really is an amazing computer and even made in the USA. I hope KeithW isn't going to tell us that it us a rehash or remake stolen from some other company.

 

[FrantzM]

It really is an amazing computer and even made in the USA. I hope KeithW isn't going to tell us that it us a rehash or remake stolen from some other company.

Huh ... Steve. We don't know yet how good it is. I would grant you that it is likely a great performer

 

[Steve Williams]

Agreed but what is there about it that concerns you?

I've never seen such a powerful home computer wrapped in such a small box. It seems well designed and well thought out. The question is whether the new OS Mavericks will run without bugs on it

 

[joeinid]

At first glance I wasn't crazy about it. It has since been growing on me and can't wait for user feedback to start pouring in by the end of this year.

 

[GaryProtein]

Agreed but what is there about it that concerns you?

I've never seen such a powerful home computer wrapped in such a small box. It seems well designed and well thought out. The question is whether the new OS Mavericks will run without bugs on it

Mavericks will probably run on the new MacPro just fine. My concern is with machines of earlier vintages.

 

[Steve Williams]

Mavericks will probably run on the new MacPro just fine. My concern is with machines of earlier vintages.

I was being facetious as I have no doubt that it will function fine.

Mavericks will only work for latest models

 

[GaryProtein]

Do you know the recent older processors it is compatible with?

 

[asiufy]

The new OS will run on all the Macs that run the existing OS, Mountain Lion.

 

[audioguy]

So where is Keith_W when you need him to tell us this is just another version of something that the Android can probably already do and has no real innovation as part of this announcement.

 

[Steve Williams]

So where is Keith_W when you need him to tell us this is just another version of something that the Android can probably already do and has no real innovation as part of this announcement.

http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showt...at-s-a-Mac-Pro&p=198345&viewfull=1#post198345

 

[asiufy]

Serious, honest question here...

Any of you think that Samsung would be able to come up with something like the Mac Pro?
Or Google for that matter...



alexandre

 

[amirm]

Apple released some new pictures of Mac Pro, showcasing additional functionality.

What you may need when you run into an app that only runs on Windows:

Yum! First Mac that is good enough to eat from!

Or you could put it on your front door and get every heard to turn as folks drive by:

And the dark side:

So no, there is nothing like it on the Windows side. They all just do what a computer does. The above "apps" are exclusive to Apple.

[Brother Keith, I have your back!]

 

[Steve Williams]

Apple released some new pictures of Mac Pro, showcasing additional functionality.

What you may need when you run into an app that only runs on Windows:

Yum! First Mac that is good enough to eat from!

Or you could put it on your front door and get every heard to turn as folks drive by:

And the dark side:

So no, there is nothing like it on the Windows side. They all just do what a computer does. The above "apps" are exclusive to Apple.

[Brother Keith, I have your back!]

Have his back!! Man you're going to take the bullet for him

 

[Keith_W]

I don't see what's so great about it. It has a 12 core Xeon, an SSD, AMD Firepro cards, and it will probably cost a bomb. It just looks nice, I will give them that. But - it is not expandable, and I would like to know whether it is possible to upgrade HDD's internally without buying overpriced hardware from Apple.

So yes, there is nothing like this in the Windows world, unless you buy a Mac Pro, get rid of its useless operating system and install something proper like Windows on it Even though that is an option, I wouldn't do it. Why - because I build my own computers. I value most is versatility and upgradability over anything pretty and proprietary any day.

 

[amirm]

Have his back!! Man you're going to take the bullet for him

In the words of Jessica Rabbit: I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Jessica, when you want to run a Windows-only app on a Mac, you run Windows. In a window (smal w, stands for "where Microsoft got this idea). On a Mac. With OSX and its app running in another widow. Simultaneously. Of course you probably woudln't want to. As I like to say, you can run Windows on a Mac, but it's sort of like running International Harvester on a Jaguar.

Tim

 

[amirm]

Jessica, when you want to run a Windows-only app on a Mac, you run Windows. In a window (smal w, stands for "where Microsoft got this idea). On a Mac. With OSX and its app running in another widow. Simultaneously. Of course you probably woudln't want to. As I like to say, you can run Windows on a Mac, but it's sort of like running International Harvester on a Jaguar.

Tim

I know all of that Tim. The main automation system we install for our higher end customers is Savant which actually uses a Mac Mini internally and can only be programmed on a Mac. Our programmers which includes my son have to use the dual environment because with the exception of Savant, none of the other systems we program is supported in Mac OS. Parallels works for the most parts but there are quirks at times with the way the hardware is virtualized.

As Keith said, we can build our own PCs at the precise moment a new processor is available from AMD and Intel. We don't need to wait for Apple to build us a new fast computer. You likely know about the uproar for the last few months where people thought Apple had given up on building desktops. Someday Apple will decide to go all laptop and on that day, you won't get to disagree if you are a Mac user. My high-end computing consists of Photoshop and Premier and I have always built super high power PCs for it. When running those apps, it is just like the Mac as far as experience so no difference. My desktop is also hidden in my office furniture and I fee no desire to cook Shabu Shabu on it.