So who’s getting a new Mac Pro?
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Inspired by this Macskate, in the noughties I made a 1" thick polycarbonate 'skate' for my old MacPro (the old 4,1 cheesegrater).
Had 4 large, lockable castors and the skate body fitted around the legs of the MacPro to secure it.
Obviously, mine didn't look quite as sexy, but they only cost about £20, and made moving it around the office much easier.
Pity I had to move over to more portable machines once I started having to provide my own equipment on-site - so now I use a 21.5 iMac for on-site work, and a 27" one for the same at home (more or less the same specs, just different screens).
Had 4 large, lockable castors and the skate body fitted around the legs of the MacPro to secure it.
Obviously, mine didn't look quite as sexy, but they only cost about £20, and made moving it around the office much easier.
Pity I had to move over to more portable machines once I started having to provide my own equipment on-site - so now I use a 21.5 iMac for on-site work, and a 27" one for the same at home (more or less the same specs, just different screens).
mmm-five said:
Inspired by this Macskate, in the noughties I made a 1" thick polycarbonate 'skate' for my old MacPro (the old 4,1 cheesegrater).
Had 4 large, lockable castors and the skate body fitted around the legs of the MacPro to secure it.
Obviously, mine didn't look quite as sexy, but they only cost about £20, and made moving it around the office much easier.
Pity I had to move over to more portable machines once I started having to provide my own equipment on-site - so now I use a 21.5 iMac for on-site work, and a 27" one for the same at home (more or less the same specs, just different screens).
Remove the computer, use Apple wheels. Skateboard! Had 4 large, lockable castors and the skate body fitted around the legs of the MacPro to secure it.
Obviously, mine didn't look quite as sexy, but they only cost about £20, and made moving it around the office much easier.
Pity I had to move over to more portable machines once I started having to provide my own equipment on-site - so now I use a 21.5 iMac for on-site work, and a 27" one for the same at home (more or less the same specs, just different screens).
GnuBee said:
Not sure how historical the issue is - the video I posted is by someone who is 26...
To be fair, MKBHD has lost the plot a bit over the years. He demonstrates Halo products for kids. He has an order out for a Tesla Roadster as well.And he's comparing the new Mac Pro with his other macs, which actually enforces OlonMusky's point.
That said, as others have said, these workstations are expensive to start with, but people (and certainly Marques) don't talk about 40k workstations if they're not created by Apple, just as we Europeans won't read any news about a new pick up someone other than Tesla has announced.
It has the regular Apple tax but less than you'd think, and as you can see by the reactions here some people will think that's validated by the user experience. I only hope that they have a set of well trained staff to work on these machines when needed.
The biggest issue with all Mac Pro's I can remember is that Apple just doesn't seem to care after it's released. The price stays the same but so do the components, which has made it's ancestors VERY expensive for what they are over the years. For example, right now we are seeing AMD taking over the entire roster of CPU's, blowing Intel out of the water in laptops, desktops and even server grade hardware.
But looking at it historically, the chances of a Mac Pro with an Epyc CPU are nearly non-existent (I'll eat my Apple stickers when that happens :P).
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