Apple has announced updated versions of their MacPro line of desktop workstations. You can preview the new systems here. You’d best hold on to your seat and pocket book as they are not cheap. The current listing is $4,995 for a dual Hex Core Mac Pro. No price listing yet on the 27″ monitors but they will boast the same resolution as the 27″ iMacs which is 2560 x 1440. It has built in iSite camera which would be expected. It also boasts a 49Watt stereo system which surprised me. There was also an upgrade announced to the iMac lineup with faster graphics and cpu’s as well as a trackpad device.
Now, I don’t usually rant much or at least I try not to but I have to say that for me, I’m really disappointed with this MacPro upgrade. There has been no upgrade to the total system what so ever. Apple slapped in a couple of new CPU’s, jacked the clock a tad on the Quad and Octo core machines and that is about it. The specifications for USB 3.0 and SATA III have been out for a considerable amount of time. There are scores of Windows platforms available which feature these newer interfaces. Apple has announced SSD drives but having a screaming drive hooked up to an old interface is just a bit if a joke. You are not going to get the performance you could be getting had you had a SATA III vs a SATA II interface.
I REALLY hope that the new FCP that is suppose to be “Awesome” is really what they are saying. If the new version of the MacPro is suppose to be Apple’s hardware version of “Awesome” me thinks there will be a lot of underwhelmed users.
So what are all of your thoughts?
1 comment
Steve says:
August 9, 2010 at 3:24 pm (UTC -7)
I agree with you on this, I feel like a lot of people on this.
Apple seems to be putting there high end Mac’s on the back burner.
I have been a Apple fan for over20 years and I do feel they have Slowed down on getting out the Pro Apps and Mac Pro’s
Apple knows that it has Loyalest out there. We hung in there for Apple when it was lean and now I hope Apple Does not forget us and let us down…..