#APPLE MAC UPDATE SUCKS UPDATE#
At some point you came to the conclusion that the 2013 Mac Pro concept was fundamentally flawed… hat tight integration made it hard to update regularly.
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For multiple reasons, you haven’t shipped an update to those machines since. Three years ago you launched a radical new lineup of Mac Pros. As for why the Mac Pro hasn’t been updated for four years, here’s DF’s explanation: Given that these are GCN 1.0 GPUs with the D700 equivalent to AMD’s old HD 7970, we can’t really recommend them.Īccording to Daring Fireball, Apple is planning a major overhaul to its Mac Pro lineup next year, with a more modular design and a product that’s easier to update. The GPUs have also been slightly updated the $2,999 system now ships with dual D500s, while the $3,999 rig ships with dual D700s. As of today, Apple has tweaked the Mac Pro to include a six-core CPU (up from four) in the $2,999 model and an eight-core CPU (up from six) in the $3,999 model. Today, the company finally took a small step towards upgrading the current Mac Pro design, but it also acknowledged what we’ve all known for years - the trash can aesthetic of the 2013 Mac Pro makes it a serious pain to work with. It shipped with dual graphics cards as a standard, despite how Apple has never demonstrated aptitude or interest in pushing GPU-centric computing (the company’s operating systems have been stuck supporting ancient versions of OpenGL for years now). The new system was definitely daring - it ditched internal expansion for six Thunderbolt 2 ports and told users with internal hard drives to buy new external chassis and use those instead. Just over four years ago, Apple unveiled a new Mac Pro that it swore would reinvent the concept of a workstation.