Apple reinvents the wheel - sort of...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 by kona0197 | Discussion: Personal Computing
New Mac Pro. Interesting design.
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Reply #2 Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:01 AM
Clearly Apple hasn't read the memo from MS that since Windows 8 Desktop PCs don't matter anymore....
Reply #3 Thursday, December 19, 2013 10:55 AM
Yuck on the design, and I would never buy anything made by Apple.
Reply #5 Thursday, December 19, 2013 12:11 PM
Very nice design, looks cool and if i had money to burn, why not...
Otherwise, from what i have seen, the hardware inside is not so glorious....only 12GBs of RAM and 2 mid-tier FirePro cards... for that kind of money its terrible value IMHO. I guees, maybe if you use apps, which could use those FirePros to some OpenCL GPGPU computing, than its acceptable, but otherwise. I would take classic win7 machine with dual Titans and more RAM over it anyday, and i bet it would not be really more expensive. Put it into some pretty case like Fractal Design or LianLi and voila.
I still love my iPhone though and would still buy it over any android phone. The form factor is way more important to me in regard to phones, computers are about the function and power first and foremost.
Reply #7 Thursday, December 19, 2013 1:57 PM
"The machine has six of Apple's Thunderbolt 2 ports, enabling up to 36 external devices to be attached."
Of course, because having cables and external drives lying around all over the place is so much more aesthetically pleasing......... 
Reply #8 Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:46 PM
I would never buy any Apple product either.
Some years ago my Wife bought an Ipad to read books on the train. Worked fine for a while, then they upgraded the software for reading the books - made it incompatible with the old Ipad and made the books at the internet store incompatible with the old software!!! All to force here to buy a new Ipad,,,, ridiculous, its just text!!!
Not only did we not buy the new Ipad, we will NEVER touch the brand (Apple) ever again.
Reply #9 Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:50 PM
Some years ago my Wife bought an Ipad to read books on the train. Worked fine for a while, then they upgraded the software for reading the books - made it incompatible with the old Ipad and made the books at the internet store incompatible with the old software!!! All to force here to buy a new Ipad,,,, ridiculous, its just text!!!
Never touch the brand (Apple) ever since.
I bought an Apple IIc - complete with external drives and stuff....cost me $5. [about what it's worth]...
Reply #10 Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:58 PM
Quoting Mystikmind, reply 8I would never buy any Apple product either.
Some years ago my Wife bought an Ipad to read books on the train. Worked fine for a while, then they upgraded the software for reading the books - made it incompatible with the old Ipad and made the books at the internet store incompatible with the old software!!! All to force here to buy a new Ipad,,,, ridiculous, its just text!!!
Never touch the brand (Apple) ever since.
I bought an Apple IIc - complete with external drives and stuff....cost me $5. [about what it's worth]...
At least you can trust it..... "never trust a computer you cannot throw out a window"
Reply #11 Thursday, December 19, 2013 11:31 PM
I like my iPad2 ok, but I like my Toshiba Excite better. Android is a better OS than iOS 7, IMO.
Reply #13 Friday, December 20, 2013 6:54 AM
Since the OS changed a bit, might just pick one up...
Reply #14 Friday, December 20, 2013 9:12 AM
I think I like the round wheel better.
Apple's square wheel ain't how I roll. 
Reply #16 Friday, December 20, 2013 12:52 PM
What I find hilarious is that the criticisms of Apple and criticisms of Windows are slowly but surely becoming the same...
Reply #17 Friday, December 20, 2013 12:55 PM
What I find hilarious is that the criticisms of Apple and criticisms of Windows are slowly but surely becoming the same...
Yeah, imagine that. 
Reply #18 Sunday, December 22, 2013 9:04 PM
Had an Apple IIe with TWO 5.25 floppies, Apple IIc for work. Back in the day.
Can't fathom paying $3000 for a computer now, but paid about $2300 for the IIe setup if I remember correctly. Lotta dough in ~1982.
Reply #19 Sunday, January 5, 2014 6:57 AM
I read up on the specs of this offering from Apple and they're quite impressive for such a small, compact unit.
Yeah, I too have a problem with Apple products, especially since the FoxConn scandal and suicide nets instead of improving employee conditions, but this unit is made wholly in the US using US labour, so perhaps it is worth investigating, given its potential.
Reply #20 Monday, January 6, 2014 10:56 AM
That's OK. I'll stick with my Mac Mini, for now. The price on the Mac Pro is way beyond me.
I know this is a Windows site, but I like the best of both worlds. I use Windows (75%) for skinning and Apple (25%) for web design and testing.
Just like everything, they have their hiccups from time to time. When Windows 7 came out, I was kicking and screaming I'd never use it. Was using XP at the time. Now I'll never go back.
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Reply #1 Thursday, December 19, 2013 12:11 AM
its looks very nice sort of like a soda can
but its a little expansive, or way too