[TEXOKIE]

Hi Swordy!

Is this a lap top or a tower configuration? I had not realized they were coming out with something like this! Thanks!

Um...wheels???

[Swordmaker]

Apple finally announces a new Mac Pro and it meets the definition of a pro workstation capable of up to 56 teraflops of computing power and driving six 6K 32 inch reference quality monitors simultaneously rendering photorealistic video in real-time while applying special effects on the fly! Utilizing an Intel XEON processor with up to 28 cores and up to 1.5 terabytes of ECC RAM, with eight expansion slots, the 2019 Mac Pro is a power house for those who can afford it. Base model starts at $5995. A 32" 6k Apple reference monitor was also announced that competes with other makes of 5k reference monitors that sell for over $43,000. Apple’s monitor sells for just $4995. The Mac Pro will work with any monitor.—PING!

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[jerod]

Meet your next new paperweight.

[Swordmaker]

“The company is promoting video editing performance in particular, touting a new video card called “Afterburner” that Apple claims can decode more than 6 billion pixels per second. The company says this can allow the new Mac Pro to play back up to 12 streams of 4K ProRes RAW video or up to three streams of 8K video in real time.” — Ars Technica

[Fresh Wind]

Is it so heavy that it needs those robust handles on top? 2-man lift?

[Ciaphas Cain]

[Crusher138]

So now I have a decision to make.

I run a company that creates graphic images. Not much video. Little audio.

I run VMWare Fusion to run Quickbooks.

In the past I have purchased Mac Pros.

What the heck fits my needs now? A loaded Mac Mini? Dumping Mac altogether?

I wanted a modular upgradable Mac, but $6K is ridiculous.

[for-q-clinton]

This is parody, right?

[zeugma]

Looks like a really nice system. 28 cores? Freaking wow. I recently pretty much rebuilt my desktop (the only thing I reused were the drives and video card). The new system is an i9 w/16 cores and 32GB of ram. It’s more power than I need, but it will suffice for at least a decade of use so I’m pretty happy with it. I don’t have much of anything that I need to do that would max out the box (yet).

I can see how folk doing high end graphics and video would be able to put the new Apple desktop to work. Would probably be good for scientific applications as well with that much horsepower. Good to see Apple’s not asleep at the switch.

[MoochPooch]

Make America grate again? (rimshot)

[CodeToad]

A Radeon Pro 580X is a mid-range card for such an expensive price tag.

[trisham]

Nice.

[TheBattman]

{The base Mac Pro will include an eight-core Xeon CPU, 32GB of memory, a 256GB SSD and the Radeon Pro 580X graphics card and will start at $5,999.}

A computer that is supposedly designed and built to be the top-of-the world powerhouse, working with massive video files.... comes with a 256GB SSD? For $5999, I don't care how brilliant the design is, or the "modular" expandability... A 256GB drive is stupid. Period. And 32GB of RAM, again, for a $5999 monster? No. While I think the modular concept was crucial to bringing the Mac Pro back into the serious tool category, by cheaping out on the base model like this - Apple is going to tick some folks off - The base configuration, if they insist on keeping it at this announced level, should be no more than $3999. I just cannot see the justification for anymore (and even then, it would seem on the high side of pricing). Or better - start at $2k for a shell and configure it exactly how you want it when ordering - at least then you can see the justification for the price you end up paying. Or I might be totally wrong and the pros will scramble to buy these as fast as they can be made. But I would be shocked.

[Sir_Ed]

I’ll be getting one the moment they’re available.

Thank goodness they haven’t left the Pro market!

Thanks, Sword!