Comments on: Thinking different about the next Mac Pro (and the rest of Apple’s desktop line) http://www.chuqui.com/2012/09/thinking-different-about-the-next-mac-pro-and-the-rest-of-apples-desktop-line/ Stories Told Here Sat, 18 May 2013 22:23:00 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: James Sutherland http://www.chuqui.com/2012/09/thinking-different-about-the-next-mac-pro-and-the-rest-of-apples-desktop-line/#comment-2056 James Sutherland Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.chuqui.com/?p=18009#comment-2056 Dell do an “all in one” option with a mini case attached to the monitor stand – not quite as sleek as the iMac of course, but a wider, flatter Mac Mini could well attach to the back of the monitor with good results. More or less a MacBook (Air) motherboard, repackaged. In fact, if it used the power+Thunderbolt connector the current displays have, the computer part wouldn’t need other ports: it could be a thin flat insert between the mount and the monitor itself.

Having said that, Apple seem to be heading in exactly the opposite direction: rather than efficient and flexible modular options, increasingly sealed units with almost no upgrade potential: soldering both storage and RAM in place, now, as well as the battery.

]]> By: Toke Lahti http://www.chuqui.com/2012/09/thinking-different-about-the-next-mac-pro-and-the-rest-of-apples-desktop-line/#comment-2012 Toke Lahti Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://www.chuqui.com/?p=18009#comment-2012 You don’t know why PCIe slots exist?
If you want to have same bandwidth to your headless desktop (=mac mini) or iMac, you need 8 TB sockets. If next MP will adopt PCIe 3.0 like all other workstations already have, you’d need 16 TB sockets. “One form factor, multiple price/performance points” will then mean quite a bit bigger form factor for mac mini.

]]> By: Benjamin Schollnick http://www.chuqui.com/2012/09/thinking-different-about-the-next-mac-pro-and-the-rest-of-apples-desktop-line/#comment-2005 Benjamin Schollnick Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.chuqui.com/?p=18009#comment-2005 I agree with MacRat. I’ve toyed with this idea myself… It doesn’t make sense these days for the Mac Pro to be such a large enclosure. How many people really use more than an expansion slot or two? Or a drive or two? Make a small form factor, and then have a separate thunderbolt PCI expansion bus case. Hook up a Thunderbolt hard drive enclosure for more drive storage.

]]> By: MacRat http://www.chuqui.com/2012/09/thinking-different-about-the-next-mac-pro-and-the-rest-of-apples-desktop-line/#comment-2002 MacRat Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:47:00 +0000 http://www.chuqui.com/?p=18009#comment-2002 As soon as Thunderbolt came out, I wondered if Apple would design a “Mac mini Pro” that focuses on the CPU performance and then leave the storage and PCI slots to separate Thunderbolt boxes.

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