“Just before Christmas, shipping estimates for Apple’s 12-core Mac Pro model increased to 1-3 weeks, and while that specific model does tend to occasionally see some extra lead time, the shipping delays were later noticed to have extended to nearly any customized Mac Pro order,” Eric Slivka reports for MacRumors.
“Even as simple a customization as increasing the RAM on an ‘In Stock’ standard Mac Pro configuration increases its shipping estimate to 1-3 weeks,” Slivka reports. “Increases in shipping estimates in Apple’s online store can sometimes be indicative of an upcoming product refresh as the company draws down supplies ahead of launching the updated models. The Mac Pro is most certainly due for an update, and there are several indications that components may be coming together for a significant upgrade to the line.”
Slivka reports, “Most importantly, Intel’s Sandy Bridge E Xeon processors are due for launch during the first quarter of this year after having been delayed from a late 2011 debut.”
Read more in the full article here.
I’m looking forward to seeing these. I don’t need one personally, as my 2010 27″ i7 iMac is more than enough for my needs, but I know several people who are eagerly looking to upgrade their aging Mac Pros.
I hope that it’s an upgrade and not a discontuation.
I hope it’s not a discon-TIM-uation. I hope they keep COOKing up new Mac Pro’s for years to come. 🙂
there’s a new cook in the kitchen so who knows
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Who buys these things anyway?
Me
… and me … lots of them!
Me too!
Possibly 60 of them assuming Apple gets their head out of their ass regarding FCPX!
I’d buy more if they weren’t so ginormous!
Quite a few of us like the flexibility of the tower form. I have 5 internal HDs (4 hot swap bays and the 2nd optical drive bay) on mine. Try that or an upgrade to your graphics card.
iMacs are nice grandma computers and laptops are nice secondary devices that will slowly lose out to tablets.
When it comes time to work I want a proper desktop with a nice big display a real mouse and full keyboard.
MDN sure does require a lot of power.
It’s because of all the ads.
In theory, the Thunderbolt port could handle every one of your needs for HDs and upgradable graphics and more/bigger monitors. Unfortunately, the gizmos to enable those options simply haven’t showed up yet in the marketplace. Not sure if that’s Apple’s fault or Intel’s but it should get better in 2012 since TB will be part of the standard Intel PC in 2012
Please be an update and not a cancellation of the line. A high powered configurable mac is a needed part of the product catalog IMO.