“Apple seems to be on a tear with its iPhones and iPads selling well,” Malcolm Manness writes for The Motley Fool. “Thursday, they added another new product to their lineup – the new Mac Pro, and it also seems to be off to a fantastic start.”
“The Mac Pro line has always been Apple’s high-end desktop computers aimed at graphics and video professionals, but the new model astounded the technical world with its revolutionary design,” Manness writes. “The new design is the first major upgrade in many years, the aluminum tower configuration having been originated in the PowerPC processor days. There is nothing like it in the marketplace, not just in design but also in specifications. Perusing both HP and Dell sites, I was unable to come up with any reasonable comparative systems.”
“It seems as though the professional community has been waiting eagerly for the release, because they are now backordered,” Manness writes. “By noon [on Friday] Apple was reporting delivery in February – even for the standard builds. Apparently, they are quite popular.”
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But of course, it’s all coming together with super glue – Can’t innovate our collective ass!
I ordered mine
The temptation to order one, but the complete lack of need I have for it! Maybe as consumer computing increases, it could be “grown into”.
Yeah. That very minor block of Mac users sold out the first batch of $4000+ Macs (after proper configuration) in less than a week. iPhones for what $99. So each of these is like selling 40 iPhones. Oh yeah and for the last F’ing time. These machine are performance machines they can do more than edit commercials for diarrhea medicine. They are great for doing engineering and science. Oh yeah and speeding up the design on new Macs, iPhones, and iPads.
Cue the Tim Cook is a failure in 3-2-1.
Tim Cook’s fault. 1000 Mac Pro units were not enough to meet demand.
Oh no, and Apple won’t be able to make anymore, making tons more money, oh wait…
This is what happens when you have a couple years worth of pent up demand. This too shall pass when, you guessed it, supply meets up with demand at some point. And demand for a company’s fantastic products is such a terrible problem to have isn’t it?.
I agree, plus I think they (Apple) have less ability to “scale” on MacPro production (Chinese production is legendary for their ability to (quickly) ramp facilities, materials & personnel) I think with the US facility they will have far less flexibility in production numbers. (hence the rapid backorder date escalation) That plant can only produce so many per day, they can’t add on another for a few months till the initial demand is covered and then ramp back.
The Mac Pro American manufacturing ramp up I think will prove to be a great learning experience for Cook & Company if it hasn’t already. And I mean that in a very good way. Eventually they might be able to deal with extra capacity as the Chinese do. But the extra capacity just seems to be an initial sales problem – too many lusting consumers chasing after too few new products made, despite efforts to make as many as possible.
hope so.
It may be that Apple just didn’t want any expensive inventory in house on Dec 31 for tax purposes. Or perhaps this was just their first real test run to adjust the assembly process and weed out any issues in both the production processes and the units themselves (so they wouldn’t affect a large number of customers)
Remember when Ballmer introduced Windows 8 and he said in 12 months everybody will be using windows 8… I know 1 person who owns windows 8 as it came preinstalled on a new laptop but its been replaced with windows 7.
Must be a dark mood around the Microsoft offices when Apple sell out of a PC that for the same price, you could buy 5-7 windows PCs
But not with the same specs. The Mac Pro cannot be met specs wise without custom building a system. And for a closely comparable system you would have to buy a gaming PC which would cost you close to the same price. So no you can’t really buy 5-7 PCs for the same price. But I do get your real point and agree. Apple is growing. Windows is dying and in general the PC market is much cheeper.
DARN!
If only the Mac Pro wasn’t just a niche product, it could have sold out by now.
Oh, it did sell out by now!
Huh.
Imagine that.
😉 😆 😉
They are not sold out. They are simply majorly back ordered.
No. Didn’t you read the headline? They are sold out. Gone forever. It’s over. No more. Finito.
Either that or tech reporting gets worse every day.
I’ve heard so many “know-it-alls” talking about how no one cares about the Mac Pro, how it’s ugly… etc. It surprises me how many technology pundits still don’t understand computers in general, and still don’t get Apple. They’re still living in the grey box Wintel world.
The new Mac Pro is gorgeous. Apple has proven again that the tools we use everyday don’t have to be boring. They can be inspiring, pleasing to our general aesthetic, and even fun to use. The new Mac Pro is beautiful both inside and out. It looks like something created by an advanced civilization for some unrealized epoch.
In addition the computer is powerful. While no good benchmarks are in yet, considering the combination of components, there’s no way this is going to be a slouch. It will set new standards for mass produced pro workstations. Professionals will flock to it.
Some people have a problem with it. Some people find it ugly. I can only surmise that these people are the kinds of folks who love the typical “build your own” computer cases found at places like FRYS electronics or Walmart.
Some think it’s an example of form over function. I suspect these people have not stopped long enough in their zeal to criticize, to consider the combination of stellar components in this machine, and how they will create a stunning synergy in which the whole will be far greater than the sum of its parts.
Still others complain that they don’t have enough expansion ability. These people are incapable of seeing things slightly differently. The expansion ability for the machine is on the outside and not “in the box” where their thinking is.
Others are upset about the cost when history shows we’ve paid far more for far less as computers have evolved. When you break the Mac Pro down, you’re clearly getting a bargain of a machine. If the cost of the Mac Pro is beyond your means, consider that it is not targeted at you. You’re probably the kind of person that can get by with an iPad.
The only problem with the new Mac Pro? As usual, Mr. Cook, we can’t get our hands on one due to availability. Some are asking if this has anything to do with the machine being assembled in America. I hope not. Hopefully the constraints won’t last as long as the previous iMac fiasco.
Well stated Thelonious. I agree 100%.
Many pros were worried about the lack of flexibility in choosing GPU cards and wondered if the GPU modules were even upgradeable. I don’t think anyone will find those GPU modules available from anywhere except Apple. Considering the good reviews, I’m not sure if that’s anything to actually worry about them not being powerful enough.
Go check the review at FCP.co. The new mac pro is a RED Raw 4k beast. They added 18 Final cut filters rendering real time on a RED Raw 4k file with no frames dropped on a new 8 core model. That is huge and amazing.
“…some people find it ugly…”
Probably the same people who think Alienware computers look cool. Gawd, those things are butt ugly, and they just look some 5th grader tried too hard.
I’ve had the pleasure of up close and personal time with a Cray mainframe. Seymour Cray felt the same way as Apple – make the machine beautiful too. It was.
I wish I could even remotely justify one of these things. Maybe I’ll buy one anyway 😀
Problems, problems, problems! All sold out and waiting for the supply chain to catch up with demand. I bet Microsnot/Blackberry/Nokia/HP/Motorola et al just wish THEY could have such ‘problems’!
Can you imagine the MS announcement? “Microsoft regret to announce that demand for Surface and Surface RT has been so insane that we’ve sold 50,000,000 of the critters in the first 5 minutes, and the rest of you will just have to wait in line until we can churn more of them.”
I don’t do any high end work anymore…but I want it, so I’ll come up with an excuse sooner or later! lol
I was having the same thought. Thankfully, I never buy Revision A of anything, so I have time to get it out of my mind and move on. 🙂
I ask my wife to by me the $9600.00 Mac Pro with the 4K monitor. She told me in my next life. The way Apple sold out so quickly I may have to wait till my next life. lol I tell you that is some piece of workmanship and power.
She might be able to proof read for you though. She could say bye to buy it for her bi friend by the way.
“aluminum tower configuration having been originated in the PowerPC processor days”
Only if you are looking at the outside case. The latest towers were complete redesigns on the inside with nothing in common from the G5 days.
I think the new Mac Pro with that ventilation hole on the top is like a Black Hole sucking us all in whether we need it or not. Very Borgian – it is futile to resist! SMofG I can’t wait!
Ordered mine Thursday 7am PST😊
Quadcore 16gb 1TB !
In store pickup.
Available March 6 😳
But, but, the MP had no internal bays for storage.
“Apple has proven again that the tools we use everyday don’t have to be boring. They can be inspiring…”
Yep. I remember when the coloured iMacs came out and many self-appointed experts were saying how technically ordinary they were and how the colours were only a gimmick.
Then one day I saw 3 of those “gimmicky” iMacs in a small office that previously hadn’t had them. I was amazed at what a lift that little room got from having such nice looking object s in it! Instead of plain old piles of paper, drab-looking walls, phone, pens, etc. there were, in the middle of it all, 3 gorgeous-looking objects that brightened up the whole room.
This is been a refreshing thread, no politics, very little unconstructive negativism, very well done.
Go to CNUTJOBS. That is where all the iHaters go to vent their frustrations. hehe
shhhh dont jinx it:)
I was thinking the same thing. Isn’t this a wonderful time of the year?
🙂 And a Merry Christmas to you, too Mr. Peabody.
(Can Sherman set the Way Back machine to fix previous threads?)
Apple once again bringing together the world for positive outcomes with technology. I ordered my maxed out Mac Pro on Thur., delivery date – February.
Me too. 8 core, D700’s. February.
I think it’s the dual 4K displays that pushed mine out to March.
So by then, with crossed fingers, Intel will have bested the Xeon I ordered and Apple will silently upgrade me to the new decacore @16GHz….
How long until lack of blood causes permanent damage to crossed fingers?
Unique packaging and thermal management design, but the internal design and components are the same as many other servers. Standard Intel processor and AMD GPUs.
The SSD is nice, but lower performance and capacity than other PCIe SSDs on the market.
Apple fanboys will buy them.
Links? unless you raid other pcie ssd’s there not going to be faster. The mac pro has 1 pcie drive not multiples in raids.
If you go and buy a HP Z820 workstation they start at $2339
with a 2.3 Ghz 6 core with no gpu a dvd drive and a hard drive and 4 gigs of ram. For a Z820 12 core 2.7 Ghz 16 gig of ram, no gpu, dvd drive and nothing else for $9999. I love how all you people come on sights and say I could buy cheaper at pc company y or x. Lol go actually look. You could not configure a pc workstation class computer complete for under 5k with a 6 core. and for a 12 core your looking at 14k. A fully maxxed out mac pro with 4 usb 3 ports, 6 thunderbolt ports, 2 gig ethernet ports, hdmi, digital audio in and out, analog audio in and out, 12 core 2.7 Ghz Xeon, 64 gig memory, 1 Terabyte pcie drive and dual D700’s (A.K.A AMD FirePro GL W9000) all for $9544.
You have to buy thunderbolt on a pc if you want it. There is nothing on the pc that comes even close for the price.
PCIe SSDs today have 1 to 8 lanes of Gen 2 or 3 I/O bandwidth, and the controller’s IOPS can vary considerably.
Micron’s year-old SSD outperforms Apple’s SSD in performance and capacity.. As do many others.
And with no PCIe slots, the new Mac Pro will never accommodate these SSDs. You’ll get what Apple says you get.
News flash Gary, the new Mac Pro utilizes PCI-e flash storage.
I wish next time you’d use the word “fanboy” right at the start of your statement so I would know to stop reading immediately. Because anybody who uses that word is a closed-minded troll whose opinion is worthless and adds nothing to this site, or an angry idiot who feels the need to put down something other people like in order to try to feel superior. Good luck on that, Gary.
Duh. Duuuhhh-uh-uh. (drool, slobber, wet pants). Duh-uh-uh. Duuuh.
I hope produces an Apple-branded 4k display with complementary design to the Pro.
That’s what the patent for curved glass is all about! Shhhhh…
I don’t know that I want a cylindrical monitor!
well since they only made 12 of them, yeah… they were sold out by noon. I need one, but will wait ’til the supply chain is a bit more robust..
Now that the Mac Pro, MacBook Air and all but one version of the MacBook Pro is 100% solid state, it is only a matter of time before the iMac and Mac mini follow suit. The iMac would finally be uniformly thin. Given that the Mac Pro is 6.6 inches in diameter and the Mac mini has a width and depth of 7.7 inches, it would be very fascinating if the next Mac mini becomes a scaled down design of the Mac Pro. I think the bottom of the current Mac mini is a hint of the future. At $599, the Mac mini would go from also-ran Mac to one of the most sought after personal computers ever manufactured. Also, the back of the Apple 4K Display should be identical to the construction, color and glossiness of the Mac Pro.
That would be cool. Pun intended. Getting a Xeon cooled in an enclosed space would be marvelous.
After years of talks, Apple confirmed on Sunday that it has at long last reached a deal with China Mobile to officially carry the iPhone.
China Mobile will start selling the iPhone 5s and 5c starting on Jan. 17, with pre-orders starting this Wednesday.
“Apple’s iPhone is very much loved by millions of customers around the world,” China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua said in a statement. “We know there are many China Mobile customers and potential new customers who are anxiously awaiting the incredible combination of iPhone on China Mobile’s leading network. We are delighted that iPhone on China Mobile will support our 4G/TD-LTE and 3G/TD-SCDMA networks, providing customers with high-speed mobile service.”
Apple Tim Cook said he is excited to begin working with China Mobile.
Load more AAPL guys, Merry Christmas to all Apple shareholders. Ho Ho Ho.
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