Neil Hughes
An Apple Authorized Reseller in France has revealed that the company plans to release its updated Mac Pro desktop this spring, suggesting the hardware will arrive sooner rather than later.
France Systemes disclosed the details in its latest newsletter, as first discovered by French site Mac4Ever. This year, the spring season runs from March 20 to June 20.
Apple apparently disclosed the launch window for the new Mac Pro to ease concerns over the fact that the current model will no longer be available in Europe starting March 1. Sales of the Mac Pro desktop will cease in less than a month because of new regulatory requirements in Europe.
In a rare public disclosure about an upcoming product, Apple announced last June that it was planning on updating the Mac Pro in 2013. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook sent an email in which he confirmed his company was "working on something really great."
Cook's comments assuaged concerns that Apple could be planning to ax the Mac Pro from its lineup entirely. The high-end professional desktop is largely a niche product for the company, and it hasn't seen a meaningful upgrade in years.
While Apple has signaled it will update the Mac Pro this year, there's been no indication as to exactly what the company is planning to do. Some have speculated that a complete redesign of the current tower, the design of which dates back to the company's Power Mac G5.
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Please make it smaller and cheaper....I bet it will sell well.
It can't come soon enough. Unfortunately, many pros have simply moved on to an iMac or MacBook Pro, so I wouldn't be surprised if sales are a bit soft.
Also, they really need to get back to their previous pricing structure where they would sell a bare bones Power Mac for ~$1799.
I'll be watching... Mathematica powerhouse.
The irony here is that I would love one for my iTunes/Apple TV server and to be my iPhoto/Aperture machine, but, as it is now? The Mac mini is near ideal. Depending on what they do with it (safe to assume it won't be as power hungry), I may pick one up to be a headless Mac. Hook it up to my plasma to set up and then just remote in for editing photos, ripping, etc.
So!!! finally March it is! Hurray, can't wait to get my fingers on this one. Now I start to be glad, that I skipped the last upgrade. To my surprise quite aged MacPro runs Mountain Lion quite all right, but I guess it is going to be stuck with it.
I say my spared money is waiting.