Editorial: What will Apple do with the Macintosh?

After a decade of significant growth, Apple's Mac sales have flattened out as the larger market for PCs has begun to collapse. What future is there in the Mac business, and why is the company now designing a new Mac Pro?

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 198

Rumor: Apple manufacturing 2TB SSDs bound for upcoming Mac Pro

A fresh rumor holds that Apple may be producing self-branded large capacity solid state drives for use in the next Mac Pro, the company's professional level tower that is said to be getting a refresh later this year.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 81

Mac Pro no longer available from European Online Apple Stores

With European sales of Apple's Mac Pro desktop set to stop on March 1 as new regulatory requirements become active, the computer has been made unavailbable in most of the company's online storefronts in the region.

Mikey Campbell 13 years ago 81

Apple to cease European Mac Pro sales March 1 due to regulatory requirements

Sales of Apple's Mac Pro desktop will stop in Europe on March 1 because of new regulatory requirements in the region.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 162

OS X 10.8.3 beta supports AMD Radeon 7000 drivers, hinting at Apple's new Mac Pro

Apple's first beta of OS X 10.8.3 has quietly added support for the AMD Radeon HD 7000 series of graphics cards, hinting that they could be featured in the company's designed Mac Pro desktop.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 211

Apple files hint at re-engineered iMac and Mac Pro models, potentially without optical drives

Internal configuration files in Mountain Lion make apparent references to yet-unreleased new generations of Apple's iMac (iMac13,0) and Mac Pro (MacPro6,0), both in the context of USB booting options that indicate the new Mac desktops could, for the first time in nearly 20 years, lack built-in optical drives.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 257

Production of Apple's next iMac to begin this month for October launch - report

Apple's supply chain is reportedly gearing up to ship components for the company's next-generation iMac this month, with a product launch expected in October.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 84

Tim Cook confirms updated Mac Pro coming in 2013

An email from Apple CEO Tim Cook confirms that the company is indeed working on a professional-level Mac to be released sometime in 2013, allaying current Mac Pro owners' fears that the desktop has reached its end of life.

Mikey Campbell 13 years ago 339

Apple exec suggests new iMacs may not come till 2013

An Apple executive has reportedly indicated that redesigned iMac and Mac Pro models are in the works and might not arrive until next year.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 169

Apple quietly updates Mac Pro with Intel Xeon CPU [u]

Though it wasn't mentioned onstage at WWDC, the Mac Pro was given a long-awaited refresh on Monday with a modest speed bump.

AppleInsider Staff 14 years ago 155

New Mac Pros rumored with 8-core Xeon E5 CPUs, Thunderbolt & USB 3.0

Apple's anticipated Mac Pro update will feature Intel Xeon E5 series processors with either six or eight cores, as well as native support for USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt.

Sam Oliver 14 years ago 197

New part numbers reveal Apple to refresh most of Mac lineup at WWDC

With the WWDC keynote now just five days away, a list of alleged part numbers provided to AppleInsider suggests Apple may be preparing to revamp nearly its entire Mac lineup.

Neil Hughes 14 years ago 131

Mac Pro in-store pickup inventory slips ahead of WWDC

Apple's aging tower computer is seeing a drought of in-store availability with many stores quoting new stock shipments on June 12, which could mean that a refresh of the long-in-the-tooth PC is imminent and may be announced at WWDC next week.

Mikey Campbell 14 years ago 50

Reliable source says no chance Apple will ax Mac Pro

One well-connected insider has given Mac users hope that Apple will release a new Mac Pro with a comment that there is no chance Apple will discontinue the line.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 98

Mac Pro petition gains traction as pro users seek information

With Apple's Mac Pro line growing long in the tooth after not having received an update for almost two years, a Facebook petition calling for information from the Mac maker on the fate of its professional-level desktops is steadily gaining traction.

Josh Ong 14 years ago 211

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