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Apple to Begin Taking Orders for New Mac Pro on August 9th

Thursday July 29, 2010 7:45 pm PDT by Eric Slivka

Several readers have informed us and we have confirmed that Apple Store representatives are telling potential buyers of the company's new Mac Pro announced earlier this week that the updated models are set to become available for ordering on August 9th. Company sales representatives on both chat and telephone support systems have cited that date for the launch.

While Apple will begin taking orders on August 9th, it is not yet confirmed that machines will actually begin shipping on that date. Representatives have claimed, however, that the August 9th date will be for actual orders and not for a pre-order program, suggesting that orders should begin shipping fairly soon after that date.

Apple's press release from earlier this week and the Mac Pro pages on its website simply state "August" as the availability date for the new Mac Pros, so it has been unclear at what point in the month customers could expect to begin placing their orders.
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dockingbay94
20 months ago
If this is true I am SO STOKED. Now just to decide between the 6 or 12 core.
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dwarnecke11
20 months ago
This is great, but Apple really needs a new tagline for the Mac Pros.

"The fastest Mac ever." ...Well I sure hope so!
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Shadow Runner
20 months ago
I love how they say (every time) that it is "the fastest Mac ever" as if they would release a top of the line mac that is slower than previous gen. :rolleyes:
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jabbawok
20 months ago

If this is true I am SO STOKED. Now just to decide between the 6 or 12 core.


That's a descision your bank balance will make I suspect.
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snouter
20 months ago

I love how they say (every time) that it is "the fastest Mac ever" as if they would release a top of the line mac that is slower than previous gen. :rolleyes:


Like the 2009 2.26 Octos?

:eek: Oh no he didunt! :eek:
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Tyre
20 months ago
It's not the number of cores, it's what you do with them. I can't wait to get one of these babies. 12-cores plus Microsoft releasing 64-bit MS-word for Mac EVENTUALLY = 3-page essay writing bliss.

EDIT: while running iTunes
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Norrsund
20 months ago
Any word on an order date for the 27" Cinema Display?
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dockingbay94
20 months ago

That's a descision your bank balance will make I suspect.


Yes, but I've been saving for this since January so I can really get either. The only problem now is that Apogee released the Symphony I/O which I am really looking forward to getting in conjunction with the new Mac Pro.
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zedsdead
20 months ago
This is good, but it would be better if Apple actually had apps that take advantage of the extra cores and threads, namely Final Cut Pro.
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momille
20 months ago
SO is the mac pro running on mac osx in 64 bit ? or do you need to manually set the 64 bit kernel ??
i want to know if it makes any sense to buy more than 4 gb of ram for my music production!=?

someone is using an actuall mac pro with music production software like cubase 5 and can share experience on performance??

regards M.
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