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Apple Offers Minor Processor Bump to Mac Pro Line, No Thunderbolt

Monday June 11, 2012 12:27 pm PDT by Jordan Golson
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Apple has quietly upgraded the Mac Pro with minor processor bumps and an increase in the standard RAM to 6GB in the least expensive configuration. The update does not include the much-anticipated addition of the Thunderbolt I/O system.

Reports The Verge:
Unfortunately, it's not much of an upgrade: you can simply get a pair of six-core 3.06GHz Intel Xeon X5675 processors rather than 2.93GHz ones we just mentioned. The base model will start at $2,499 for a single quad-core Intel Xeon W3565 processor at 3.2GHz, with an optional upgrade to a six-core chip, you can spend $3,799 to get a dual-processor configuration with a pair of the Westmere-EP based 2.4GHz E5645 chips, and upgrade to the aforementioned X5675 for an unspecified amount. Everything else stays the same, it seems.

The new Mac Pro's are now available on the Apple Online Store.

Related roundup: Mac Pro
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jayhawk11
28 months ago
Stunned. Apple, if you're going to discontinue the Mac Pro, just do it. Don't piss on our shoes and tell us it's rain.
Rating: 55 Votes
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slightly
28 months ago

Updated, change Buyer's Guide (http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/) BUY NOW.


No, I'm pretty sure "Don't buy" still applies.

Matt
Rating: 50 Votes
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Simplicated
28 months ago
Not even Thunderbolt. Speaks volumes of how much attention Apple pays to the pro market.
Rating: 42 Votes
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ValSalva
28 months ago
This is a joke. A cruel joke.
Rating: 40 Votes
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Rychy
28 months ago
This feels like a slap in the face ...
Rating: 33 Votes
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iindigo
28 months ago
Looks like my next Mac desktop will be a hackintosh.
Rating: 28 Votes
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Wild-Bill
28 months ago
Hackint0sh here I come.

What a huge slap in the face. I have the urge to beat Tim Cook about the head with the Radeon 5770 that comes with the "new" Mac Pro.

F OFF,:apple:

:mad::mad::mad:
Rating: 27 Votes
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Apple Key
28 months ago
This means one of two things. Apple is going to discontinue them in the future. Or they are working on a major redesign that just wasn't ready yet. Hopefully it's the latter.
Rating: 26 Votes
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Mr-Stabby
28 months ago
Do you know what, that minor processor bump is actually more of a slap in the face than just dropping the product entirely. If they are working on a brand new model, i wish they'd just say something. Jesus. This secrecy ********* works for some products, but not for the Mac Pro.
Rating: 26 Votes
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ckelley
28 months ago
This is a huge disappointment. I'm not one for dramatics, but it really is a shame that this is all that they could do for the Mac Pro, considering what they just did for the MacBook Pros.

They could have also upgraded the graphics options as well at the very least, the 5770's are very old compared to the 6870 I'm running in a Hackintosh and 7000-series chips that AMD is shipping now.
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