Amid all the excitement of the notebook updates and OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6 news yesterday, Apple quietly updated the Mac Pro, but surprisingly continued to use older Westmere processors instead of Intel's latest Sandy Bridge E offerings. The company also decided not to add Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 to what is supposed to be its top-of-the-line professional workstation, leaving customers who had been waiting nearly two years for an update bewildered.
One of the initial tip-offs that Apple had indeed quietly updated the Mac Pro yesterday was the addition of a small "New" tag to the Mac Pro listing on the main page of the Apple online store, a tag that was also added to the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro listings due to their updates.
Apple's Mac lineup on June 11 with "New" tags on MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro
Apple appears to have had a change of heart today, however, perhaps deciding that the extremely minor update to the Mac Pro may not be worth promoting to a significant degree and removing the "New" label from the high-profile listings of its Mac products in the store.
Apple's Mac lineup on June 12 with "New" tags only on MacBook Air and MacBook Pro
Apple is reportedly still investing in its desktop lines, with the company reportedly planning significant enhancements to the iMac and Mac Pro sometime next year.
Wednesday April 24, 2024 2:05 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
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Edit: Simplicated (https://forums.macrumors.com/member.php?u=229357) brought the lulz (https://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=15025939&postcount=98) below! Excellent!!
Totally agree.
This is a serious request, since Apple now doesn't recognize it as an update, I don't think MacRumors should either.
Bring back the old 600+ day count.
That's silly. Apple has definitely done some annoying things while under Jobs' leadership too.
That's a little over the top. Tim has only been in leadership 8 months, the Mac Pro suffered under Steve as well.