Apple updated the MacPro after all.

If you've got eleventy zillion pixels on a 15" laptop screen, you really don't want to have to drag around a 17". If you do want more screen space, it's easy enough to plug in a 24"+ screen at a desk. (J's 13" MacBook Pro has a 24" screen, a mouse, and a keyboard attached to it.)

A couple of years ago a guy visited at work and dragged out his 17" MacBook Pro. It was almost comical it was so big. ;-)

Maybe Apple's "really great" thing next year will be something like a stackable MacMini - You want 24 CPUs and RAID 15? Buy 6 of these boxes and stack them together with their Thunderbolt interfaces. You want portability? Take one with you. I suspect they're not that far ahead of the industry, though... With fast enough interfaces, and a sensible OS that can do distributed computing, it shouldn't be out of the question.

Oh, I wouldn't be surprised if they brought back the 17" in a Retina version - they're probably just not available yet. If someone really wants a 17", there are a bunch in the Refurbished part of the Apple store. The maximum resolution is 1900 x 1200.

FWIW. :-)

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #358,783 by Another Scott 6/11/12 3:51:43 PM Reply	Apple updated the MacPro after all. http://www.appleinsi..._xeon_e5_cpu.html http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html Cheers, Scott.
Post #358,786 by SpiceWare 6/11/12 4:08:07 PM Reply	hmm - no USB3 or Thunderbolt...
Post #358,789 by Another Scott 6/11/12 4:31:34 PM Reply	Yup. They seem to have done the minimum necessary.
Post #358,858 by Another Scott 6/12/12 6:26:45 PM Reply	Tim claims "really great" update in 2013. http://www.anandtech...lly-great-in-2013 FWIW. Cheers, Scott.
Post #358,863 by Andrew Grygus 6/12/12 8:29:50 PM Reply	Isn't the standard at Apple "Insanely Great!"? Just "really great" doesn't sound like it'll amount to much.
Post #358,868 by Another Scott 6/12/12 9:31:31 PM Reply	:-)
Post #358,871 by folkert 6/12/12 9:54:40 PM Reply	Meh... no 17" MBP. WTF dudes... are they just driving themselves out of the traditional High End where tons of money lies? I mean come the eff on.
Post #358,875 by Another Scott 6/12/12 10:12:09 PM Reply	I think they made the right choice there. If you've got eleventy zillion pixels on a 15" laptop screen, you really don't want to have to drag around a 17". If you do want more screen space, it's easy enough to plug in a 24"+ screen at a desk. (J's 13" MacBook Pro has a 24" screen, a mouse, and a keyboard attached to it.) A couple of years ago a guy visited at work and dragged out his 17" MacBook Pro. It was almost comical it was so big. ;-) Maybe Apple's "really great" thing next year will be something like a stackable MacMini - You want 24 CPUs and RAID 15? Buy 6 of these boxes and stack them together with their Thunderbolt interfaces. You want portability? Take one with you. I suspect they're not that far ahead of the industry, though... With fast enough interfaces, and a sensible OS that can do distributed computing, it shouldn't be out of the question. Oh, I wouldn't be surprised if they brought back the 17" in a Retina version - they're probably just not available yet. If someone really wants a 17", there are a bunch in the Refurbished part of the Apple store. The maximum resolution is 1900 x 1200. FWIW. :-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #358,930 by folkert 6/13/12 7:56:57 PM Reply	I disagree... but oh well. I've never been the "target audience" of Apple... They are making strides to keep it that way.
Post #358,933 by Another Scott 6/13/12 8:58:24 PM Reply	'tis Ok. I don't have exclusive rights to being right. :-)

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