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Rumor Mill: Mac Pro in new enclosure at WWDC
ThinkSecret is saying that Apple will announce the Mac Pro and a newly designed enclosure at its World Wide Developers Conference next month. The Mac Pro is the rumored name of the Intel machines that will replace the PowerMac G5's. According to the rumor site, the new Mac Pro's will come in configurations similar to the PowerMac G5, including single and dual processor systems. I suspect the new machines will be sporting the newly released Core 2 Duo Intel processors, however, what I am having a hard time visualizing is what Apple will do to the enclosure. With the MacBook and MacBook Pro, Apple has continued to distinguish their pro machines by their shiny aluminum exteriors. Will Apple stay with the monolithic cheese graters, or will they go with something more subdued and refined? Only time will tell.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Reovox said 3:42PM on 7-05-2006
pity...I really like the G5 enclosure! Minimal!
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Tom said 4:02PM on 7-05-2006
They'll definitely be going smaller. The g5 is so huge because the chip runs so hot and needs an extensive cooling system. I predict much smaller, but still aluminum look exteriors.
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Don Wilson said 4:24PM on 7-05-2006
I've been waiting for rumors to start up with the Mac Pro. Can't wait until August. :)
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Dan Bedford said 4:32PM on 7-05-2006
According to the rumor site, the new Mac Pro's will come in configurations similar to the PowerMac G5, including single and dual processor systems.
So, do you mean single dual-core and dual dual-core systems? Because that would definitely not be cool if they didn't offer a new quad system. That thing will b a screamer for sure.
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Kevin Finlayson said 4:41PM on 7-05-2006
I imagine the enclosure will be smaller, considering that the 9-fan liquid cooling system may be overkill for the intel chips.
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andy said 4:41PM on 7-05-2006
higher end one will be dual dual core until early next year when proper quad core comes out
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jamminman said 5:08PM on 7-05-2006
Aww... I hope they don't get rid of the aluminum... I really like it!
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gillsans said 5:51PM on 7-05-2006
My PowerMac G5 is by far the prettiest computer I've used - inside and out. It is one big mutha though. If Apple could shave 3-6 inches off the height it would be perfect.
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Greg Hinch said 6:01PM on 7-05-2006
They could probably go a lot smaller now that they dont need the massive cooling device. Maybe a new Cube? :)
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Jay Serna said 7:09PM on 7-05-2006
The Conroe or Core Duo Chip doesn't support a Quad layout. But, they really do not need a Quad system because if there are 2 x duo--duo means 2--chips then in theory it will be similar to the Quad. However I feel that Apple will introduce 2 systems with the Core 2 chips to replace the Power Mac systems with Dual G5's. So the Introductory Mac Pro may run as fast as the current Quad, that would be sweet.
But, I think they will relase a super Mac Pro with the Sossaman Intel processer to replace the Quad. To make one crazy fast Mac.
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Brian Puccio said 10:26PM on 7-05-2006
Black please. Yes, I'll pay extra to get a black one.
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Eamon McDermott said 2:20AM on 7-06-2006
More hard drive bays please! For the size of the current G5 towers, it's pitiful that they can only hold two hard drives.
Better yet, sexy hot-swappable SATA drive bays like on the XServes! This would be handy for pro's that need to walk around with 500G of data.
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Mag said 5:26AM on 9-04-2006
I wonder how they managed to set up an efficient cooling system with the dual processor ones.
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