Return-Path: Received: from imr-da02.mx.aol.com ([205.188.105.144] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4744525 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:33:42 +0200 Received: from mtaout-db06.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-db06.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.198]) by imr-da02.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q5CHaKr7006384 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:36:20 -0400 Received: from lunette.home (pool-108-23-214-125.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [108.23.214.125]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-db06.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id E6C56E0000AA; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:36:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_5AF271FF-97B8-47C5-8088-97D55E06F816" From: Tim Sassoon In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:36:18 -0700 Cc: Tim Sassoon Message-Id: <29272E32-A872-4CA4-B572-C88F973B6154@aol.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1339522580; bh=IyZehMCpPMzVpoiZNuGyuy27ybKUpJEZJ+KwEC3wMCw=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=siVXTBgpYgnqWT6w+15zGoXa8JKPS40gm8Bn+00mZQioqimjCeeNjwygI4+gBXrKX VRgqNtfX1QiD1D5ulEiNrYlkfX7a0EdvX158af/yI/fVHb+5i+LLwAZe9OUJsBbBI0 xEGosGaBA8YXkuGiaHvvTGnFU+O1Ex1TsSVafvHU= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:484032800:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d33c64fd77e1363dc X-AOL-IP: 108.23.214.125 --Apple-Mail=_5AF271FF-97B8-47C5-8088-97D55E06F816 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The miniscule upgrade argues for either a "swing for the fences" = revision being forthcoming, or complete abandonment. Take your pick. I = suspect it turns on a forthcoming Thunderbolt chipset that provides much = more PCI throughput, but the silicon is way behind schedule. And a much = smaller case than the current tower. That's my guess. Tim On Jun 12, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Rich Young wrote: > It's a lame speedbump, but the tech is moving quickly. PC makers = already have touchscreen versions of the MB Air, and OS changes are = immanent. Also, the HP Z1 does beat the iMac on some levels. The Apple = responses will be interesting. >=20 > Rich >=20 >=20 > --- On Tue, 6/12/12, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote: > > Reports of the death of the Mac Pro may be exaggerated - > =20 > But taking until 2013 makes me doubt that source. The only real was = that could be true is Apple has changed their mind and has to re-tool = and re-figure out the=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_5AF271FF-97B8-47C5-8088-97D55E06F816 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 The = miniscule upgrade argues for either a "swing for the fences" revision = being forthcoming, or complete abandonment. Take your pick. I suspect it = turns on a forthcoming Thunderbolt chipset that provides much more PCI = throughput, but the silicon is way behind schedule. And a much smaller = case than the current tower. That's my = guess.

Tim

On = Jun 12, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Rich Young wrote:

It's a lame speedbump, but the tech is = moving quickly. PC makers already have touchscreen versions of the MB = Air, and OS changes are immanent. Also, the HP Z1 does beat the iMac on = some levels. The Apple responses will be = interesting.

Rich

--- On Tue, 6/12/12, Stephen van = Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com><= /b> wrote:
> Reports of the death of the Mac Pro may be exaggerated = -

But taking until 2013 makes me doubt that source. The only real was = that could be true is Apple has changed their mind and has to re-tool = and re-figure out the =

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