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RUMOR: Apple prepping completely redesigned Intel Mac Pro, new display line
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 11:15 PM EST

"Apple is planning to deliver a completely redesigned Intel Mac Pro. The Pro line of Macintosh computers has seen a slowdown since Adobe's Creative Suite 3 is not available as a universal binary," LoopRumors reports.

LoopRumors reports, "The redesign will be an improvement both internally and externally. Apple did complete the transition to Intel chips with Intel-based Mac Pros, but this new machine is said to be smaller, and 'significantly faster' than the current offerings. Unlike today's Mac pros, the cooling system will direct hot air through vents at the top of the machine, much like Apple's Cube of yesteryear. Other less credible information suggests that the machines will only run Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and not be backward compatible with previous operating systems."

"Also expected for quite some time now are new Apple Displays... Some reports have expected the new displays to come in sizes up to 50-inches. The new displays are said be even thinner, with a lighter design and have more mobility," LoopRumors reports.

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Feb 14, 07 - 11:22 pm Comment from: Tom Strong

Looprumors is crap.

Feb 14, 07 - 11:31 pm Comment from: typhoon

Anybody know anything at all about LoopRumors and their reliability?

The rumor sites I check are Apple Insider, MacRumors and Think Secret. There was another I used to check (MacOSRumors), but they were always promising updates and whatever, but nothing would materialize.

Anybody got any other sites they like?

Feb 14, 07 - 11:34 pm Comment from: maczealot

The folks at Loop Rumors are hearing voices in their heads again...how unsurprising.

Feb 14, 07 - 11:35 pm Comment from: jbl

Where are the Core 2 Duo Minis? I'm itchin' to spend some money!

Feb 14, 07 - 11:37 pm Comment from: @ typhoon

Generally, you can find relatively up to date information about new products releases from http://www.Apple.com. I don't how they do it, but these people seem to have the inside track.

Feb 14, 07 - 11:43 pm Comment from: moe

Where's Leopard? Or at least an update on its progress? Anybody? Hello?

Feb 14, 07 - 11:52 pm Comment from: master_cylnder

I want the 108" monitor.

Feb 15, 07 - 12:12 am Comment from: walt

I heard about the video shuffle. The screen is the size of you thumb. Plus, this new Mac Pro will hoover in air (zero foot print) and will slowly replace your wife (or gf)... best of all, it's under 2000.00. I'm bored, I know.

Feb 15, 07 - 12:27 am Comment from: Big Al

How the Hell could a 50" display be more mobile than a smaller, older 23" display?

Do people read what they write.

Feb 15, 07 - 12:28 am Comment from: binky

rumours are like opinions... useless...

Unfortunately, only rumours and opinions are what MDN has

Feb 15, 07 - 12:44 am Comment from: adiggity

i'm waiting for the return of the cube, in black.

Feb 15, 07 - 01:02 am Comment from: Frank

gimme a friggin' redesigned iSight..pleeeeease downer

Feb 15, 07 - 01:07 am Comment from: mike

Big Al..

The computers are smaller, not the displays

Feb 15, 07 - 01:50 am Comment from: Floris

Let's hope there is a built-in iSight in the new displays! And if
the new Mac Pro is going to have some Cube-features, then let it
be just as silent and beautiful!

Feb 15, 07 - 02:11 am Comment from: Housewife

@Wait

Does it do the housework too?!

Feb 15, 07 - 02:23 am Comment from: finlander

"Some reports have expected the new displays to come in sizes up to 50-inches. The new displays are said be even thinner, with a lighter design and have more mobility"

I have always a couple of 50" displays on my knapsack.

Feb 15, 07 - 02:27 am Comment from: MacDust

"Other less credible information suggests that the machines will only run Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and not be backward compatible with previous operating systems."

Ya think?? Its been like this since day one. If it was even possible, still why would you want to run an older OS on a new machine which the hardware would require the most current version of the OS?

Feb 15, 07 - 03:48 am Comment from: John C. Randolph

I'm fine with a 30" monitor, but as soon as I can get one 300DPI or better, I'll be all over it.

-jcr

Feb 15, 07 - 06:14 am Comment from: Reality Check

Who wants a friggin' 50" display on their desk? What a stupid rumour. Your head would be moving like it's watching a tennis match from the upmire's chair.

Feb 15, 07 - 07:01 am Comment from: Bizarro Ballmer

Sounds like the Apple TV's are coming just in time to play with Apple TV

Feb 15, 07 - 07:08 am Comment from: WHERE IS LEOPARD?

The only news I care about is the release date for Leopard so I can buy my new 24" iMac with Leopard and iLife 2007 Preinstalled!

Feb 15, 07 - 07:21 am Comment from: I made this name up

Too slow. Apple is too slow to bring out new things.
When was the last new product from Apple? New desktop? New iPod? Not vaporware or soon to be ware.

Feb 15, 07 - 07:22 am Comment from: Troy

How can a 50" display be more mobile?

Feb 15, 07 - 07:56 am Comment from: B-Sabre

I'm not buying the 50" monitor necessarily, but something that big is obviously aimed at the conference room display or kiosk type application, not for the desktop. Given that a 46" LCD TV is in the $3000-$4000 dollar range, its either going to be for the obscenely rich Mac enthusiast, or for applications where you need to show multiple people the display at one time.

(Or, its the ultimate complement to the AppleTV...maybe it has the AppleTV built into it?)

As for how a 50" could be "lighter and more mobile" I suggest that some MDN readers think before shooting their mouths (or their keyboards) off.

Some reports have expected the new displays to come in sizes up to 50-inches. The new displays are said be even thinner, with a lighter design and have more mobility.

Obviously, there is supposed to be more than one display coming out besides the 50", and the intent of the statement is that the smaller displays are going to be of a lighter design and have more mobility than the displays they are replacing in the Apple line-up. Which is what you would expect. rolleyes

As for iSight, while having an iSight built into the display is fine for someone buying an Apple Display or iMac or MacBook, I think there is still a need for a stand-alone iSight for people who don't want to buy an Apple display and want to be able to move the camera around. I've used my iSight as an "inspection tool" before to get a look into areas that I couldn't see into otherwise, and sometimes it a lot more convenient to use it as a handheld for applications like Delicious Monster's Library cataloging program than holding the book up to a built-in iSight.

Feb 15, 07 - 08:42 am Comment from: United States of Generica

I bet new displays have HDMI as well as DVI, also that DVI now supports HDCP.

Personally I like the idea of elitist larger screens, I used to be alone amoungst friends with 30-inch monitor but now Dell and NEC make them dirt cheap _everyone_ has got one. :-(

Have been thinking for a while of getting second 30-inch screen, but if Apple planning on larger one then I am going to hold back.

Feb 15, 07 - 09:00 am Comment from: JJ

Apple is running some wedding photography workshops. In the description on Apple's website they say the will be demoing:

"Mac Pro with Intel Quad Xeon processors"

Hmmmm...

Feb 15, 07 - 09:14 am Comment from: Dave

NEC has a 30" display? Show me.

Feb 15, 07 - 09:19 am Comment from: TowerTone

Penryn...Penryn....here boy, come on....PENRYN!....Has anyone seen my little chip?
Come on, Penryn, let's go!!! Time to go home. Good boy!!!

Feb 15, 07 - 09:21 am Comment from: Eddie

Other less credible information suggests that the machines will only run Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and not be backward compatible with previous operating systems
Man, not again!
I already can't run 6.0.8 on my Core Duo Mini, now they won't let me run it on my new Mac Pro? Bashtids!

Feb 15, 07 - 09:34 am Comment from: carlo

if your looking for a leopard only news resource, i found leopardtracker.com a while back. usually it has most leopard news on it.

Feb 15, 07 - 09:41 am Comment from: Lurker_PC

Anyone know anything about a 2000 inch TV? I understand my neighbor, Frank, got the last one in stock.

grin

Peace.

Feb 15, 07 - 10:18 am Comment from: Petey

Where's iLife/iWork 07??

I need an updated iWeb app!!

Feb 15, 07 - 11:26 am Comment from: Jonahan

"Apple is running some wedding photography workshops. In the description on Apple's website they say the will be demoing:

"Mac Pro with Intel Quad Xeon processors"

Hmmmm..."

Umm what's the big deal they have Quad Xeon's already...

Feb 15, 07 - 11:43 am Comment from: montex

I'm all for a new Mac Pro, but I hope Apple can make one that is slightly less GIGANTIC! Right now there is no middle ground between the teeny-tiny Mac mini and the Mac Pro. I'd like something that is big enough for a pair of 3.5" hard drives, a high-end graphics card and a blu-ray drive. Comes standard with 2GB of RAM. Oh, and costs less than $1000.

(Just kidding about that last part. I'd pay $2000 for just such a beast. As long as it's not a MONDO-HUGE box that is the Mac Pro). smile

/i like slashies!
//and pie.

Feb 15, 07 - 12:35 pm Comment from: maczealot

Forget rumors, give me confirmed reports.

Feb 15, 07 - 01:10 pm Comment from: rasterbator

Check out these Mac Pro minis!

http://flickr.com/photos/32838779@N00/158115086

Feb 15, 07 - 02:48 pm Comment from: @ rasterbator

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but spec sheets and a list of prices are absolutely needed.

Feb 15, 07 - 06:24 pm Comment from: Shogun

A spec sheet is about a thousand words.

Feb 15, 07 - 06:26 pm Comment from: jeff

"Apple is planning to deliver a completely redesigned Intel Mac Pro. The Pro line of Macintosh computers has seen a slowdown since Adobe's Creative Suite 3 is not available as a universal binary," LoopRumors reports.

Um...the CS3 beta from Adobe Labs is a universal binary and if you own CS2, you can use it forever.

Feb 15, 07 - 06:57 pm Comment from: jscott

To the webmaster: Because of the inline links in your stories I will no longer return as a reader of this site. They are completely annoying and unnecessary.

Feb 15, 07 - 07:04 pm Comment from: monkeyspunk

I think a redesigned macbook pro would be kick'n. Something other than this damn silver gray crap. I want my in triple dip black.

Feb 15, 07 - 09:10 pm Comment from: Weird Al

Wow, a 2000" TV? Frank's a lucky guy. Robert DeNiro's mole has gotta be 10 feet wide.

Feb 16, 07 - 09:03 am Comment from: dopes

Next thing: a 20000" inch display that weighs only 8 oz. and folds up to the size of a legal pad. Bollocks you wankers

Feb 16, 07 - 03:43 pm Comment from: John

It would only make sense to time it with the new OS...roll everything out together...Adobe products, new OS, new looking comps...and huge pricetag.


John
http://www.monomachines.com

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