No 7,1 Mac Pro until 2019

[HCMarkus]

https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/05/apple ... -workflows

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/05/ap ... ch-in-2019

“We’ve been focusing on visual effects and video editing and 3D animation and music production, as well,” says Ternus. “And we’ve brought in some pretty incredible talent, really masters of their craft. And so they’re now sitting and building out workflows internally with real content and really looking for what are the bottlenecks. What are the pain points. How can we improve things. And then we take this information where we find it and we go into our architecture team and our performance architects and really drill down and figure out where is the bottleneck. Is it the OS, is it in the drivers, is it in the application, is it in the silicon, and then run it to ground to get it fixed.”

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I thought this was a good editorial. Tim Cook is supposed to be a supply chain genius, but almost everything he comes in contact with is met with near crippling delays.
https://www.macworld.com/article/326811 ... liver.html

[HCMarkus]

So I ask, what’s the point of announcing a product more than two years away from shipping while also selling a version of the same product that nobody wants? Is Apple simply trying to placate us as long as it can? With the knowledge of a new model in the works, it leaves professional Mac users with one of three options, none of them ideal:

Spend $3,000 to $6,000 on the current Mac Pro, which is already outdated.
Spend $5,000 to $13,000 on an iMac Pro, which has dubious user serviceability and upgradability.
Wait another 12 to 18 months for the new Mac Pro, which may or may not fill their needs.

My answer: Pick up a used 5,1 dual-quad MP from Craigslist and upgrade it to a 12-core music machine! Apple's delay makes my recent $650 investment look prescient. Prices on used 4,1s, 5,1s and 6,1s may well continue to hold for a while longer.

Based on all I've been hearing, not the least being info from folks in the know here at MOTUNation, I may even make a run at High Sierra soon.

[James Steele]

Yep... makes me glad I found a 4,1 8-core and turned it into a 5,1 12-core. I can sit here for another year most likely.