Mac Pro 2019

hartgeh3 · 3 Jun 2019 at 20:03

8-core Xeon, 32GB memory, Radeon Pro 580X, 256GB SSD. Starts at $5,999 :eek:

https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/specs/

8-Core
3.5GHz Intel Xeon W
8 cores, 16 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.0GHz
24.5MB cache
Support for up to 1TB 2666MHz memory

12-Core
3.3GHz Intel Xeon W
12 cores, 24 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
31.25MB cache
Support for up to 1TB 2933MHz memory

16-Core
3.2GHz Intel Xeon W
16 cores, 32 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
38MB cache
Support for up to 1TB 2933MHz memory

24-Core
2.7GHz Intel Xeon W
24 cores, 48 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
57MB cache
Support for up to 2TB 2933MHz memory

28-Core
2.5GHz Intel Xeon W
28 cores, 56 threads
Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
66.5MB cache
Support for up to 2TB 2933MHz memory

Two USB 3 ports
Support for USB-A (up to 5Gb/s)
Two Thunderbolt 3 ports
Support for Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
Support for USB-C (up to 10Gb/s)
Support for DisplayPort
Two 10Gb Ethernet ports:
Support for 10Gb Ethernet performance over copper cabling
Support for Nbase-T industry standard: 1Gb, 2.5Gb, 5Gb, and 10Gb Ethernet link speeds using RJ-45 connectors

visibleman · 3 Jun 2019 at 20:19

Anyone know which Xeon is likely to be in the base spec?

Somnambulist · 3 Jun 2019 at 20:51

I was waiting for the new Pro displays... no chance I'll be getting one now it's revealed it's a 6k 32" @ $4999

Throrik · 3 Jun 2019 at 20:55

I'll never need one of these, but I can dream of being able to afford one. But they're going to be damned good for actual professional use so no doubt all the Videographers and Photographers will be all over them as well your average semi-competent Youtuber who decides that he needs 1.5TB of RAM to render 4k for his generic tech reviews.

hartgeh3 · 3 Jun 2019 at 20:57

Somnambulist said:
I was waiting for the new Pro displays... no chance I'll be getting one now it's revealed it's a 6k 32" @ $4999

That is without the stand too at $999!

Somnambulist · 3 Jun 2019 at 21:03

hartgeh3 said:
That is without the stand too at $999!

Yikes. I have a Mac Mini and an old HP 1920x1200 monitor and was hoping to eventually move to a MBP and a 5K monitor eventually, but the lack of decent standalone 5K monitors is depressing. Might have to just get an iMac 5K at this rate.

Barry Smalley · 3 Jun 2019 at 21:16

@MacRS4 will be getting a couple, no doubt.

Bluecube · 3 Jun 2019 at 21:56

The basic model is great apart from the SSD size. Seriously Apple - WTF? A 6 grand machine with a 256Gb SSD? That’s just plain naff.

Spleen Sauce · 3 Jun 2019 at 22:03

Bluecube said:
The basic model is great apart from the SSD size. Seriously Apple - WTF? A 6 grand machine with a 256Gb SSD? That’s just plain naff.

I image its for the consumer who is just going to put their own SSD (or NVMe) drives in and dump the base spec drive / keep it for OS.

Bluecube · 3 Jun 2019 at 22:06

Maybe but for 6k I’d expect a bigger drive and not have to replace parts of a brand new machine right from the off.

233 · 3 Jun 2019 at 22:07

When you consider the cost of professional grade workstations its not that bad price wise,

charging an extra 1000 dollars for the monitor stand is lolworthy though,

Apple really has went all in with this and offered something that pros will be all over,

Journey · 3 Jun 2019 at 22:08

256MB SSD, and an 8-core CPU $6k, is this 2014?

Martini1991 · 3 Jun 2019 at 22:15

People saying how good this is are probably unaware about the 32 Core Threadripper for 1.6K

Feek · 3 Jun 2019 at 22:26

I didn't see any mention of what drive bays are available. The old Mac Pro had plenty of them so it'll be interesting to see how many this has.

Spleen Sauce · 3 Jun 2019 at 23:33

Martini1991 said:
People saying how good this is are probably unaware about the 32 Core Threadripper for 1.6K

Possibly, but unless you go down the route of QEMU with hardware pass through and an OSX VM, or some really funky Hackintosh setup you aren’t going to be running Final Cut or Logic, which I suppose is what this machine is really aimed at.

I think it’ll be massively overkill for most people, but gets you shiny cheesegrater bragging rights. I want one, but I certainly don’t need one.

V F · 3 Jun 2019 at 23:48

Somnambulist said:
I was waiting for the new Pro displays... no chance I'll be getting one now it's revealed it's a 6k 32" @ $4999

With the extra $1000 stand. Macrumors forums is livid.

Journey · 3 Jun 2019 at 23:49

Feek said:
I didn't see any mention of what drive bays are available. The old Mac Pro had plenty of them so it'll be interesting to see how many this has.

Don't see it having any 3.5" drive bays, if you want more storage you'll be able to add more NVMe either directly to the PCI-E slots, maybe a couple of 2.5" U.2 bays (low chance) or M.2 drives directly to the main board or using a 2-4 way PCI-E adapter card.

If you need spinning rust directly attached in large quantities you have TB3 or 10GBe to a NAS or SAN, what more so you need?

BongoHunter · 3 Jun 2019 at 23:59

Surely prices like this just encourage people to build a hackintosh

Mental prices - no matter how nice it looks

NickK · 4 Jun 2019 at 01:16

Nice unit with CPU and GPU for compute workloads such as AI etc.

Use of GPU in API for acceleration is now commonplace and the RX Vega based core has a better double precision which is a good bonus.

Yaayuh! · 4 Jun 2019 at 06:25

I’m going to have to think of something else for our concept studio at work now. I can’t justify that price. We bought the ‘trashcans’ for £3200 (ex VAT) each and have been waiting for this new revision, but we’d be paying double this time around.