The last major redesign for the Mac Pro series of computers was debuted in 2013 and hasn’t really changed since. But now, Apple is finally promising a new Mac Pro model to be released in 2019.
Creative Professional Criticisms
The last Mac Pro was released with much fanfare and is an amazing piece of engineering. But it was met with a healthy dose of criticism. The most common complaint is the inability to easily upgrade the system. As time has gone on, the lack of hardware upgrades has been a sticking point as well.
For creative professionals who need all the power Apple can throw at them, this is a bad thing.
Backed into a Corner
Techcrunch reported that last year, Apple admitted that it had “painted itself into an architecture corner by being aggressively original on the design” of the 2013 MacPro. There was nothing left to do than start over with a new design.
The lack of a modular design and depending on thunderbolt as the only real path for expansion was met with groans for the most part.
New Model Dropping in 2019
Techcrunch reported that back in 2017, no promises were given on the delivery date for a newly redesigned Mac Pro. 2018 was not a guarantee, and now it has been confirmed there will be no new Mac Pro this year. However, Apple confirmed that a newly designed version of the pro computer would be in the 2019 lineup.
“We want to be transparent and communicate openly with our pro community, so we want them to know that the Mac Pro is a 2019 product. It’s not something for this year,” said Tom Boger, vice president of hardware engineering. “In addition to transparency for pro customers on an individual basis, there’s also a larger fiscal reasoning behind it.
“We know that there’s a lot of customers today that are making purchase decisions on the iMac Pro and whether or not they should wait for the Mac Pro,” Boger continued.
Pro Workflow Team
One thing that Apple really wants to drive home to its pro customers is that they are focusing on workflow. They have heard the complaints and are listening. To that effect, Apple has been sitting with pro users to learn about their workflows and try to address any related problems.
They realize that modular systems are still important to some users and so they have confirmed that the new Mac Pro would be a modular system. Furthermore, Apple is working on a display for a modular system.
Whether creative professionals will return to the Apple fold remains to be seen. It may be too late for some who have already migrated to Windows computers. Apple is clearly wooing the professional community, however, and seem to want to fix their past mistakes.
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