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about to see a change?
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just noticed that amazon.com is no longer showing the "click to see price" notice for the 2 primary mac pros. now they are displayed...
thinking that apple may have relaxed the price restrictions on a soon to be updated model?
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(Although I am still getting the "See price in cart" message. But only 8 left in stock.
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yea, i just noticed this on one model to.
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Apple Store is still showing next day delivery.
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The era of anthropomorphizing hardware is over.
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Apple has plenty of stock of them. I bought one from an Apple store a week or so ago and it shipped with Snow Leopard on it. (10.6.4)
I'm really interested to see what Apple will do with the Pro. Just hoping they won't kill it off altogether.
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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Guessing it will never ship with 10.7 until the refresh.
I'm hoping they keep it in the line, and not at an insanely high price.
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I'm amazed at the resale prices for current and last generation models on Ebay. Tempts me to just buy the current Westmere model and not worry about the refresh. I can always add a new video card and memory later, as needed.
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Tim should be able to bring a quality mini tower Mac for $1000, for independent professionals.
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Originally Posted by The Godfather 
Tim should be able to bring a quality mini tower Mac for $1000, for independent professionals.
This again? Yes, everyone would love Apple to do this, but whats in it for Apple? Nothing. Thats why they won't do it. Their current product lines are selling very well with margins they are very very happy with. Such a Mac would cannibalise other Mac sales and everyone who wants one just buys a Mini/iMac/Pro instead.
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I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
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Originally Posted by The Godfather
Tim should be able to bring a quality mini tower Mac for $1000, for independent professionals.
God, not again.
No, Apple will not cut margins to create ANOTHER line catering to an already-declining market.
Especially since everybody calling for it has a very clear idea of what they're asking for, but is completely blind to the fact that it's about twenty-five very different products that you're all unanimously clamoring for (who's asking? graphics guys? video guys? audio guys? IT pros? business pros?), and that Apple already GAVE you what "everybody" was asking for when they built the Mac mini.
The dual-core mini with dedicated graphics, or the quad-core mini without, are PLENTY fast enough for "independent professionals" (which kind? graphics guys? video guys? audio guys? IT pros? business pros?), and with Thunderbolt and the possibility for outboard expansion slots, the ridiculousness of requesting a "mini tower", even if Apple decided to snub 90% of the people asking one by actually deciding upon one to build, is patently obvious.
(Now watch them go and build one just to spite me.  )
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SH, I agree 100%. Before the Mac Mini refresh people had a case for the mythical "headless iMac." Not anymore.
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The new mac mini's seemed tempting. Until you compare them to the power & price of the iMacs. Sure the glossy screens are deal breakers, with that much power, the minis still seem lame.
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Yes, that's the point. The iMacs are a much better deal in most cases already.
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Originally Posted by cgc
SH, I agree 100%. Before the Mac Mini refresh people had a case for the mythical "headless iMac." Not anymore.
Note that the clamoring changed: it used to be "headless iMac". After the Mac mini, it was suddenly all about "minitower". Once Apple builds that, it will be "sub-500-dollar expandable box" (I think that the remaining six people just need to acknowledge that Apple won't give them a fully configurable hackintosh, and that that is in fact what they're looking for.)
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They want Apple sell the OS with full support for every hack-you-own-motherboard out there. And a pony.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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Originally Posted by P
They want Apple sell the OS with full support for every hack-you-own-motherboard out there. And a pony.
I hear pony support is in for 10.7.3.
If you're an independent professional, do what the rest of us do: use the corporate discount of a friend with a full time job.
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The era of anthropomorphizing hardware is over.
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Originally Posted by Don Pickett
I hear pony support is in for 10.7.3.
Do I have to buy an AOL for my computer for that?
Do MAC iPod computers even support downloading internets?
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Originally Posted by Don Pickett
I hear pony support is in for 10.7.3.
That will only trigger endless calls for unicorn support.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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Originally Posted by P
That will only trigger endless calls for unicorn support.
That explains the magic in Apple products... unicorn blood. And here I thought it was only for evil wizards.
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What do you call a pony's cough?
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Originally Posted by P
That will only trigger endless calls for unicorn support.
Unicorns are vaporware.
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