And if the Mac Pro is something I want, then sell the Mini and get it. So I’m debating just getting the i7 Mac Mini, and hook it to my Thunderbolt Display until their new display comes out. And if the Mac Pro is something I want, then sell the Mini and get it.Ĭhris Chiasson wrote:My worries are that the new one is gonna be $5000 for the base model (and that’s without their new display), and though you can swap parts, they’re gonna be a catch. My worries are that the new one is gonna be $5000 for the base model (and that’s without their new display), and though you can swap parts, they’re gonna be a catch. Figured maybe the next version would be better. They didn’t even make keyboards or mouses to color match with it. Then it finally happened, and it was a $3000 trash can with low flash memory, an unswappable GPU, and no 4K Thunderbolt Display (they sold a $5000 Sharp display instead). Didn’t happen that year, and didn’t happen the year after. But the tower Macs didn’t have Thunderbolt ports and old USB speeds. I had an old iMac that I wanted to replace with a Mac Pro so I can swap parts instead of buying a new one every 3 years. You never know.īut ya, I’m worried it’s gonna be something not worth the wait, like the 2013 Mac Pro. My hope is that it'll be as good as an HP z8: powerful, expandable, reliable, and starting at around $5000 (and going up to $20K with options). So it will be coming out, my guess right around the WWDC in June 2019. '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. Here's an official quote from senior director of Mac hardware marketing Tom Boger: Chris Chiasson wrote:Still debating if I should get a Mac Mini, or continue my wait for the new Mac Pro that’s rumoured for 2019.

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