Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ??

From	Tyrone <none@none.none>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ??
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Date	2025-11-18 04:53 +0000

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On Nov 17, 2025 at 9:14:15 PM EST, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> 
> In the age of Apple Silicon the Mac Pro has been become a pretty
> pointless device thanks to having almost nothing that is upgradable -
> all you can really do is add more internal drives (which, considering
> Apple's rather stingy and high-priced built-in drives, was its only
> plus point). The number of people who need a PCI / similar slot for
> anything else is pretty miniscule these days.

Makes sense. The big ugly tower with roaring fans and "slots" is a relic of
the Intel/Motorola/Power PC stone age. The huge motherboard with RAM here and
CPU over there and "slots" way over there is so 30 years ago. 

Everything integrated on a single chip is the present and the future. It is
faster, uses WAY less power, generates WAY less heat and fits into a MUCH
smaller case that MIGHT need a single, whisper-quiet, low-speed fan. 

Plus, no other consumer product is "upgradeable".  TVs, microwave ovens,
refrigerators, cars, furniture, phones, watches, speakers, headphones etc. 
You buy what you need now and can afford now. 

You want/need more later?   Buy a new, bigger one and sell the old one. 

There was a time (50 years ago) when "personal computers" were built using
hundreds of discrete chips.  In the S-100 slot days, you had a CPU board, RAM
board(s) and multiple I/O boards (serial, parallel, video, floppy disk, hard
disk etc). These boards were each the size of a current "motherboard". 

Now it is all on a single chip.  Get over it.  Move on.

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[RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-11-18 15:14 +1300
  Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-11-18 04:53 +0000
    Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-11-18 18:33 +1300
      Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-11-18 22:28 +0000
        Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-11-19 16:20 +1300
          Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-11-19 11:26 +0100
          Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-11-19 15:47 +0000
            Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-11-20 10:34 +1300
              Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-12-02 04:14 +0000
                Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-12-02 18:14 +1300
        Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-11-19 11:21 +0100
  Re: [RUMOUR] R.I.P. Mac Pro ?? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2025-12-13 12:09 -0500

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