Apple Mac Pro gets 12 cores

Yeah but only three of the cores work..

..If you use the touchpad with the "wrong" hand...

Apple will issue a denial, followed by some right-handed gloves for left-handed people at a later date..

By cheysuli on 27 Jul 2010

There you go, whinging about Apple's innovative ideas again.

By SwissMac on 28 Jul 2010

I can't help feeling that the trackpad idea should have been built into the mouse they created. I think this is kind of admitting that once again they didn't really create a great mouse

By TimoGunt on 28 Jul 2010

Or I could buy a car

OK, a 50% performance boost for a 400% price increase. Erm...

By phantombudgie on 28 Jul 2010

@TimoGunt The new mouse already does have multi-touch support on its upper surface.

@phantombudgie What 400% price increase?

By SwissMac on 28 Jul 2010

mice

I've had a variety of macs over the years and the first thing I always do is buy a nice microsoft mouse. How can they be so useless at this simple little thing?

By ptp_producer on 29 Jul 2010

mice continued...

@ptp_producer

Strange. I've had a variety of Windows machines over the years and the first thing I always do is to delete MS Windows. How can they be so useless at this simple little thing?

By alexbowden2 on 29 Jul 2010

Whinging

I changed to Mac three years ago after a life time on PC. They may not get it right all of the time but the Macs i have are solid, reliable, machines and i rarely have software problems. I believe you get what you pay for and i am glad i spent they extra.

By neiltopten on 29 Jul 2010

Apple Sheep

You'd have to be an idiot to think these systems were either innovative or worth paying the price for. Mind you Apple's biggest recent innovation (manual signal attenuation) seems to be catching on.

By dodge1963 on 29 Jul 2010

RE: Apple Sheep

Yawn...more ill informed Apple hating. Sure they're a bit more expensive but not over the top by any means.


The MacPro is a workstation class machine. This means it cannot be compared with a home desktop machine. Workstations are built with quality and ultimate reliability in mind. They do not use cheapo components - everything is high quality.


Any muppet can throw together a bunch of high end chips and make a fast machine for not much money. The thing is will it last? Will it handle being thrashed all day every day?


The businesses that buy these machines don't do it to look cool. They spend the money because the price of hardware failure is so much more than the purchase price itself. That's why you buy a workstation


Go to any PC manufacturer and feature match a genuine workstation system against the MacPro and the price will be much closer than you think.

By SirRoderickSpode on 30 Jul 2010

It's not ill informed it's based on experience

Roderick, you're obviously completely taken in by the apple hype. It's an absolute fallacy that macs fail less than even an average home pc, i've seen it happen, once too often which is why I don't think it's worth the extra money for one. Inside the shiny fashionable designer casing the components are the same as those found in high end pc's and in my experience not as well put together. Furthermore the reason I hate Apple is the same reason I hate News International, market domination at the expense of the consumer equalling reduction of choice, higher costs and ultimately someone else in control of my data. I suggest you do a bit of reading and have a long hard look at what you're defending which is ultimately fascism.

By dodge1963 on 30 Jul 2010

@dodge1963

Aaah, well hating Apple on more philosophical or idealistic grounds is another issue. I actually agree with much of what you say in that regard. I am in fact far from immune when it comes to criticising Apple: http://wp.me/p2VtZ-1e

All that notwithstanding, the MacPro is a workstation class machine and my previous point stands - do a genuine component match with a PC workstation of your choice and tell me what the price difference is.

By SirRoderickSpode on 30 Jul 2010

A CPU is a CPU - Mac or PC

Macs are no more better built than any PC on the high street...component wise. It’s true that some PCs don’t last – but I personally suspect that the retailers want it that way. For example, some off the shelf PCs don’t have sufficient cooling; hence after a year or two, the poor user starts to get heat related crashes. Macs on the other hand, although they have had heat related problems, style seems to benefit function. But an Intel CPU is the same on the Mac as on the PC; and the complementary components are exactly the same. If anything, the PC is spoilt for choice for memory brands, and graphics cards. So no, it’s a myth that components wise, the Mac is superior. It’s simply isn’t true.

A friend of ours, his son had a Mac pro. The hard drive broke; and all his work was lost. It wasn’t just text and movie files he lost, but exhibition designs for BMW and Aston Martin! Anyway, he got his hard drive fixed...for a relatively high price compared to an off the shelf Hard drive – which he could probably have fitted himself. Apple relies purely on advertising and product image; and to avoid bad press – it makes sure its OS are bolted down and the user suppressed from tinkering. Nothing ever goes wrong with Macs since – it’s designed almost like a Kiosk. People who don’t really know, or wish to know about computers, use Macs. They’re more interested in what it can do for them...and a bit street cred pads their ego.

By vic_ago on 30 Jul 2010