Comments on: New Mac Pro: How Upgradeable is it? (Late 2013 Hands On)

By: sysfailure0x5a

sysfailure0x5a — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:08:00 +0000

So how do you upgrade the video cards? You know, since the CPU is becoming less important than the video cards.

By: Fooad Taha

Fooad Taha — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 07:55:00 +0000

man for haters try to build fresh one i will cost you away more money !!!

By: rogamers

rogamers — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 22:55:00 +0000

It is a feat of engineering, but you give Apple too much credit. The review done by Anandtech exposed just how hot the GPU and the CPU can go up to in heavy workloads, just about bordering around what the Tahiti core can take(88 degrees celcius!) and at worrying levels for the Intel Xeon. And since this is workstation type machine which would constantly be put under heavy workloads, the temperatures and that “cooling core” that Apple touts about are in my opinion, piss poor in performance. The conventional as you say it “1990′s way of building PC’s” is still the most efficient in terms of keeping the temperatures down as evidenced even by the last generation Mac Pro.

By: TheMetalSgt

TheMetalSgt — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:00:00 +0000

I was talking about the Razor one upping the aging design of the PC.

By: kris

kris — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:52:00 +0000

A modern pc doesnt cost 9 grand, so it is quite interesting to see you state that a mac would “one up” a PC that is 1/10th of the Mac Pro. Here ill go ahead and state this too Ps4 one ups n64 in every way possible.

By: TheMetalSgt

TheMetalSgt — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:43:00 +0000

Fantastic machine. Form factor, power and good price aside, just looking at it is like looking at a work of art. Amazing engineering. Some of the best minds in design definitely work at Apple, that’s for sure. Only other computer that has grasped my attention as much is a prototype “Christine” from Razor. Either way, the 1990s way of building PCs is getting old. It’s 2014, and the Mac Pro looks the part. Maybe it’s not as upgradable, as you can’t just slot a new GPU in.. but why would you? If you buy this you aren’t immediately going out to upgrade it. After 5 years of good use you might sell it and get a new one, or maybe still be completely fine after a ram upgrade. There are tons of people still rocking older Mac Pros that they’ve had for 6 years, and they are still working well for them. “Christine” and the Mac Pro are two concepts of designs that are the future. On one hand, ultra powerful and portable machine, and on the other you have a ultra easy upgradable system that takes the stone age design of modern PCs and 1 ups them in every way.