In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Wonder what they’ll announce. Plenty of rumours.

No more rumours now...

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/event-stream/

Well, they did it. An M2 Ultra Mac Studio in a MacPro case 😉

With a few PCEi slots...

Only $6,999

In reply to a post by andynormancx:

In reply to a post by ian_c:

I would guess, new Mac Pros too (so an expandable/ pluggable Mac Studio, maybe?)

I'd give a 50:50 chance of either that or launching the M2 Ultra Mac Studio and saying "this thing is so great, we don't need a Mac Pro after all".

Looks like they announced BOTH. Blimey!

It’s difficult to see why anyone would want the Pro rather than the Studio.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by andynormancx:

At this point there is zero chance that they aren't announcing an AR/VR system next week. If they weren't there would have been leaks by now to make it clear that they aren't.

Yep, but I'm guessing a developer box to create apps for an AR/VR system, rather than the system itself being launched. Who knows?

There it is. Vision Pro. "Facial Computer" / "Mixed Reality Headset"

Spatial computer was their term.

The cleverest thing in that reveal would have flown over a lot of people's heads: the brief bit about visualising a production line. And I have little difficulty imagining a lot of more-money-than-sense marketing firms buying them. Top end interior designers too (the sort for people who fit out HNWI properties). New store layouts too.

Doesn't solve any problem I have, but a proper clever bit of kit.

Edited by ian_c (Mon 05-Jun-23 20:26:24)

In reply to a post by andynormancx:

My guesses:

- very expensive developer version of the hardware available immediately
- an announcement that the consumer version will launch "later this year"
- possibly not even showing the consumer version
- consumer version launches in the autumn, at $1,999 rather than the $3,000 that has been mentioned in rumours (much like the iPad had much higher rumoured pricing until it was unveiled)

Not sure I've ever been much more wrong...

No developer version. Not shipping until 2024. They showed it. It is $3,499 !!!!!

There is a niche set of users for which it is basically a requirement to be able to do their jobs on a Mac.

Think musicians/composers/audio engineers who rely on having rock stable low latency setups with 5 or more PCIe cards for all their fancy audio and control interfaces.

Or video production houses who need a stack of specialised PCIe video in/out cards.

It is a very small market, but there are people out there who actually need something like the MacPro.

Yeah, the days when a single frame of Treebeard (in LoTR) took 48 hours to render are long gone.

Yes, but you can buy thunderbolt pcie expansion units for a lot less than the price difference between the Studio and the Pro.