Hasta La Gadget!

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

The Mac Pro might have been worthy of the “One More Thing” kinds of reveals that Steve Jobs used to do at Apple events. Despite being foreshadowed by Tim Cook as a product the company was going to make in the US, it was virtually carted in from left field at an event that focused broadly on new operating systems before a crowd of developers that could appreciate its power. That said, it will likely require OS X Mavericks, a thematically fitting release for a product that represents a new wave in Apple’s design.

Some have said that iOS 7 may be the company’s New Coke. The Mac Pro, though, is the new can. Its cylindrical form represents a new design for Apple, albeit one that jibes with the company’s affinity for simple, rounded, iconic shapes. Like the new AirPort Extreme, it has a significant vertical profile, but is a fraction of the size of its predecessor designed to accommodate multiple optical drives and hard drives.

Filed under: Apple

Comments

Earlier at WWDC, Apple took the wraps off their new Mac Pro model which featured a rather unique cylindrical shape. At that time Apple did not mention how much the computer would cost, but did state that they have plans […]

Like It , +1 , Tweet It , Pin It Original content from Ubergizmo.

I have a question for all of you that, for the life of me, I just can’t answer on my own: what makes Apple different? Yes, I know it’s a question that’s been posed before, and some have said in the past that it was Steve Jobs or the company’s massive cash coffers. Others have

Read The Full Story

Apple’s new Mac Pro 2013 may not be on sale yet, but that hasn’t stopped the compact new workstation from cropping up in benchmarks and, in the process, giving us a hint of its Xeon E5-powered performance. A listing supposedly for the new Mac Pro – which Apple gave us a sneak peak of at

Read The Full Story

We’re about to see another of Apple’s big experiments, and this time it’s pro-users who are under the microscope. The test machine: the Mac Pro 2013. The question: just how important is upgrade-potential for so-called professional users, can fast external devices coax approval out of that audience, and will the offbeat design of the new

Read The Full Story