My “Take” on the New Mac Pro

So, this week we also had WWDC, an Apple event, in which they introduced a lot of new Apple-y things like a new version of iOS, and the new MacBook Air. But perhaps the most controversial introduction was the new Mac Pro… It is small. Very small. And, not very expandable in the normal sense of the word. In fact, it looks like a black, rounded off, 9 inch tall trashcan! Not exactly what the Apple fan boys wanted to see!

In fact, many have said, that the new Mac Pro doesn’t lend itself to being “professional at all.” If you want to add additional hard drives you have to do it with the new Thunderbolt 2 ports, externally. You can’t add it internally because there’s just no room in a 9 inch tall trashcan. Hello, Apple? What were you thinking here? Oh okay, it looks cool, and I like that, and, I like the way the memory clicks in on the sides once you lift up the outer shell of the trashcan. Oh, and, it has a cool handle that you can carry it with. But, the old Mac Pro was large, heavy, and very, very expandable. Pretty much what you would expect to find in a “professional workstation.” Some have even said that this new Mac Pro was really designed for the “prosumer” market and not for the professional market. We’ll see how it sells, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. (Other than the fact that it does look really cool.)