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Apple News: You Won’t be Able to Afford Apple’s New Mac Pro One of the arguments that had been used over the last year to lobby for a new, omigod fast Mac Pro from Apple was the parallel concept of a halo car. Previously, I had seen theterrific discussion by John Siracusa, and thought it was a perfect argument for how Apple should proceed. The crucial notion is that a…

Apple News: Dear Apple: Where Is My Mac Pro? As I sat here today thinking about what I should write for my latest column here on SlashGear, I was distracted. I didn’t look at the latest news, like I usually do, and I wasn’t particularly interested in anything in particular. My mind was entirely dominated by one thought: the computer I was about to write the column on. As I…

Apple News: Apple ‘bounce back’ campaign aims to reclaim Mac users Apple apparently plans a “bounce back” campaign to woo back customers who defected to Windows machines, a move that could dovetail with the expected reawakening of the company’s dormant high-end Mac Pro line. Video producer Lou Borella, the creator of the “We want a new Macpro” Facebook group, said Apple contacted him about the campaign. “The campaign is called…

Apple News: Apple should build a Mac Pro that’s ‘rack mount’ thin Apple’s Mac Pro computer is due to be taken off the European shelves in just 10 days time, and Apple is due to launch a new model this summer. We still have no idea what it’ll be like but we’re hopeful that Apple is finally going to fully redesign the Mac Pro, and pretty sure it’s going to…

Mac News: Speculation on the next Mac Pro    The Mac Pro seems like a ridiculous computer in the age of quad-core laptops. Even I thought so when I switched to a MacBook Pro last fall. But I had some major issues that have only been partially resolved. And in many other ways that I didn’t expect, this setup is far more complex, less elegant, and less reliable than a…