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To: Doren who wrote (155276)	6/12/2013 12:55:11 PM
From: Stock Puppy	3 Recommendations Recommended By Doren HerbVic JP Sullivan Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213182

I don't give a crap so long as I can expand the thing. When I want power, I want power and in fact a smaller form factor is better - why should I get a big beast that takes up space and gets in the way? I like the new design. I remember back in the day I helped friends buy non OEM PCs (yes they are still my friends, even after that :-)) and one of the selling points was the number of slots Yada Yada Yada oh I didn't want to say anything there, I know it would never be utilized so ridiculous to have these giant empty boxes. Yeah power users will add junk which is the customers this Mac is for but probably more efficient to get it external then To keep big bulky boxes around. Maybe the disadvantage is transport - unplug everything, cardboard box it but how long does that take? You want to make a change, plug it in not need to open box and chance to zap or break som delicate thing you don't need to be accessing the the first place. I like the new Mac and will be ordering at least three when it comes out (I might wait for the typical v 1.0 bugs. To settle...) I need three of them for simulation projects which have been on the back burner or running on under powered Macs/ PCs Come out soon Apple please.

To: Doren who wrote (155276)	6/12/2013 12:58:37 PM
From: Zen Dollar Round	1 Recommendation Recommended By sylvester80 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213182

Well I really can't see how you can come down on Apple for only providing for 3 monitors. I'm coming down on them for not giving PCI-e slots internally to allow for added monitors or anything else that PCI-e card slots would provide. Point is they could have made a Mac Pro that provided the things I've mentioned and satisfied most pro users, while also pushing the envelope with design. They simply chose to make a pretty design. As I said it seems to me that 1.2 gigs would be enough even for a video editor. You might need more room but that's easily available on something like a thunderbolt raid. Yes, now you will need an external box that costs extra and takes up more desk space. They blew it. I don't even do any video editing and I'm using 3/4 of the space on my 2TB internal iMac hard drive. The only way the new Mac Pro will be a success is if it's cheap, say, under $2K. Given the specs, I don't think it will be. I bet you'll pay as much for the new Mac Pro as the current one costs. All that money and you'll get a form factor with all kinds of built-in compromises. At least Hackintoshing is now a viable solution for many people. It has been made very simple to do by that community. And even Snow Leopard is not that stable. For you, I guess that's true. I found Snow Leopard to be very stable, and Safari as well. Safari crashed maybe once or twice in the entire time I used Snow Leopard. Even under Lion, Safari is stable, but I haven't upgraded to 6.x yet because I hear it's crap. Still using Safari 5.1.7 here and I'm quite happy with it.