New Mac Pro

To everyone who has a developer account, Apple has posted a video from one of their WWDC sessions that involved Pixar. (They mentioned it in the keynote so it's not NDA to mention it ... just NDA on the video content itself.)

It's very revealing ...

To everyone who has a developer account, Apple has posted a video from one of their WWDC sessions that involved Pixar. (They mentioned it in the keynote so it's not NDA to mention it ... just NDA on the video content itself.) It's very revealing ...

Hopefully the link isn't under NDA :)

https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/videos/ > Painting The Future

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/06/14/developer-secretly-tested-new-mac-pro-for-weeks-inside-apples-evil-lab

I read some were that AMD confirmed the video cards are a form of "AMD’s top-end W9000" I think that is a big deal, not for admins, but for "real" pro users.. : )

Hi, just back from Holiday, so I am catching up...

Don mentions RAIS – Was that a typo? Did you mean RAIDS ?
- I don't know what RAIS is.. It's not a term I am familiar with.

Various issues with the New Mac Pro. I would myself have preferred a mini tower, and rack mountable but Apple thinks its main audience is elsewhere, so I guess they are right.

One issue I am concerned about is how to physically secure these things...
And all the extras - though it's likely to be a while before we buy any of these.
(Though our first batch may be this year)

The nice thing about the old box, was that we could fit dongles inside it, and we could padlock it down.
and we could fit cards into it, and extra drives.
-- Now those all seem to require extra boxes, which will not only cost more, but also raises other issues.
-- It looks like the new Mac Pro would easily fit inside almost any bag - so Physical security is going to be an issue...
-- The current 'picture' also seems to lack a Kensington security point..
But I would expect / hope - that the production machine would at least have that.

rais.precursor.ca

RAIS = redundant array of independent servers.

As for security concerns, every revised Mac that apple has introduced since the air has forgone the Kensington slot. To be honest the device isn't exactly that secure it's not like a simple pair of bolt cutters couldn't circumvent that easily. I don't expect them to offer it on any new line with physical security.

I wonder if a cottage industry will pop up to cut the aluminum on the new Mac Pro to allow or a standard lock.

When I talked with Apple at WWDC about the lack of a Kensington locking slot on the Mac Pro, I was told that they (Apple) were going to provide a locking solution. We'll probably get the details once the Mac Pro is released.

Well, judging from the WWDC Photo of the New Mac Pro, I DID wonder about the possibility of putting a metal bar right through the middle of it.. (which would involve cutting a hole on the "lid")
May be a T-bar or a big U-hoop ? Would spoil the look, but without physical security it's a no-go.
So I would be interested to see what solutions become available.