Apple must have been fed up with the taunts and criticisms of a new generation of Mac Pro that does not take the unusual road design, even as the media says it resembles the trash bin of the New York subway station. But the fact that this powerful workstation's unique design, at least relative to a desktop computer, may be the closest thing to a perfect form-following function.
This powerful PC, which can be used as a desktop computer, completed its maiden show at this year's Apple Global developer conference WWDC. Despite the constant discussion about its appearance as a golden-battery, its performance parameters really excite Apple's Mac Pro fans: Workstation-class Xeon processors (up to 12 cores), ECC memory, and 6 Thunderbolt 2 interfaces. These interfaces can simultaneously drive three Ultra HD resolution 4K resolution displays, of course, if you can get the latter.
Unfortunately, a new generation of Mac Pro with such strong performance will have to wait 6 months for the official listing. In addition, Apple has not yet disclosed why the use of this one obviously with the previous Mac Pro appearance of the strange design?
The gadget has the opportunity to look at this product in close range to learn about some of the insider designs of the next-generation Mac Pro.
The cylindrical shape is determined by the internal structure
As Phil Schiller, senior vice president of global marketing, said in his speech, the next generation of Mac Pro is built around a unique thermal core design. Although most people have overlooked this point. In the middle of the mainframe chassis is a triangular prismatic cooling core. Looking down from the top, you can see that there is room for airflow. On each plane of the prism, a piece of circuit board was fixed with bolts, which integrated the processor and other chips, which were designed to be outward oriented. Obviously, this is also a good way to dissipate heat.
According to sources, Apple started with the cooling core and then began to consider other parts of the design.
Outlet design facing up
A specially muted fan is located above the airflow space inside the chassis. It drives the air through the motherboard and is discharged upward through the radiator. Usually, a computer with such high-performance hardware produces a lot of heat noise, so the small part also presses to experience how quiet a new generation of Mac Pro can be.
Housing is not plastic
Perhaps most surprisingly, the host's gray shell material is not plastic, but polished metal aluminum. As promised, Apple has designed the handles along the cylindrical mainframe to make it easy for the user to lift the movement. It is worth mentioning that although the next-generation Mac Pro uses a metal shell, it is not too heavy. Overall, the fuselage is black, metallic texture makes people feel cool and comfortable.
No power adapter
By the way, the construction of the entire chassis is simple and can be easily unlocked and disassembled. This also means that the maintenance of the computer will be more convenient. As we saw at the WWDC conference, the memory is also designed in a clear location for easy upgrades.
Although smaller than a standard football, the next generation of Mac Pro has a power supply module built into the limited chassis space, which means that the power cord of the computer can be connected directly from the socket to the host, and there will not be a bulky power adapter like a brick.
As Apple plans to launch a new generation of Mac Pro later this year, business users or professional designers will have to go through a long time to truly usher in the product. Until then, we don't even know the pricing of our products. Still, the new generation of Mac Pro is arguably the most daring design move in recent years for Apple in consumer and commercial applications. Introduced so many, such a product is more or less to let you slam the heart?