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They also bet pretty heavily that the bandwidth of DisplayPort/Thunderbolt would make it possible to expand the capability of the machine through external modul
by astrodust 10y ago
They also bet pretty heavily that the bandwidth of DisplayPort/Thunderbolt would make it possible to expand the capability of the machine through external modules. Not just hard-drives or displays, these were envisioned for external GPUs and more, that perhaps Thunderbolt might become as sensible a design decision as PCI-e. Ports are the new slots!
That didn't work out. There are external GPUs today and they perform surprisingly well, but it's just not the same as having a card you can slot into your machine.
The one thing that the Mac Pro was supposed to do well, it killed at though. Final Cut on that machine can chew through 4K video without issues. The problem is the people that want that machine want more than Final Cut.