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Pretty much - even the base version of the Mac Pro will take more than half a decade to become obsolete (at the rate we're seeing now). And I believe the Mac Pr
by jotm 13y ago
Pretty much - even the base version of the Mac Pro will take more than half a decade to become obsolete (at the rate we're seeing now). And I believe the Mac Pro's processor is still on a socket (correct me if I'm wrong), so it's also upgradeable.
- wlesieutre 13y agoEven if it's a socket, Intel's been churning out new sockets every 2 years or so. On desktops it's gone LGA 1156 (2009), LGA 1155 (2011), LGA 1150 (2013). For servers it's LGA 771 (2006), LGA 1366 (2008), and LGA 1567 (2010). You have a pretty limited upgrade window. One tick/tock, and then your socket is outdated. The new Mac Pro, provided it's socketed, would be on LGA 2011.
- jotm 13y agoThat's beneficial for those who will want to upgrade - once the new sockets are out, the prices for the previous generation chips will go down - you can potentially upgrade from the base quad core to a six core processor, giving it a good boost in performance.
- CPAhem 13y agoYes, the socket thrashing by Intel is a bigger problem. You'll probably have an interesting time updating an LGA2011 in 2015, never mind the RAM.
- gutnor 13y agoThat has almost always been a problem. Even in the past when you could keep socket for 5 years, the chipset on the motherboard was limiting you upgradability to processor of the same generation.