One of the issues Apple admitted back in April 2017 was a problem with the Mac Pro Trashcan. But our money, from these options, Apple will drop the Xeon line up and move over to the Intel HEDT line up with processors like the i9-7980XE. Other options include a yet unannounced Intel processor range - Cascade Lake, due for release in Q4 2018. In August some benchmarks surfaced, which implied the new Mac Pro 2018 could use the new Intel 7900x processors but this seems to have been squashed by wccftech in favour of the Intel i9 X Series 18 Core 36 Thread Processors which our own Alan Sallabank suggested would make an excellent choice for a new modular Mac Pro 7,1. So the rumours suggesting that the iMac Pro could feature these server grade chips with an ARM co-processor came to nothing. The iMac Pro is shipping with Xeon W chips, which use an LGA2066 socket and Skylake-SP architecture, coming in 8, 10, and 18 core configurations with Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz, 48 PCI Express 3.0 lanes, and support for up to 512GB of DDR4–2666 ECC memory. Time is moving on and we thought it would be good to take another look at what the Mac Pro 2018 might look like in the light of more speculation and developments in the components Apple could use.Īs we approach the launch of the new Mac Pro 7,1, we should expect to see some leaked photos of components starting to pop up but so far all we have is a concept design from designer Pascal Eggert.įor this section, we should start by taking a look at what the iMac Pro has in the way of processors. In May 2017 we looked at a concept design from Greman designers CURVED Labs have come up with their own concept based on talk of a modular design. We speculated what features it might have here on Pro Tools Expert. Since April 2017, when Apple announced a complete rethink of the Mac Pro, there continues to be a lot of speculation about what a new modular Mac Pro could look like and the new features found in the next Mac Pro 2018 model. The result of that poll was that you voted to Wait For Next 2018 Mac Pro 7,1 as the most popular solution.

In our article Replacing A Mac Pro 5,1 'Cheese-grater' For Pro Tools Production - What Are The Options? we looked at the different options available and asked you to tell us which option you favoured.

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