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Much like SGI sought to break from the mold of SGI Indigo 2 and Challenge M desktop workstation designs, Apple has done so at the expense of upgradeability. With that said, a quick search for “SGI O2 moosehead” will takes us back to 1996, when Silicon Graphics began toying with contoured, ultra-compact designs for high-end computers, much like apple did in its transition from the G5-style design to the round bin look we know today. Then 2013 came, and Apple began to stir controversy with a completely different take on how high-end workstations should look. It was first announced at the world Wide Developers Conference in 2006, and featured an aluminum case not unlike the Power Mac G5, with a few subtle differences. The original Mac Pro was a thing of beauty, often regarded as featuring the best design for a desktop. With barely another four to go before this powerful, yet aging professional workstation receives its first hint of an impending vintage status, Apple continues to show “ambivalence”, as Cult Of Mac puts it, in regard to the high-end, “industrial-grade” computing trend, whose popularity peaked in the early 2000’s.Ī quick look at current offerings, from Apple as well as all its competitors in the desktop category, hints to a sadly realistic (at least for some of us), scenario, in which a high-cost/poor yields correlation leads to a reality in which no manufacturer is interested in making high-end professional workstations anymore, at least not the way Silicon Graphics used to.

It’s been four years since we last saw an update of Apple’s ultimate desktop, the Mac Pro. What would an Apple Mac Pro 2 look like? Here’s a concept of what may never be.