Apple hasn’t updated its Mac Pro workstation in nearly two years, leaving many pro users wondering if Apple might kill the product altogether. That is an ongoing source of angst to professionals in creative industries and elsewhere who rely on Apple hardware and OS X software to do their jobs. They’ve seen Intel release ever-faster processors since summer 2010, which can feel like an eternity in terms of computer hardware, making some of the older Mac Pros feel positively ancient.
Forseman argues for new Xeons, Thunderbolt, USB 3 and a new case, among other things.