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Apple Envisioned New Mac Pro's 'Cheese Grater' Design Years Ago

Following the reveal of its much-anticipated Mac Pro redesign (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/03/apple-previews-all-new-mac-pro-with-up-to-28-core-processor/) at WWDC 2019 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/wwdc/) on Monday, a handful of reporters met with Apple's marketing chief Phil Schiller (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/phil-schiller/) and other executives to learn a bit more about the powerhouse machine.





<img src="(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2019/06/mac-pro-2019-verge.jpg)" alt="" width="800" height="533" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-696325" /><center>Apple's all-new Mac Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-pro/) and Pro Display XDR via The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18651071/mac-pro-design-specs-hands-on-photos-video-price)</center>


Ina Fried of Axios (https://www.axios.com/apple-mac-pro-unveiling-56b5e6fd-0df1-41ba-885c-41078526f354.html) has provided a few key takeaways from the conversation:<ul><li style="padding-bottom: 8px;">Apple's vision for the new <!---->Mac Pro<!---->'s design changed some and it took somewhat longer than it was anticipating.


<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;">The circular cutouts on the front and back of the new <!---->Mac Pro<!----> are made by machining out spheres from the solid aluminum chassis. This particular aspect of the design was floating around in Apple's design labs before the new <!---->Mac Pro<!----> was even on its roadmap.


<li style="padding-bottom: 8px;">For those who missed the news, Apple is planning a rack-mounted version of the <!---->Mac Pro<!----> with a different chassis appropriate for a data center. Apple says this version will be available in the fall.


<li>The new Pro Display XDR was "front and center" to Apple and is designed to rival so-called reference monitors that can cost over $10,000.</ul>Other tidbits may surface from other reporters who attended this press briefing, in which case we'll update this post.

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