We Asked For It! Apple Unveils All-New Mac Pro

During its annual WWDC event, Apple introduced the all-new Mac Pro, a completely redesigned, breakthrough workstation for professional applications. Two years since Apple promised to go back to the concept of a modular and flexible computer for the professional market, the company finally delivered on the promise to push the limits of what a Mac can do. The most powerful Mac ever will be exactly what creative companies, audio recording studios, musicians, and production studios were waiting for, and more. And the new Mac Pro already received enthusiastic support from all pro-software companies, from Adobe to Autodesk, Blackmagic to Avid.

Apple’s announcement on October 27, 2016, of a new generation of MacBook Pro laptops will be remembered obviously for the company’s “courage” to disrupt the traditional function keys on the keyboard, and the introduction of a fully programmable touch-screen called the Touch Bar. But more importantly it was the first confirmation that Thunderbolt 3 - the USB-C That Does it All, as Intel calls it - will be the future. And that’s what the industry was waiting for.

Sonnet Technologies is already shipping its 4U rackmount enclosure for Apple’s latest Mac Pro cylindrical computer. The Sonnet design securely houses the latest Mac Pro while connecting three PCIe expansion cards via Thunderbolt 2, and provides a 5.25-Inch mobile rack expansion.

Apogee Electronics confirms its multichannel Thunderbolt audio-recording solution is fully compatible with the new Apple Mac Pro. Apogee’s Symphony System (Symphony I/O and Symphony 64 | ThunderBridge) offers up to 64 channels of AD/DA conversion to any Thunderbolt-equipped Mac computer. Combined with the unprecedented power …