Well connected insider Jim Dalrymple of The Loop has given Mac users hope that Apple will release a new Mac Pro by making a comment that there is no chance Apple will terminate the line. He made his remarks on Wednesday during his “Amplified” podcast.
When asked by Dan Benjamin if there is “any chance” that Apple will get rid of the Mac Pro, Dalrymple simply replied, “No.” After a few seconds of silence, Benjamin followed up by asking “You’re really confident in that? You feel good about that?”
Dalrymple simply laughed. “Good, that’s what I want to hear,” Benjamin remarked before continuing on to another subject.
Some analysts have been suggesting that Apple may be questioning the viability of continuing the Mac Pro line, whihc has not been updated since July 2010. The company has remained silent on the matter.
AppleInsider contacted Apple for comment last week, but did not hear back from the company.
AppleInsider: “Dalrymple’s confidence in the continued existence of Apple’s Mac workstation comes as a Facebook petition calling for Apple to inform customers about the fate of the Mac Pro has been attracting attention. As of late Wednesday, the page had garnered more than 14,000 “likes” since the page was created in early May.”
The page’s creator, professional video editor Lou Borella says he is hoping for a new Mac Pro with upgraded specs, but the only thing he’s asking for from the company is an indication that users should continue waiting for a new machine, or make other plans.
“All they have to do is say four words: ‘Pro users, stay tuned,'” said Borella. “That’s all they would have to say and the the 13,000+ people that are on the site right now would breathe a sigh of relief knowing that Apple still sees us, they’re still committed. Everybody’s patience meter which has gone all the way completely to frustrated would just automatically be reset back to zero.”
