Supposed internal document reveals alleged modular Mac Pro design and specs, but isn’t very convincing

Apple volition probably preview its next-generation modular Mac Pro along amongst a standalone 6K display at the upcoming WWDC 2019 on June 3. Today, individual leaked a supposed slide from allegedly internal documents for the upcoming machine. However, eagle-eyed folks convey already spotted a release of inconsistencies making us query this supposed leak.

The icon was posted to Imgur as well as appears to live on from a presentation for the “Mac Pro 7.1”.

Last modified on Nov 7, 2018, it shows images of a foursquare dark figurer mensuration 7.7 inches wide, 11.55 inches tall as well as 11.55 inches long, amongst rounded vertical edges.

Something close the pattern of the machine feels out of place. If y'all needed or then other clue that this is almost for certain someone’s Photoshop work, expression no farther than a listing of specifications.

AppleInsider has more:

The Mac Pro is claimed to convey an Intel Xeon due west Cascade Lake-X processor amongst the Apple T2 safety chip, ‘Apple X2 Accelerator’, as well as DDR5 SO-DIMM memory. The RAM claim is unlikely equally the get-go commercial DDR5 releases convey even then to conduct house as well as aren’t expected inwards whatever book until good into 2020, making the inclusion of the young technology scientific discipline on such a high-profile production an unwise decision.

There also has even then to live on whatever formal announcements regarding DDR5 inwards a SO-DIMM format, doubly making the claim iffy, allow lone the lack of particular close ECC versions, specially for a slide updated inwards Nov 2018.

The size of the box inwards the illustrations doesn’t lend itself good to iii dual-width PCIe iv slots. The relative newness of PCIe iv also makes it an unlikely inclusion, i time again for maturity at launch, as well as a lack of available cards that volition live on able to purpose it.

It’s solely possible that whoever set together this document was working amongst older specs or just made errors intentionally then that Apple could rails downwardly leaks—the companionship does this all the time. Specs also cite 8 Thunderbolt 3 ports amongst back upwards for the unreleased Thunderbolt iv standard, ii HDMI 2.1 ports, 10-gigabit Ethernet as well as Bluetooth 5.1.

Apple said that a completely modular Mac Pro volition inwards fact arrive afterward inwards 2019, but the companionship has even then to explicate what just “modular” entails inwards the context of the Mac Pro family.

Considering the electrical current Mac Pro is anything but modular—and given the criticism over lack of expandability coming from its pro users—Apple would live on wise to come upwards up amongst a solution that would permit customers to easily swap the CPU, alter the graphics card, install to a greater extent than retentiveness as well as upgrade their machine much similar owners of the older tower Mac Pro models can.

Are y'all looking frontward to the side past times side Mac Pro?

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