I think that Nvidia will release cards for this Mac. May be even existing ones will fit. There are PCI-E ports there after all.

Will they be able to release drivers with the new kext situation? They still don't even have drivers to use their newer cards in Mojave

For me it's win-win situation for Apple. They help Nvidia with drivers, more people buy Mac Pro to use Nvidia GPU. I have no idea why Apple don't want to work with Nvidia. They are not selling desktop GPU after all. May be they have some hidden agreements with AMD.

Well obviously they have agreements with AMD. Apple gets special treatment from AMD/Intel/Nvidia, they get to see unrevealed roadmaps, custom contracts etc.

Whether it's an exclusivity deal or not we may never know. But it does seem strange given Nvidia cards generally have lower TDP/performance (something all macs struggle with)

The unsubstantiated scuttlebutt is that Apple is pissed at NVidia because when MBP's used Nvidia GPUs there were quality issues

So I guess Apple must be feeling what many Apple customers have been feeling for some time? :)

Does any current-gen apple hardware ship with Nvidia hardware? To my knowledge they don't, which would explain why they haven't made any drivers for it (the only people who can get a GTX 1070 with mac osx would either have to spend 500$ on an eGPU enclosure or have a hackintosh).

But this one has PCIE ports so theoretically nothing is stopping the average joe from just adding a GTX 1070? That'd certainly add a lot more justification for updating the drivers I hope.

Cheers to everyone who wants nvidia drivers for hackintoshs :D

Here's to hoping. Maybe I can finally get my nvidia card working on my hackintosh laptop.

The 256GB SSD is for people who just have the OS and apps on the drive, but the multi terabyte files they're manipulating (e.g. video editing) reside on NAS or LAS, hence 10Gbe and 40Gb TB3.