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Re:Mac Pro by smackfu on Monday June 10, 2013 @07:45PM (#5858416)
External optical drive is a viable substitution. External GPU is not, at least at the moment.
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Re:Mac Pro by mark-r on Monday June 10, 2013 @11:20PM (#5859430)
Apparently Apple believes that Thunderbolt 2 changes that equation.

It looks to me like they've tried hard to make sure that the included GPUs are adequate for 90% of their users, at least for today. As for tomorrow their philosophy has always preferred replacing the machine rather than upgrading it piece by piece.

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Re:Mac Pro by smackfu on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @10:29AM (#5861949)
Yeah, that seems to be their solution. Actually, it seems like their solution is to pick a GPU that is adequate for 99% of their users at launch time. Which is not ideal, since everyone who buys a Mac Pro is going to be paying for super-premium graphics, even if they are buying the machine for the Xeons.
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