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Re:$2,999 Mac Pro to go on sale in December by Anm on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @02:11PM (#6593784)
Capable of driving three 4k video signals. Amazing. Why can't the new Mac Book Pro drive just one?
Re:$2,999 Mac Pro to go on sale in December by rsync on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @04:33PM (#6594759)
Since a triple monitor configuration is a de facto standard for pro users, pro configurations, etc., I would disagree with your characterization of "three 4k" as being "amazing".

I would characterize it as the absolute bare minimum to even be in this space.

I have 5 monitors attached to my 2009 pro (3x 2560x1600 main displays, a 1920x1200 offset on the wall, and a 1920x1080 "tv" cabled out to another room) and I've considered adding a sixth.

It's hard to say how many <4k displays you can add to the ports on the back in addition to the three primary 4k displays, but it had better be more than "zero".

Re:$2,999 Mac Pro to go on sale in December by bodhi on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @07:48PM (#6595815)
Are you disputing "amazing"-ness of 3 displays, or number of horizontal lines of resolution? Because I calculate your collection of displays at 7.08k, and 3 * 4k ~ 12k, or a 70% increase over your current count.

;)

Re:$2,999 Mac Pro to go on sale in December by rsync on Wednesday October 23, 2013 @01:40AM (#6597102)
Sure, but I set it up 4.5 years ago. And I didn't think it was amazing then, I thought it was just "normal".

And three (insert current high end display circa this year) monitors attached to this new mac pro will also not be amazing.

What will be amazing is if you can't add a 4th, 5th and 6th - of any resolution.

Re:$2,999 Mac Pro to go on sale in December by pkroll on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @03:10PM (#6594094)
It can: take a look at Tech Specs, it's listed (for 30hz): http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs-retina/
Re:$2,999 Mac Pro to go on sale in December by nsxwolf on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @03:39PM (#6594357)
Does the Mac Pro do 60Hz 4k?
Re:$2,999 Mac Pro to go on sale in December by wmf on Tuesday October 22, 2013 @04:01PM (#6594535)
With monster FirePros it better.