Re: Why do you think a new Mac Pro ISN'T coming?

[Shane Ross] " When they run out of materials."

You might be right. (since you have a source and I don't)

However, Apple has a pretty good Sourcing organization. You may not agree when you look at instances where some of their new products are had to get. But when you under forecast demand it takes time to catch up. Increasing capacity involves a lot of time and money, especially for creating all the added tooling for all of their vendors. From semiconductors, to displays, glass, batteries, housings, etc. These are all long lead time items. They can take many weeks and all of them have to come together at the same time.

On the other hand, when you forecast too high, you simply have too much of something that you need to sell. This may be the case with the Mac Pro. But it's been a pretty long time. I find it hard to believe that they over foretasted the Mac Pro by so many units they are still trying to sell the extra inventory. I don't think this is typical Apple. They seem to have a history of making product cut over's fairly quickly. Whether it's from one iMac to the next (completely new designs), or simply ending a product all together such as the MacBook. Apple seems to do a pretty good job of managing end of life (or at least model life) of products without having years of inventory.

You may be right on the inventory issue. But I don't think it would take Apple this long to clear out inventory. I would guess that if Apple ended the Mac Pro, there would be a fair number of Mac Pro users that might buy up what's left, delaying the end of their own Mac Pro use. Didn't that happen with HP's ending of their tablet?

Either way, it always seems to be a topic that generates discussions and predictions.