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

Given Tim Cook's expertise is supposedly managing the channel, I also can't see any which way that the MacPro is still being sold because of overstock. It's there because the channel has to be up and running for the quick changeover to whatever replaces it.

Personally I think there's some doublespeak going on. IMHO the MacPro, as we know it, is dead, There will be a replacement. So if someone says the MacPro is dead they may well be correct. If they said Apple is no longer going to be making Xeon based computers, I think they'd be wrong.

Personally I think Jim Darlymple values his reputation too much to say something that wasn't a certitude. Something is coming. We can guess about the name change and the form factor but it's coming. It will have Thunderbolt and it will have Xeon CPUs.

As to the portion of revenue, Apple's goal is to increase that. Either something is dropped or it's changed. My guess is the latter. Whatever replaces the MacPro would probably fill a broader market than the current tower does. I also don't think Jonathan Ive is destined to spend the rest of his carrier tweaking iPhone and iPad case designs. What replaces the MacPro will be the next notch in his design belt.