I've kept it alive by swapping in hybrid HDDs and more memory, but I'm a year or two past an upgrade. The machine shipped with a measly 6GB of RAM and a piddly graphics card that can't handle running dual displays, and I often get jitters and slowdowns. I've been using a base-model 2012 Mac Pro for nearly five years, and it's been showing its age for a while. Apple has now heavily discounted the 2013 model as an act of contrition, but is that enough for Pro users to bite? Dan Cooper is tempted to make the splash, but Aaron Souppouris is desperate to stop him. After several years of silence, the company finally apologized, admitting that a redesigned model will arrive at some point next year. Its triangular thermal design was innovative but impossible to upgrade, and failed to anticipate shifts in computing following its launch. This week, Apple finally admitted, after too damn long, that it had overdesigned the 'trash can' Mac Pro into a corner.
