I found an interesting article ... the mac cube g4 vs the new mac pro
I looked at the cube and it seem to be just like a desktop case but compact
initially fanless ... its been said that users added their own fans because it gets hot inside the case
other users found other uses for their mac cube outer case
the new design of the mac pro with a central cooling heat sink is a great idea to combat the issues of traditional desktops
lol, I hope the pc case maker and motherboard designers will come up with their own ideas
perhaps its better to just encase the gpu, cpu, memory in their own heat sink casing inside a pc design
I always did feel that the design of the traditional pc cases is shows its age due to the lack of market innovation
however since the sales of pc's is declining ... innovation doesn't have encouragement without sales to support it
portability is preferred by most but that doesn't mean the pc market is dead
I think it means the market is lean and mean for the real power users that can afford the high electric bill
the article is sort of comparing apple n oranges ... since they don't have some parts in common
the cube has an external power supply which is a great idea to keep the heat out
but why did they add a power supply inside the new mac pro?
perhaps the issue is the power requirements of the cpu, gpu is higher in the new mac pro while the cube had lower
I have not bothered to google if the cube power supply had any issues or flaws
oh I did bother to google haswell n xeon ... so it looks like the power efficient technology will come to the xeon e5 n e7 around the time the mac pro comes out ... it means the mac pro can have a lower wattage power supply and can be contained inside the cylinder rather than being external like the cube has.