Apple launched the controversial “trashcan” Mac Pro nine years ago today, introducing one of its most criticized designs that persisted through a period of widespread discontentment with the Mac lineup.
The redesign took the Mac Pro in an entirely new direction, spearheaded by a polished aluminum cylinder that became unofficially dubbed the “trashcan.” All of the Mac Pro’s components were mounted around a central thermal dissipation core, cooled by a single fan that pulled air from under the case, through the core, and out the top. The fan could spin more slowly than smaller fans and keep the Mac extremely quiet, even during intense operations.
Apple announced the radically redesigned Mac Pro at WWDC in 2013. During the announcement, Apple’s Phil Schiller infamously remarked “Can’t innovate anymore, my ass.” The comment was directed at armchair critics who pointed at the previous Mac Pro’s lack of updates and claimed Apple had largely abandoned its pro user base and was out of ideas.
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