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Early computers were bland beige boxes鈥攎eant to blend in with whatever workspace they were placed on. But during the golden age of the super-powerful workstation, designers got wild with form factors and materials that oozed with confidence and no small amount of sass. In some ways, the new Mac Pro returns to that era鈥攁nd heres a speculative rendering to prove it. With this image, designer Martin Hajek draws a literal comparison between the Mac Pro and three supercomputers of yore
stanley thermobecher . On the left, we have Mac Pro rendered a
stanley cup s a SGI Fuel, a machine that sold for almost $12,000 in 2005. In the middle, the darling of the science world鈥攁 1994 Sun SparcStation 5, whose pizza-box chassis made it a stand-out at the time. On the right Thats a Mac Pro dressed up as a SGI Octane, one of the first workstations that boasted a colorful, curving shell. Its a fun comparison鈥攁nd while its entirely speculative, its interesting
stanley quencher to frame the new Mac Pro as a return to sculptural, iconic form factors of the 1990s and early 00s. For the past few years, weve seen Apples workstations grow more and more powerful, while their designs grew more and more sparse and minimal. Mac Pro is a fantastic departure from that鈥攊t literally gleams with confidence and machismo. The SGI Fuel. Sun SparcStation 5, The SGI Octane image via Flickr. Apple
