“Somewhat surprising was the Mac Pro refrain from a number of Mac managers at the recent Macworld/iWorld Expo in San Francisco,” David Morgenstern writes for ZDNet. “They were concerned over the missing piece in the current Mac lineup: a new Mac Pro. Apple gave the multi-multicore system a minor speedbump last summer, which one content professional called a ‘non upgrade.’”

“Following the release of Apple’s new difficult-to-upgrade iMac models in late 2012, some content pros wondered whether Apple sees Thunderbolt as the only answer to professional-market concerns,” Morgenstern writes. “Instead of a new Mac Pro with an advanced bus architecture and supporting highly-multicore processors, Apple would point to the iMac, which can be expanded with Thunderbolt.”

Morgenstern writes, “Content creators want a new Mac Pro. Is Apple listening? And what is their strategy?”

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: Apple has already said the answer is coming very soon.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Sarah” for the heads up.]