The Apple Mac Pro design inspires jokes on the cheese grater, and they are rather gouda

Apple seduced crowd at 2019 World Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California on Monday unveiled a glorious new Mac Pro stuffed with prominent hardware specs, such as a 28-core Intel Xeon processor and an Afterburner graphics card. But looking at the new machine, some observers are hungry. Yes, it really looks like a cheese grater.

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The new Mac Pro look is inspired by Mac Pro's earlier design, which included a silver case with matching feet and handles. This Pro had a mesh pattern on the front and back. The large holes of the new Mac Pro give it a rasp taste even more intense than the original model.

Twitter was quick to welcome the shiny silver design with the handles on the top. "I love the new Mac Pro design," wrote Harm Holting with a photo of a classic cheese grater.

Of course, this must lead to a play on words.

Unōrsk, a Twitter user, would have liked to see Apple stick with its famous "i" logo and just call it "iGrater".

Tech Rich reporter DeMuro has noticed something extraordinary about the holes: they look like little extraterrestrial faces.

While most people thought of dairy products, Nice Fi Wah thought the Mac Pro was hot, hot, hot as a radiator.

If you dive, you may also see some resemblance to a foot grater used to smooth rough heels.

WWDC focuses on the more nervous side of Apple's efforts and is the usual launch pad for new operating system updates, application enhancements, and casual hardware. We expected to hear about the new Mac Pro. we just did not realize it would look like a kitchen tool.

But, hey, it's still a big step forward Mac Pro cylindrical previous, who looked at the whole world like a garbage can.

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Originally published at 11:46 Pacific Time.
Update, 12:14 PT: Add more tweets.