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#1 2008-01-08 8:22 am
- judomeerkat
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New Mac Pro
8 core is the new standard. Up to 4 TB of storage.
See for yourself at apple.com. With this happening a week ahead of Macworld, this brings up new speculation as to the "big" announcements that may be taking place. Very interesting times, folks.
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#2 2008-01-08 8:32 am
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Re: New Mac Pro
No blu ray or hd dvd drives on the mac pro, this should be interesting.
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#3 2008-01-08 8:43 am
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Re: New Mac Pro
rufio wrote:
No blu ray or hd dvd drives on the mac pro, this should be interesting.
i haven't found any mac software that will play an HDDVD yet
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#4 2008-01-08 9:50 am
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Re: New Mac Pro
Hmmm, sucks there is no Bluray and the 8800 is crippled with only 512MB of VRAM. Oh well, the prices look pretty good and they kept a single Quad Chip in there as well, maybe Pariah will be happy.
I just may be picking one up. But in all honesty I would probably just use it as a render box for Lightwave. Decisions...Decisions...
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#5 2008-01-08 10:08 am
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Re: New Mac Pro
The 8800 GT is hardly crippled with 512, but if you want workstation, the optional Quadro packs 1.5GB of GDDR3.
(Kind of a shame they didn't wait for the forthcoming ATi FireGL. The usual has been reversed and it burninates the pricier Quadros for a change. Might not be shipping yet, tho. Last I heard it packs up to 2GB VRAM, IIRC GDDR4).
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#6 2008-01-08 10:50 am
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Re: New Mac Pro
Har, the standard configuration is now $2,800. Is the power of suggestion that strong??
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#7 2008-01-08 11:14 am
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Re: New Mac Pro
Mr. T wrote:
Har, the standard configuration is now $2,800. Is the power of suggestion that strong??
one 2.8GHz Quadcore with 2G of ram and airport
$2194 edu price. not bad ...
I might get a new computer instead of a new tv next month
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#8 2008-01-08 11:31 am
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Re: New Mac Pro
Why should the MacPro have apple-shipped blu-ray
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#9 2008-01-08 11:32 am
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Re: New Mac Pro
I'm absolutely enraged that apple would not include firewire 3200.
because i would use it everyday. and it's cheap.
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#10 2008-01-08 12:05 pm
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Re: New Mac Pro
Ordered mine.
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#11 2008-01-08 12:30 pm
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Re: New Mac Pro
Apple dropped the new Mac Pros so I ordered mine with my student developer discount saving me a nice $1000 on the pricetag, I mourn the estimated ship date though (Feb 13 >.<) but at least after a couple years of waiting it will be on it's way in a few weeks (hopefully fewer). I went with....
Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeo
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320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 16x SuperDrive
AirPort Extreme Card (Wi-Fi)
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the $80 500gb hard drive was tempting, but I don't want something that big to fail, and my spare hard drives I have waiting to slap in are all 300gb/320gb so would be hard to back it up, maybe next black friday I'll upgrade, but since right now I'm doing fine with a 200 external and 120 in my laptop, I'm sure I'll be perfectly oke with 1.2Tb heh
Also have to wait for otherworldcomputing to get the 800mhz ram so I can buy from them
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#12 2008-01-08 12:31 pm
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Re: New Mac Pro
I wanted 16 cores. Damn you Apple!
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#13 2008-01-08 12:33 pm
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I hope this is just a prelude to what is coming out next week. Right? Right? There's more coming next week, right?
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#14 2008-01-08 12:35 pm
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This kinda sets it up for those fill-in-the-gap predictions, I think.
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#15 2008-01-08 12:41 pm
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Re: New Mac Pro
what else could they change int he Mac Pro?
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#16 2008-01-08 12:53 pm
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Other than a case redesign, which didn't happen this time (And why should it really, it's nice as it is.), just higher specs.
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#17 2008-01-08 12:55 pm
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It's a little soon for Blu-Ray & FW3200. I mean how long ago were the Blu-Ray studio format settlements (a couple days ago)? What's the cost of the Blu-Ray hardware (rather high)? How long ago was FW3200 officially announced (a few weeks ago)? Apple's been planning and working on this hardware for months and wants at least a supportable system. I bet we'll probably see BR and/or FW3200 next refresh.
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#19 2008-01-08 1:01 pm
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Let's wait for the dust to settle first. And the prices to drop. Sure one day I want an HD player in my MacBook whatever I get, maybe even a combination HD-DVD/Blu-Ray/DVD/CD burner and player or something.
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#20 2008-01-08 1:32 pm
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Re: New Mac Pro
mrreet2001 wrote:
Mr. T wrote:
Har, the standard configuration is now $2,800. Is the power of suggestion that strong??
one 2.8GHz Quadcore with 2G of ram and airport
$2194 edu price. not bad ...
I might get a new computer instead of a new tv next month
How did ya get that price? I put in the edu price and it came out to almost $2,600.
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#21 2008-01-08 1:56 pm
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Re: New Mac Pro
wellfleation wrote:
mrreet2001 wrote:
Mr. T wrote:
Har, the standard configuration is now $2,800. Is the power of suggestion that strong??
one 2.8GHz Quadcore with 2G of ram and airport
$2194 edu price. not bad ...
I might get a new computer instead of a new tv next monthHow did ya get that price? I put in the edu price and it came out to almost $2,600.
$2,599 is with 2 quad cores
Last edited by mrreet2001 (2008-01-08 1:57 pm)
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#22 2008-01-08 2:51 pm
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Re: New Mac Pro
I wonder if I could talk the local GM dealer into throwing one in to close the deal on my new GMC?
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#23 2008-01-08 3:05 pm
Re: New Mac Pro
Bat wrote:
The 8800 GT is hardly crippled with 512, but if you want workstation, the optional Quadro packs 1.5GB of GDDR3.
(Kind of a shame they didn't wait for the forthcoming ATi FireGL. The usual has been reversed and it burninates the pricier Quadros for a change. Might not be shipping yet, tho. Last I heard it packs up to 2GB VRAM, IIRC GDDR4).
Do the new cards pass the BAT test or not? You kind of have that front locked down.
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#24 2008-01-08 3:46 pm
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Re: New Mac Pro
MB38 wrote:
Bat wrote:
The 8800 GT is hardly crippled with 512, but if you want workstation, the optional Quadro packs 1.5GB of GDDR3.
(Kind of a shame they didn't wait for the forthcoming ATi FireGL. The usual has been reversed and it burninates the pricier Quadros for a change. Might not be shipping yet, tho. Last I heard it packs up to 2GB VRAM, IIRC GDDR4).Do the new cards pass the BAT test or not? You kind of have that front locked down.
Yeah good point? And, I can't wait for some benchmark tests between the old X1900XT and this new 8800 GT.
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