I can dream, can't I?

[8CoreWhore]

Sweet... :D

[pukifloyd]

you didn't buy apple care :eek:

[MFDoom]

You could go third party for significantly less :-)

[2contagious]

Also, you forgot about this upgrade:
http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2010/20100902_Upgrade--macpro.html

:D

OWC will make it possible to upgrade from any current Mac Pro configuration to 3.33 GHz 12-core (and that speed is not even offered by Apple yet :P)

[Whaditis]

If one does the OWC Mac Pro Nehalem upgrade on the 8-core 2 x 2.26, do you ship the processor tray without the original chips or do they take them and do not return them when the do the exchange.

Just wondering.

[philipma1957]

Also, you forgot about this upgrade:
http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2010/20100902_Upgrade--macpro.html

:D

OWC will make it possible to upgrade from any current Mac Pro configuration to 3.33 GHz 12-core (and that speed is not even offered by Apple yet :P)

based on this buying the 2.8 was a good move.

[philipma1957]

http://www.applecomponents.com/items/661-5709_processor-mac-pro-mid-2010-single/0000004958?pn=2&cmp=0174&per_page=30

if the above is 899


http://www.applecomponents.com/items/661-5711_processor-mac-pro-mid-2010-single/0000004960?pn=2&cmp=0174&per_page=30

and this is 1099 can't i sell my 2.8 on ebay say at 700 and go to the 3.33 for about 400 bucks. or just wait for the 3.7 to come out in nov. and get a 3.7 quad? upgrade for under 500 with the trade in

[reel2reel]

you didn't buy apple care :O

:D

[CaoCao]

you forgot to get a 1x5.25" to 8x2.5" for both ODD slots and fill it with the best OWC SSDs in RAID 100+0, so much throughput

[alust2013]

you forgot to get a 1x5.25" to 8x2.5" for both ODD slots and fill it with the best OWC SSDs in RAID, so much throughput
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/07/RAID_10_6Drives.svg/450px-RAID_10_6Drives.svg.png

That would be mind-blowingly fast. Hell, I'm content with my 7200 RPM drive (and so is my wallet :p )

[CaoCao]

That would be mind-blowingly fast. Hell, I'm content with my 7200 RPM drive (and so is my wallet :p )

Actually Raid 100+0 would be even better, 3TB storage with 2GB/s+ throughput (can't forget the fact that it has a RAID one level in it), but just the SSDs would be over $25K

[jav6454]

Sweet... :D

I would have gotten the same Mac Pro in specs, for far much less money, and quite possibly (60%) with better specs.

[englishman]

My ideal machine would "only" be about half that - $10,000 but phew...