3Ghz and ^?

[Mrkilo]

I saw that there is an iMac model that has it's speed at 2.8 which is faster than any available MacPro. So my question is when will the MacPro get a speed boost to match that and/or when is it expected to get up above 3Ghz? (And that is the real question here!)

 

[Sky Blue]

By June 2004.

 

[bigandy]

I saw that there is an iMac model that has it's speed at 2.8 which is faster than any available MacPro. So my question is when will the MacPro get a speed boost to match that and/or when is it expected to get up above 3Ghz? (And that is the real question here!)

What about the eight core 3Ghz Mac Pro? Is that not more than 2.8Ghz?

 

[pkoch1]

I saw that there is an iMac model that has it's speed at 2.8 which is faster than any available MacPro. So my question is when will the MacPro get a speed boost to match that and/or when is it expected to get up above 3Ghz? (And that is the real question here!)

The top Mac Pro uses an 8-core 3GHz processor. Also, the Mac pro has dual processors, so even two 2.0GHz processors are faster than one 2.8GHz.

 

[HLdan]

The 2.8 iMac is not faster or as fast as the current Mac Pro line. You are only going by the clock frequency and not the actual processor. The Xeon line firstly is a desktop class processor and much more powerful.

 

[bigandy]

The 2.8 iMac is not faster or as fast as the current Mac Pro line. You are only going by the clock frequency and not the actual processor. The Xeon line firstly is a desktop class processor and much more powerful.

Xeon isn't desktop class - it's workstation/server - high end.

 

[HLdan]

Xeon isn't desktop class - it's workstation/server - high end.

Gotcha, just making a point to the OP.

 

[bigandy]

Gotcha, just making a point to the OP.

Well, shouldn't the point have been that the Santa Rosa chips used in the iMacs are a notebook (read low-power) edition of their desktop class cousins, which, while quick, aren't in the same league as the beefy, workstation/server class, power guzzling Xeon processors?

 

[Mrkilo]

3Ghz...

Thank you to all that were helpful and to the others it really doesn't help at all when you won't answer questions simply for someone who has less knowledge than you!

 

[keysersoze]

Thank you to all that were helpful and to the others it really doesn't help at all when you won't answer questions simply for someone who has less knowledge than you!

Shame on you for asking a question. No cookie.



(just kiddin)