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Any predictions for Mac Pro for WWDC?

CWallace said:
This article from AnnandTech is a good back-drop. Essentially, Nehalem will be both faster and more efficient at processing data, especially in systems with four or eight cores. So while the current 8-way Mac Pro is a screamer, the Nehalem 8-way will comprehensively outperform it.
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Oooooooh! Thanks a lot it makes a bit more sense now! hehe, I think I mite wait until then! Also gives me a bit more time to save up! hehe Thanks
 
The Mac Pro is going to sit through WWDC, a new graphics card could pop up. My money is a redesigned mini, possibly something new in the laptop ranges?

MWSF09, as other people have said before. GTX 260 (The next 8800GT) for the card?
 
CWallace said:
This article from AnnandTech is a good back-drop. Essentially, Nehalem will be both faster and more efficient at processing data, especially in systems with four or eight cores. So while the current 8-way Mac Pro is a screamer, the Nehalem 8-way will comprehensively outperform it.
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But Anand didn't benchmark the chips, so the answer is ambiguous because the actual speedup is unknown. If Intel states a speedup, it's best not to trust that unless they are extremely detailed about how they measured it, even then, I'd prefer to not trust it until a few third parties have tried it.
 
JeffDM said:
But Anand didn't benchmark the chips, so the answer is ambiguous because the actual speedup is unknown. If Intel states a speedup, it's best not to trust that unless they are extremely detailed about how they measured it, even then, I'd prefer to not trust it until a few third parties have tried it.
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True, but with the new CPU interconnect, new cache design, and integrated memory controller, performance should increase a good clip based on what happened when AMD did all of this to their line.

I expect to see actual silicon at the San Francisco IDF this summer and likely production units at the Taiwan IDF in October, so we should have "hard numbers" soon enough to compare.
 
How about another row of hdd's to MP?
It would be pretty nice to have internal 7 disk raid6 with spare or biggy zfs pool...

(yeah, most users/buyers wouldn't need it...)

I'm pretty dissapointed to Apple's approach to BD. It will be very good archiving media. And video indies need standard method to deliver.
 
jjahshik32 said:
I think the mac pro will get an update to the nehalem (the desktop always gets the update much earlier than the laptop, even if its 7 months). If not then its all about the iphone + new cinema displays.
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Ah, the imbecile returns. With the usual completely inaccurate post, ready to mislead the potential purchaser.
 
What about "small" things like including better standard features (RAM, graphics card, etc.) or a price drop? Does Apple ever drop prices on their desktops mid cycle?

I am ready to buy finally (already have my order in cart) but am waiting a week to see if anything happens...
 
Yep its safe to say this is going to be the most boring WWDC ever. Especially if you couldn't care less about the iPhone like me.
 
sotofish said:
Does Apple ever drop prices on their desktops mid cycle?
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HA!

toke lahti said:
It will be very good archiving media. And video indies need standard method to deliver.
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Oh, it's good for archiving, yes. Contrary to popular belief, you can burn Blu-ray disks in OS X for the purpose of data storage. You just can't play movies, and that's what all the optical mediatards complain about, which bleeds into the idea that you can't use Blu-ray at all.
 
CWallace said:
Seagate is hoping to have 2TB HDDs in 2009, so those four bays might be plenty. :cool:
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4 bays, let's see...
System disk, 1 bay
Secure home dir raid1, 2 bays
Fast scratch raid0, 2 bays
Backup of system disk, 1 bay
Time machine, 1 bay
So 7 bays for starters, more would be needed for raid10 or for boot camp or for raid5 or for raid-z2 or...
 
Looks like somebody needs to learn how to partition a hard drive.

4 bays, let's see...
System disk/boot camp, 1 bay
Secure home dir raid1, 2 bays
Fast scratch raid0, 2 bays
Time machine, 1 bay
So 6 bays is plenty. Add e-sata and you have all the expansion you need.
 
At that point, toke lahti, I'd buy a SAS card and add SAS drives and go:

Bay 1 - OS and Applications
Bay 2 - Time Machine of OS and Applications
Bay 3+4 - RAID 0 Scratch
External SAS Enclosure - As many drives as I need for Data in a RAID 6 configuration.

So four bays would still be fine. :D
 
Do you think Apple would update the ACDs and not have them move to LED and a much more green footprint?

I think they'll wait until they can go LED.

Given that, are there even 30" LED screens out there?
 
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