Buy New Mac Pro or wait and possible update in 6 months?

[iMacmatician]

I guess I'm out of touch with the recent advances in the xeon line. Why is Intel pushing the 8 core date back so far?

Who knows. Probably because it's massive (2.3 billion transistors, close to 700 mm^2 I think) and expensive.

 

[thelongmorrow]

Having 8 cores with HT would be right what I need, right now, and along with the promises of snow leopard I'd be set for another 4 years. Skip all the 12 and 16 core mumbo jumbo unless you are folding...... space/time that is.

Well im waiting for intel to come out with the flux compacitor and apple to come out with the new delorean PRO case design. Then I can travel into the future and know what Apple will be coming out with next!

 

[HoppyToad]

It's always best to buy Apple products just after they're announced.

Except when they launch a new product line like the iPod or iPhone. In that case, you can bet the farm that there will be a significantly improved model and big price drop after half a year, and a collective scream of buyer's remorse will be heard around the world.

 

[Markleshark]

Sorry, but the 'I have the money and can spend it on what I want' argument is a pretty darn strong one.

You have no right to say what someone should buy based on what they'll use it for.*



* Buying a Hamster simply to shag it is the exception that proves this rule.

 

[michaelsviews]

I'm looking to buy one of the New Mac Pros although I would like the config higher end config although I don't like such a low clock speed, I currently have a MBP which has been doing great, but i've been waiting for this update for some time, I was wondering do you think apple may bump up the specs with a minor upgrade to the mac pros in 6 months or so or do you think we will have to wait till a year or so for the new models.

Take this the proper way but this/your thread has been beaten to death on this site, whether its a Mac Pro or a MBP.

Take a good hard look at your BUDGET & then NEEDS, Not wants, and go from there. Take into the consideration the current economic situation. I do not mean this to be mean but you mite find some awesome deals in the market place or craigslist in the mean time, while your figuring out the best choice

 

[michaelsviews]

Sorry, but the 'I have the money and can spend it on what I want' argument is a pretty darn strong one.

You have no right to say what someone should buy based on what they'll use it for.*



* Buying a Hamster simply to shag it is the exception that proves this rule.

Your reply is aimed at who? There is this little thing called freedom of speech.

 

[apolloa]

Sorry, but the 'I have the money and can spend it on what I want' argument is a pretty darn strong one.

You have no right to say what someone should buy based on what they'll use it for.*



* Buying a Hamster simply to shag it is the exception that proves this rule.

I laughed my ass off at that one........

 

[Keniff]

Nice sarcastic response, totally unnecessary given 16 cores vs 8 cores is clearly going to see a performance boost. Not to mention the hyperthreading, so 32 simultaneous threads on a 16 core machine vs 16 on the 8 core machine. That is a performance increase worth paying for. This current interim update which is merely to transition onto the Nehalem architecture is a joke.

Still don't want it?




Waiting for 16 cores is in no way the same as crying over the case being the same.

Buy an older 2008 Mac Pro at a discounted price, or wait for the 16 Core behemoth that is due to arrive later in the year/early next year is my advice.

And with all respects, later this year/early next year, there'll be somebody like you saying, "Wait! cause later this year/early next year, Apple are releasing a 32 Core"

 

[ccuk]

And with all respects, later this year/early next year, there'll be somebody like you saying, "Wait! cause later this year/early next year, Apple are releasing a 32 Core"

No... because the current intel processor roadmap doesn't show anything like that.

Buying an older stock octo 2.8 for roughly £1600 or second hand for £1,000 ish makes a lot more sense than the 2.26 octo at £2,500. Then subsequently skipping the current gen of Mac Pros for the as correctly pointed out Gulftown based Mac Pro which will have 12 cores late on this year or early-mid 2010; intel fab permitting Nicely corrected Tallest Skil

This isn't about a want, its about money. And the price per performance just isn't there in my opinion. There has to be something out of this world amazing about the new Xeons to be twice as fast as Harpertown. I just don't see value in the new Mac Pro.