buying a new power mac

[Bass108]

ok...so i know kinda about the news of apple with their new chipsets for the powermac coming in November. i have been planning on buying a power mac when leopard came out for some time. i was going for an 8 core. should i wait...cause it might be retarded to buy a power mac to have them update it in 2 weeks. I guess I can play the waiting game forever but i was looking for some input. thanks


~jay

 

[Victor ch]

ok...so i know kinda about the news of apple with their new chipsets for the powermac coming in November. i have been planning on buying a power mac when leopard came out for some time. i was going for an 8 core. should i wait...cause it might be retarded to buy a power mac to have them update it in 2 weeks. I guess I can play the waiting game forever but i was looking for some input. thanks


~jay

You do mean MacPro right? anyway supposedly MP are short of a revision, and the time between those is near 6-7 months.

-Victor

 

[Nugget]

None of us really know anything, but the current indicators all point to new Mac Pros in mid-November. If you can wait until then you should.

 

[Nugget]

I'd also add that there's pretty much zero reason to speculate in this thread. If the countless details and hundreds of speculations that have led to that prediction are of any interest to you, please refer to (and contribute to) the existing threads on the subject:

• Penryn Based Mac Pros Soon?
• 2007 Harpertown Stoakley-Searburg MM OMG BBQ!
• Buy Mac pro now?
• Mac Pro Waiting Club

Any of the above threads will do -- they all have pretty much the exact same posters, content, and arguments.

 

[Bass108]

woops. yes i meant mac pro...i'm a little behind...ha

i imagine there will be a new enclosure...i imagine these systems will be even quieter than whats out now. I am an audio guy...so it's kinda important.

i guess i will wait...i am guessing there will be some kind of intel (ha) by December. I just don't want to wait longer than that.

i was already to go for friday...oh well.

 

[Bass108]

oh and another thing i just am hoping this is speculation not like what happened in January where the 8 core took another 4 months to come out.

 

[KingYaba]

Buy now upgrade later.

 

[Bass108]

yeah...but we are talking about a new chipset with half the wattage and larger frontside bus. And people are saying its going to be cheaper too right? I am probably going beyond my means in the moment but it would be dumb not to wait at least a little bit. But in the end though, everything will be ok, new mac or not.