I Joined the Club!

[canadianpj]

Congrats and I cannot wait to join the club myself. I'm thinking in the next few weeks I will plunk down the money to get my Mac Pro.

One thing I was unhappy about was that as I wanted to modify the stock version of the Mac Pro I could not order it from the local Apple Store. They told me I cannot even order it, then pick it up later when it arrives.

 

[Mackilroy]

Also agreed! 360 is previous gen and PS3 is current! Your choice now..

Someone has their head on backwards... (yes, I have both. 360 is a superb games machine, the PS3 is not)

Congratulations, though. It's real nice having a Mac Pro, though if I ever get another tower machine it'll probably be a hackintosh that I build myself.

 

[Apple Ink]

Someone has their head on backwards... (yes, I have both. 360 is a superb games machine, the PS3 is not)

Congratulations, though. It's real nice having a Mac Pro, though if I ever get another tower machine it'll probably be a hackintosh that I build myself.

360 has a lot of games because its mature and about to retire (MSFT has already previewed the Xbox720). PS3 is quite new and has huge power. It'll take time for it to settle!
Coclusion: At the moment 360: 5/5, PS3: 3/5
Futureproof index 360: 2/5, PS3: 4/5

Nothing personal. Just my .02

 

[kahine]

Could care less about Blu-Ray atm- I just download and watch movies on the Mac Pro anyway so its not a bonus there

I do like the overall tech of PS3 - but after researching several boards the past week even most PS3 owners have told me that for what I want the 360 is better atm - could care less about a year or two from now

I want to play NCAA 2008 online , GTA IV , and occasional RPG/shooter -

I've seen overwhelming folks on shacknews and other sites say that if I dont care about blu-ray and want to game online much and specifically for my games that the 360 would be better choice overall -

I'd have gone with either one as not a fan/supporter of either , but it seems for the next year the 360 would be better for me for games overall ,

 

[zmttoxics]

Congrats and I cannot wait to join the club myself. I'm thinking in the next few weeks I will plunk down the money to get my Mac Pro.

One thing I was unhappy about was that as I wanted to modify the stock version of the Mac Pro I could not order it from the local Apple Store. They told me I cannot even order it, then pick it up later when it arrives.

You can only get build to order machines directly from apples website. If you are the store, your only option is to by the baseline and have the store techs upgrade it.

 

[crazzyeddie]

A piece of software called Connect360 will stream from your Mac to the Xbox. Very elegant solution, much better than Media player.

I second this. Connect360 is an excellent app for streaming to the 360, and it just runs in the background... no fuss at all.