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Intel On Track To Deliver Penryn, Nehalem

So does that mean we'll see a mac pro update before 2008? The Mac Pro hasn't been seriously updated nor a price adjustment since its introduction in AUGUST of 2006. The video cards alone are ~20 months old.

Oh but it doesn't need to be upgraded yet... (for the flame war on that, check the MP/PM forum)
 
so with more energy efficient processors are there quadcore MBP on the horizon?

and what are the chances of a 13" MBP 2.4GHz with penryn?
 
slughead said:
So does that mean we'll see a mac pro update before 2008? The Mac Pro hasn't been seriously updated nor a price adjustment since its introduction in AUGUST of 2006. The video cards alone are ~20 months old.

Oh but it doesn't need to be upgraded yet... (for the flame war on that, check the MP/PM forum)
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Try the Cinema Displays, it's been since 2004 (three years) that Apple has revamped the Display line, leaving Mac Pro owners in the dust with Front Row (no IR sensor that could be implemented in the display), and built in iSights would be nice.

I have a 23" one from 2004 that works well (knock on wood), but would like to replace it with a new monitor and give my aluminum display away to someone who needs it. Maybe with the release of Leopard we will see revamped displays...
 
CJD2112 said:
Try the Cinema Displays, it's been since 2004 (three years) that Apple has revamped the Display line, leaving Mac Pro owners in the dust with Front Row (no IR sensor that could be implemented in the display), and built in iSights would be nice.
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I wish that people would stop saying that ACDs haven't been updated since 2004. They get quiet updates whenever LCDs improve. As for the iSight and IR-sensors, while I can appreciate that many would like these, I think that this is a choice by Apple as they don't see Pro machines as needing webcams and Front Row.

Actually, I think that Front Row has become a stale paradigm, and personally I find iTunes running AirTunes and AppleTV running music and video to be much more compelling that taking up my screen with an interface that I never found to be that great in the first place. Of course, I do appreciate that others have a different and valid opinion there.

/rant
 
smivvy said:
Do I wait for these new processors or do I buy my new mac pro now?

Bearing in mind my current 4yr old G4 has died a sudden death! :(
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I am still using a 6 yr. old Dual G4.

I want a new Mac Pro, and with this news, I think I'll try waiting a little longer.

-- Mikie
 
thepandamancan said:
would these find its way into macbook pros by the end of the year? would it be worth it to wait or buy a macbook pro now?
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Apple doesn't announce new hardware after the first week of November. If you don't need one between now and MWSF in January, and you think the CPU upgrade is worth it, go ahead and wait.

If you need it now, buy it now.
 
MikieMikie said:
I am still using a 6 yr. old Dual G4.

I want a new Mac Pro, and with this news, I think I'll try waiting a little longer.

-- Mikie
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You might also consider buying a refurbed or old Mac Pro from the apple store once these new machines ship. Since you are not needing that much power the current Mac Pro should be more then enough and the difference in power between the old and the new may not justify the price difference in your case.

Just food for thought.

I own a mac pro and still, despite not being updated for a while, these machines just run sooooo smooth...
 
Is this the sort of thing we can expect in the next iMac update, or more of a Mac Pro thing? I'm gonna get an iMac in the next revision, so I'm wondering what major updates are on the horizon.
 
thepandamancan said:
would these find its way into macbook pros by the end of the year? would it be worth it to wait or buy a macbook pro now?
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Won't be ready for MacWorld 08 either. Maybe 3rd quarter 08? Multimedia will step in and answer this and the iMac question soon.
 
The innovation track just gets faster and faster!

A serious question - does anyone think Penryn will find it's way into the iMac before June '08 ?

Still have time to cancel my 2.8Ghz iMac order and keep the G5 wheezing for a little longer.......

Noticed that car manufacturers do this also - launch the special edition / extreme edition / Sports whatever............just before the new version arrives.

Kuska
 
WWMD? What would MultiMedia do?

Multimedia,

Do you plan to get Penryn or hold on until Nehalem finds its way into the Mac Pro and why?
 
stompy said:
Apple doesn't announce new hardware after the first week of November. If you don't need one between now and MWSF in January, and you think the CPU upgrade is worth it, go ahead and wait.

If you need it now, buy it now.
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That may be true, but I think it's quite likely that the MacPro will be updated in late October.

Apple has released machines with new Intel processors before those processors were officially available. October is also when the new OS is available. It could be released alongside it.
 
tk421 said:
That may be true, but I think it's quite likely that the MacPro will be updated in late October.

Historically, Apple has released machines with new Intel processors before those processors were officially available. October is also when the new OS is available. It could be released alongside it.
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I'd be willing to bet that Steve will demo Leopard and FCS2 on it.
 
DTphonehome said:
Is this the sort of thing we can expect in the next iMac update, or more of a Mac Pro thing? I'm gonna get an iMac in the next revision, so I'm wondering what major updates are on the horizon.
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Initially, Penryn will be a Xeon processor. So that means Mac Pro, not iMac. (see here).
 
tk421 said:
That may be true, but I think it's quite likely that the MacPro will be updated in late October.

Historically, Apple has released machines with new Intel processors before those processors were officially available. October is also when the new OS is available. It could be released alongside it.
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I just meant that if it's not announced by the first week of November, the window has closed until January. Then again, things I never envisioned happen all the time.
 
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