Mac Pro Announced

[madoka]

You can buy 400 GB/SATA/300 drives for $99.

Dude, you've mentioned this $99 400gb drive three times now and make it sound like everyone should be able to get this price at will, but you fail to mention that it was a ONE TIME deal that quickly sold out and hasn't since reappeared.

 

[Multimedia]

Labor Day

Dude, you've mentioned this $99 400gb drive three times now and make it sound like everyone should be able to get this price at will, but you fail to mention that it was a ONE TIME deal that quickly sold out and hasn't since reappeared.

Labor Day. Meanwhile it's $119-$129 - still cheap.

 

[ShnikeJSB]

Meanwhile, I just purchased a brand new perpendicular recording Seagate 7200.10 320GB 16mb cache SATAII hard drive from NewEgg a couple weeks ago for $95 shipped...



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140

 

[JoshRtek]

Labor Day. Meanwhile it's $119-$129 - still cheap.

Fry's always has crazy deals on any major holiday. Break out your wallets, 'cause Memorial Day is about up.

(BTW, that deal was on a Seagate drive, no? Pretty damn good).

 

[iris_failsafe]

That second dvd drive bay, is it for another superdrive or just have the hardware ready for a HdDVD or Blueray drive? I would love one of those on my Mac....

My ideal config as of today

Mac Pro
Part Number: Z0D8
Both Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and AirPort Extreme
Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse - Western Spanish
1 x SuperDrive
Accessory kit
Two 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
2GB (4 x 512MB)
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Mac OS X - U.S. English
ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2 x dual-link DVI)
Estimated Ship: 3-5 weeks

 

[Multimedia]

Fry's always has crazy deals on any major holiday. Break out your wallets, 'cause Memorial Day is about up.

(BTW, that deal was on a Seagate drive, no? Pretty damn good).

No, it was Maxtor 400 SATA/300. I'm sure one will be up on Labor Day. The 400GB HD size is rapidly becoming the new commodity size IE 25¢/GB.

Apple selling 500GB HDs for 80¢/GB is really obscene greed. Upsets me to see them trying to take advantage of their customers with very high prices on their HDs and RAM.

 

[ImNoSuperMan]

Hmmmmm....
It really seems like a good time to retire my old MDD. Still, $5400 is a lot of money. (what you have to pay here in sweden with edu discount for a 2.66 MP, X1900 XT, 500Gb + 23'')
Hmmmmm... tempted, very very tempted.

Side note: I have actually considered buying it in US and sneak it back to Sweden if I just could figure out how to transport it....

But if something goes wrong with your MacPro you`d have to send it back to USA to use applecare. Howzzat for a saving

 

[Multimedia]

Or One Internal PATA HD

That second dvd drive bay, is it for another superdrive or just have the hardware ready for a HdDVD or Blueray drive? I would love one of those on my Mac....

Or one internal PATA HD. I have one on top of my Optical in my Quad G5.

 

[madoka]

Labor Day. Meanwhile it's $119-$129 - still cheap.

Yeah, I know, I got 3 of them back then. My point is that your posts are deceptive. It never went back to that price. And BTW, it's $140 +shipping +tax at Fry's right now. No one reputable has them for $119, let alone the $99 you keep quoting.

 

[THX1139]

Has anyone been able to watch that whole keynote without it breaking up like a bad windows-media straming feed?... egad. Apple makes themselves look bad if they can't dedicate enough server redundancy to meet the demand... I'm on a high-speed cable modem line and I still can't get more than 5 seconds without it breaking up....

Dude, there is already a thread for this..

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/222602/

 

[Multimedia]

Once $99 The 400GB SATA/300 Will Be $99 Again

Yeah, I know, I got 3 of them back then. My point is that your posts are deceptive. It never went back to that price. And BTW, it's $140 +shipping +tax at Fry's right now. No one reputable has them for $119, let alone the $99 you keep quoting.

If they were once $99, they will be $99 again. OK. I didn't mean NOW. I meant within a few weeks or a month or two. Excuse me for having a different opinion than you and for not being clear enough to avoid your need to criticise someone who puts something differently than you would.

 

[madoka]

If they were once $99, they will be $99 again.

Yeah, I guess everyone should wait for gas to go back down to $1.19 a gallon too.

Yes dumbass, given the pace of technology, it will eventually go back down to that price, but the point is you cannot get one for $99 NOW like you've been claiming on these boards.

Seriously users should have to go through some sort of basic logic/IQ test before they are allowed to post.

 

[THX1139]

10K Raptor

I'll probably swap out the stock drive for a 10K Western Digital Raptor. I'll put the OS and all applications on that drive and then install a couple of 500GB for files. The Raptor will scream on startup and everything will be just that much snappier. It's the worlds fastest drive...

Western Digital's Raptor

I love how easy it is to swap out drives! You can store projects on drives and then load the drive/project only when you need it. Great for large video projects! I almost don't need my external firewire drives anymore.

 

[daneoni]

But if something goes wrong with your MacPro you`d have to send it back to USA to use applecare. Howzzat for a saving

Not necessarily true AppleCare is now international for both desktops and laptops

 

[Multimedia]

Raptor For The Home Drive

I'll probably swap out the stock drive for a 10K Western Digital Raptor. I'll put the OS and all applications on that drive and then install a couple of 500GB for files. The Raptor will scream on startup and everything will be just that much snappier. It's the worlds fastest drive...

Western Digital's Raptor

I love how easy it is to swap out drives! You can store projects on drives and then load the drive/project only when you need it. Great for large video projects! I almost don't need my external firewire drives anymore.

That's a great plan. Yeah they are up to 150GB too. Unfortunately they are still only be offered with a 1.5 MB/sec transfer rate (buffer to host) instead of the 3MB/sec capacity of the new Mac Pro's SATA Bus. Kind of a bummer. Maybe if you can be patient they will come out with a 3MB/sec version. Worth calling them and asking if it's in the pipeline before you drop $250 on the current model.

 

[JoshRtek]

1. You are going to spend thousands on a Mac PRO and you are going to pitch a fit over adding wireless for less than 80 bucks?

Since I needed the computer right away, I'm hoping the offer an upgrade kit in store to be user-installable. If it's BTO only, I'm going to be pissed.

Or one internal PATA HD. I have one on top of my Optical in my Quad G5.

Does this mean the second optical drive bay is Parallel ATA and not Serial? That would be awesome because I could use my old Plextor 16x DVD burner from my PC.

 

[THX1139]

Yeah, I guess everyone should wait for gas to go back down to $1.19 a gallon too.

Yes dumbass, given the pace of technology, it will eventually go back down to that price, but the point is you cannot get one for $99 NOW like you've been claiming on these boards.

Seriously users should have to go through some sort of basic logic/IQ test before they are allowed to post.

Or how about a civility test?

On behalf of Multimedia... I think you need to take a Quaalude. At the least, cut back on the caffeine dude.

 

[madoka]

Or how about a civility test?

On behalf of Multimedia... I think you need to take a Quaalude. At the least, cut back on the caffeine dude.

I was civil the first THREE times I replied. And each time he continued lying to cover up his deficiencies. First it was $99, then $119, then he couldn't point to one place less than $140. Sorry I don't like guys that BS that much.

 

[ImNoSuperMan]

Engadget also picked up on this but gave more detail - it's new universal applications that are being announced this week:
10:24AM - ".... I'm pleased to report that there are more than 3,000 universal applications and we at Apple would like to say, thank you, thank you guys. "You guys have done a phenomenal job and there are a lot more being announced at the developer conference this week."

Did anyone see the QT stream and find out what did steve actually say. The MRLIVE quotes it as "10:24 am lots more announcements during the next week"

Which one is true? The former seems to hint software announcements during WWDC while the latter makes me think more hardware announcements in the upcoming weeks

 

[gnasher729]

I've yet to see a shred of evidence that four cores offers meaningful improvement over two cores running programs through Rosetta.

Has nothing to do with Rosetta at all.

Rosetta translates PowerPC code to Intel code when you start a program. If the program is capabable of using four processors on a PowerPC, like Photoshop, then it will use the four processors on a Mac Pro and run faster.

As a result, the new Mac Pro machines are cheaper and will run _any_ code faster than the dual core G5 Macs.

 

[aswitcher]

Did anyone see the QT stream and find out what did steve actually say. The MRLIVE quotes it as "10:24 am lots more announcements during the next week"

Which one is true? The former seems to hint software announcements during WWDC while the latter makes me think more hardware announcements in the upcoming weeks

Wouldn't be suprised if they spring some upgrades on us this week.

 

[Evangelion]

I don't understand why people are complaining about the Bluetooth and wireless not being included. These are not portables, they won't move, and in many cases professionals don't care if the keyboard is wired or want it wired for some specific reason. Wireless internet is for portable computers folks, not a big hunk of aluminum that will sit on the floor or desk permanently. Wired is also still faster than wireless...if you are in a networked office environment that can make a massive difference.

Maybe. But last time I checked, Mac Mini and iMac both have wireless built right in, and those are desktops. And there ARE professionals who value clutter-free desktop. There ARE professionals who would like to use the PowerMac with WLAN. You are basically saying that "this is not an issue, since in many cases pro's don't need these features". You might be right, but you would be also wrong since many pro's do want these features!

You are basically making excuses for a lack of features.

Note: I do love the new MacPro's . _almost_ everything I could wish for, for lower prices than I expected. And I must say that these fit my predictions almost perfectly. I said that MAcPro's would be all Quads. And I was right. I predicted three models with 2x 2Ghz Woodcrest for $1999, 2x 2.33GHz Woodcrest for $2499 and 2x 3Ghz Woodcrest for $3499. I was almost right. I wished for 4x drive-bays and I got it (although I did wish for hot-swappable drives in front-mounted drive-bays like in xServe).

Now, only thing left hoping for is MacPro Mini....

 

[Multimedia]

Yes opticals all use PATA busses because they are naturally slow.

Since I needed the computer right away, I'm hoping the offer an upgrade kit in store to be user-installable. If it's BTO only, I'm going to be pissed.

Well they didn't used to but maybe they do now. I guess it's something you will have to wait for short term - like that $99 deal on the 400GB SATA/300s.

Does this mean the second optical drive bay is Parallel ATA and not Serial? That would be awesome because I could use my old Plextor 16x DVD burner from my PC.

Yes opticals all use PATA busses because they are naturally slow. And yes you can use your Plextor with Toast 7 UB.

 

[Multimedia]

I Wasn't Lying & It Wasn't BS

I was civil the first THREE times I replied. And each time he continued lying to cover up his deficiencies. First it was $99, then $119, then he couldn't point to one place less than $140. Sorry I don't like guys that BS that much.

I wan't lying and it wasn't BS.

You have 3 of them so how was I lying? And I wasn't "covering up" anything sir. You appear to have attack problems.

 

[Evangelion]

Some people may not use wireless, this stamps down on prices. As for the graphics card, you have to realize not all professionals need a super-duper chip. Lots of professional apps are more processor intensive then anything.

What is it with these excuses? It's OK so ship sub-par vid-card as standard with their hi-end workstation because not EVERYBODY needs fast vid-card? Hell by that token, maybe they should use Celerons as standard on these machines, since not _everybody_ needs fast CPU's?

They could offer a faster vid-card, and make the crappier vid-card a BTO for those who don't need fast graphics. GF7300 is a low-end GPU. And this is a hi-end machine.