Mac Pro

[astudentis]

When is the next expected update to Mac pro line?
What will be the most likely update? (processor?)
What will be successor processor to the Xeon?

 

[Tallest Skil]

Please search. (MacWorld '09)
Please search. (Nehalem)
Please search. (Xeon a.k.a. none is planned)

 

[astudentis]

i though nahalem was successor to penryn?

 

[Tallest Skil]

It is. The Mac Pro uses Penryn Xeons. Nehalem Xeons come next.

 

[astudentis]

oh ok, so nahalem updates for mac pro are probably expected for Jan 2009 then?

Also, would you recommend waiting for that, or should i just get a mac pro now? Is it worth waiting? Would i actually see 50% increase is speed of the processor?

 

[Tallest Skil]

I'm waiting, but I've been waiting twelve years.

Yes, the processing power increase will be epic. You'll also have bleeding-edge GPUs again. All one of them...

If you need it now, get it now. If not, wait six months with me.

 

[astudentis]

bleeding-edge gpus?

 

[Tallest Skil]

Like a 9900 GT... as the base card.

Some ATI 4000 series mid-range and then either a Quadro or ATI's highest-end offering up top.

 

[SchneiderMan]

Like a 9900 GT... as the base card.

Some ATI 4000 series mid-range and then either a Quadro or ATI's highest-end offering up top.

the new nvidia 9 series on the new macbook pros will be awesome!!

 

[Genghis Khan]

the new nvidia 9 series on the new macbook pros will be awesome!!

...and the 'i just got here' prize goes to...


and the answer to the OP is indeed january. that said, there is never a bad time to buy a mac pro...

 

[micsaund]

Preliminary tests at Ars Technica are showing that Nehalem is about 20-50% faster for about 10% more power consumed. Definitely worth waiting for IMO unless you just *really* need a new Mac today.

Also, Nehalem will introduce a new socket and use DDR3 RAM, so if you buy a Pro today, it'll be an "end of the road" model without the possibility to throw some new processors in down the road, if that's your thing.

Mike

 

[Genghis Khan]

Also, Nehalem will introduce a new socket and use DDR3 RAM, so if you buy a Pro today, it'll be an "end of the road" model without the possibility to throw some new processors in down the road, if that's your thing.

really?! i didn't know that. looks like that's the Mac Pro i'm saving for

 

[Rizvi1]

I'm waiting, but I've been waiting twelve years.

Yes, the processing power increase will be epic. You'll also have bleeding-edge GPUs again. All one of them...

If you need it now, get it now. If not, wait six months with me.

I've been wanting to upgrade my 1.42ghz G4 Mac Mini which I purchased in early 2006 for a while now. I'd like to get a real heavy duty computer as I start diving more into editing and other heavier tasks.

6 months doesn't seem too bad a wait. Any ideas on what the new Mac Pros will go for?