should be by whose standards?
They can call it whatever they want. Apple knows it won't be releasing monthly revisions to the Mac Pro, but they might do a revision in 2008, maybe even a couple, so they call it "early 08" and give themselves room if circumstances dictate an upgrade.
They don't update the mac pro very often. In fact they do a terrible job updating it as of late. But when they do, it is usually a great update, so it 'lasts' a while.
My early 08 mac pro is, other than its graphics card, one of the flat-out fastest machines you can buy for less than $10K.
Less so than it was in February, but still a hoss. I would say 2008 was a slow year for computer improvements, honestly, across the industry. Everyone knows where the market is going, it's just taking a while for it to get there...
BTX didn't catch on. LED screens are taking forever to march up the size chain and down the price chain. ssd is finally here in a financially plausible form, but it is an infant technology. multi core has arrived, but software isn't taking advantage of it yet for the most part, so the potential is not being utilized by average people. And the economy in most parts of the world is a big pile of suck right now.
The early 08 mac pro will be the only 08 mac pro. but the 09 mac pro will be better.
