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Ok so now since the announcement of the early release of nehalem, I think I'll wait..
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According to the MR Buying Guide: "Buy only if you need it - Approaching the end of a cycle". I assumed this meant a new upgrade would be within the next 6 months or so. I'm clueless when it comes to following the release dates of the latest Intel products, so I've been keeping my eye on the Buying Guide page:
https://buyersguide.macrumors.com//#Mac_Pro
However, if the consensus is that it'll be mid 2009 until the next upgrade to the MP line, I guess I should look to buy now rather than wait. I guess I could hope for a price reduction in the meanwhile.
https://buyersguide.macrumors.com//#Mac_Pro
However, if the consensus is that it'll be mid 2009 until the next upgrade to the MP line, I guess I should look to buy now rather than wait. I guess I could hope for a price reduction in the meanwhile.
The "consensus" is that it the update will be anywhere from late 2008 until possibly sometime mid-2009.
Price reduction! I can tell you haven't been following Apple for long. Don't look for any price reductions.
the macbooks will see an update much sooner than macpro's (september?). so if you want the newest computer you should wait no matter what...
are you really going to use all of the processing power of today's macpro's?
are you sure?
do really want to wait that long?
yea I just went ahead and bought it lol.
Either way 4 years from now I'll just upgrade then with whatever is new.
Either way 4 years from now I'll just upgrade then with whatever is new.
Massive storage of video files and hd encoding, vmware fusion for a few programs, some gaming, massive music collection, chatting, mail, visualhub, heavy multitasking, safari, transmission, unison, streaming hd movies to xbox 360, iphoto collection, colloquy, microsoft word and stuff like that.
Its always a hard decision to wait or not...
but there is always a new one round the corner. [ and that goes for all machines / technology etc etc]
its best to judge what the real increases of performance / features [ not all the marketing just the real..]
but i believe you did the right thing buying now - they are a great box and kick arse! i am sure you are loving it
omm
but there is always a new one round the corner. [ and that goes for all machines / technology etc etc]
its best to judge what the real increases of performance / features [ not all the marketing just the real..]
but i believe you did the right thing buying now - they are a great box and kick arse! i am sure you are loving it
omm
I do not believe it will be that long, but if Intel holds back on the server / workstation line, they might not be able to get them into Apple's hands by Mac World 2009 (which I and others have hypothesized could be the launch window). So that could mean WWDC (if Apple wants to make a big splash) and that is too late for me.
The early Nehalems are not going to be cheap, so it is possible that Apple's margin warnings are because they will eat the price difference between Xeons/Penryns and Nehalems to keep price points the same, which would support Apple launching the chips as soon as they can get them.
Well said.
Hopefully Apple will be able to obtain a supply that allows them to release within target pricing and on time.
I just notice on nehalemnews.com that they now have some benchmarks for the Gainstown chips which seem likely candidates for the Mac Pro based on Apple's previous chip model choices. There is also an article suggesting Bloomfield - the mainstream desktop version of Nehalem may be announced in September and ship in October. In the past (with Penryn for example) the mainstream desktop models have shipped after the mainstream Server/Workstation chips although they could proceed differently this time I guess.
No you do not need a Mac Pro for that!
Or is Microsoft Word that bloated?
Bye-bye Penryn and Barcelona. At least until 6-core Istanbul (H2 2009) comes.
We should be seeing some pretty significant performance improvements for the next Mac Pros. Given that there won't be significant quantities of Gainestown until Q4 2008, we may see a January/February (not Macworld) release.
No you do not need a Mac Pro for that!
Or is Microsoft Word that bloated?
Bye-bye Penryn and Barcelona. At least until 6-core Istanbul (H2 2009) comes.
We should be seeing some pretty significant performance improvements for the next Mac Pros. Given that there won't be significant quantities of Gainestown until Q4 2008, we may see a January/February (not Macworld) release.
I still only have microsoft 2004 (PPC)!!
The previous generation of iMac and several older iBook releases used the prefix "Mid" before the year when there were no other releases that year.
It surprises me the heck out of me that apple even calls it the "Early 2008" even if they knew or everybody even suspected they would bring out another model in 2008. I could see them naming it the "Early 2008" model after they had brought out another model later in 2008. Surely does not sound like something Apple would do, but there it is on their support page:
http://www.apple.com/support/macpro/
Mac Pro (Early 2008) User's Guide (PDF)
It wouldnt really matter if it was called "early" mac pro or "late" because its just distinguishing the time of its release/model.
Following that logic, should not the Mac Pro introduced in August of 2006 be dubbed by Apple the "Mid-Summer 2006 Mac Pro"?