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Penryn Based Mac Pros Soon?
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Yea, you know what I mean.
The only other possibility I see is Apple offering a 2x2.33 QC model for $1999 maybe...
2.33GHz - $1999
2.5Ghz - $2199
2.8Ghz - $2499
3.2Ghz - $2999
That would be sweet... with an edu discount I could get the "slow" MP for $1799 maybe...
Like the PowerMacs of yester years.
Please don't start this discussion up again.
I hope they bring in new displays, before they bring in a replacement to the MacMini.
Leopard: yes
Adboe products: who knows, CS3 might not even work that well in Leopard let alone 8-core
Other products: for the most part, I know programs like Maya are set to use multiple threads in rendering...
I second, and it's what I've been waiting for. I can't justify a Mac Pro, and the other Macs just don't have upgradeable graphics cards.
Cue the fanboys who'll flame me for not being in one of Apple's market brackets.
New member here....
This is exciting news for me, as I'll finally be throwing my Dell PC out the Window and joining the Mac family next month. Right now I'm on the fence as to whether I want to buy a top-of-the-line 24" iMac, or the base model Mac Pro. With the student discount, there's only a $150 difference between the two, and each has its pros and cons. But depending on how this turns out, it may push me toward the Mac Pro.
Based on the photo posted, I guess we can assume the cheese-grater case will remain the same? Not that I mind it, but I was curious if Apple would be doing a cosmetic update as well.
This is exciting news for me, as I'll finally be throwing my Dell PC out the Window and joining the Mac family next month. Right now I'm on the fence as to whether I want to buy a top-of-the-line 24" iMac, or the base model Mac Pro. With the student discount, there's only a $150 difference between the two, and each has its pros and cons. But depending on how this turns out, it may push me toward the Mac Pro.
Based on the photo posted, I guess we can assume the cheese-grater case will remain the same? Not that I mind it, but I was curious if Apple would be doing a cosmetic update as well.
I am in the same market bracket, I don't need the horse power of the MacPro but i need upgradeable graphics. I do some freelance stuff and some personal computing but my paper will buy all the 8 core high-end MacPros that I need.
The issue here is that Apple won't do it anytime soon, and the topic has been talked to death since the G4 Cube and people haven't gotten a clue. I used to be in your boat until I got a clue, and have been flamed by people that were once in the same boat for years. We all moved on after nothing of a headless iMac appeared and have either learned to live with the iMac's limitations, or have saved up the cash and gotten the bottom end Mac Pro.
OR, we have bought PCs and keep an iMac around for the other things. There are other options once you think about it, and after a while you learn to not worry about what Apple doesn't have for me right this second, and start thinking about what I need right now to do my job.
Can I replace the C2 duo woodcrests in my pro with these new chips? Or does it need a whole different motherboard?
8 Core Support From Apple But Adobe Not So Much - Yet
Adobe's don't but Apple's do. Leopard does big time.
haha, it does, its costs too much though, we pay £1699
here in the UK, but i so need it for animation and designwould be also nice to get display refresh
Yes, IMO Apple should also release a 20" not-so-awesome-quality display with iSight and IR to complement the Mac Mini...
if those are the new mac pros, they are still huge, i would of thoughtwill design something smaller, i mean who the f*** needs 3 TB of hardrive?
*raises hand*
I'm hoping for 6 drive bays. Would love a Raid 5 setup inside my tower.
Stoakley Motherboard Makes Selling Your Old One A Wiser Way To Upgrade
You could. But it would behoove you to sell what you have and buy the new one as the motherboard has a lot of enhancements that will help as well.
Welcome news, but crossing fingers on graphics
Well, I'm perfectly tickled, but then that giddiness is tempered by the feeling of impending doom regarding graphics cards. I have nothing other than a vague feeling of suspicion to base my words on.
Anyone heard anything on that front?
Well, I'm perfectly tickled, but then that giddiness is tempered by the feeling of impending doom regarding graphics cards. I have nothing other than a vague feeling of suspicion to base my words on.
Anyone heard anything on that front?
no case change
Since there is no mention of a case redesign, are most people assuming that they'll stick with the same enclosure and just get a new logic board?
Since there is no mention of a case redesign, are most people assuming that they'll stick with the same enclosure and just get a new logic board?
Well this is good news. But it also means that i'm selling my current setup sooner than expected.
Now, the problem is, this rumor doesn't say anything about new Displays. Should I sell my setup with the display or not?
Also, aside from the processor upgrade, what will the new machines have that the current ones don't? How much do you think they're gonna upgrade? Is it worth it for me to change? The rumor didn't say anything specific. It sounds sort of like a dead end processor upgrade to me.
Now, the problem is, this rumor doesn't say anything about new Displays. Should I sell my setup with the display or not?
Also, aside from the processor upgrade, what will the new machines have that the current ones don't? How much do you think they're gonna upgrade? Is it worth it for me to change? The rumor didn't say anything specific. It sounds sort of like a dead end processor upgrade to me.
Me! And most other video professionals. I would rather have the drives running quiet internally than another external enclosure to foul up my audio recordings.
You people and your money. The only way I'll see a new Mac Pro is if I drive for an hour to the nearest Apple Store. Even my school has the old plastic G4s and some first gen aluminum G5s.
I'm definitely not going to buy a MP (at least in the near future) but I can't wait to go into the Apple Store Regents Street and test the next one out
A Mac miniTOWER with:
- 1 and up to 2 quad-core 45 nm Penryn processors.
- 4 GB RAM and up to 8 GB (1 GB per core).
- 1 and up to 2 disks 1 TB each inside (7,200 rpm).
- 4 eSATA II ports, 4 FireWire 800 ports and 4 USB 2 ports.
- 1 and up to 2 SuperDrives (option for Blu-ray)
- No need of PCI slots.
- As quiet as posible.
I will pay whatever for that!
- 1 and up to 2 quad-core 45 nm Penryn processors.
- 4 GB RAM and up to 8 GB (1 GB per core).
- 1 and up to 2 disks 1 TB each inside (7,200 rpm).
- 4 eSATA II ports, 4 FireWire 800 ports and 4 USB 2 ports.
- 1 and up to 2 SuperDrives (option for Blu-ray)
- No need of PCI slots.
- As quiet as posible.
I will pay whatever for that!
Money... what's that... the only way I am going to afford my MP is to start crushing cans. I have about $2000 worth of crushed cans and bottles ready to ship.
That's how ma pappy did it.
Stoakley Motherboard Is Radically Better Than Today's
Quite the opposite. You obviously haven't been paying attention to our Stoakley-Seaburg thread. The current dual Clovertown is the dead end processor upgrade. This new one has a radically better motherboard to go with these new 45nm Penryns.