Seem like Apple want us to buy a HP workstation rather than a Mac Pro

[Decrepit]

Dude you currently own a Mac Mini? LOL. You are a processor intensive guy? The last time I checked the Mac Pro's can power 4 30 inch displays without the FX4500 card. What exactly is a dual-dual opteron? Is it faster than a dual core mac mini?

My Mini is my home box, and is currently on the blink thanks to an unhappy power brick.

The two processor, each dual core (dual dual) Opteron is my number cruncher. The Mini is my daily driver since it's silent and does all the normal stuff I need. I fire up the supercomputer for the heavy duty stuff and then just use a Leopard Space for an RDP connection.

 

[psingh01]

Edit: nevermind... ignore my post

 

[trancepriest]

My Mini is my home box, and is currently on the blink thanks to an unhappy power brick.

The two processor, each dual core (dual dual) Opteron is my number cruncher. The Mini is my daily driver since it's silent and does all the normal stuff I need. I fire up the supercomputer for the heavy duty stuff and then just use a Leopard Space for an RDP connection.

So what are the processing speeds on your "super computer" ?

 

[RichP]

The HP machines aren't shipping till the end of year it seems. So this thread is pointless. Why would apple announce a new machine they cant sell for over am month, and DESTROY their current sales? Most people get a machine when they need it, they do not follow or care about rumors.

 

[Decrepit]

So what are the processing speeds on your "super computer" ?

It's an older super computer now.

I have two Opteron 280 CPUs and 6 GB of memory. It's a few years old now.

I haven't upgraded because I knew what was coming down the pike, and the current workstation does the job. The next system I buy will last another several years. I was actually holding out for PCI-E 2.0 and a few other things that are due mid 2008 or so.

The current workstation will become a Linux server with several virtual machines in it for the research that I do on the side. So 4 cores total with 6GB will do nicely, and hopefully memory will fall for this system so I can bump up to 16 or 32GB at some point.

 

[trancepriest]

It's an older super computer now.

I have two Opteron 280 CPUs and 6 GB of memory. It's a few years old now.

2.4GHz in each core?

 

[Decrepit]

2.4GHz in each core?

Yes. 2.4 GHz per core, 4 cores total in the system, with the ability to drive 32 GB of memory, 2 x16 PCI-E cards, 5 internal HDD bays, 3 optical drive bays, etc.

A really nice system. But, it still has Windows on it, which is depressing.

If I wanted to, I could put 4 2.8 GHz cores in the system with Opteron 290s but I don't think those few MHz difference would be worth the $1100.

If a Mac Pro comes out mid 2008 with the upgrades I want, I will move to that. The ability to run Leopard and then VMWare Fusion with Office 2007 will be very nice. As much as some people don't want to hear it, some features of Office make iWork look stupid. But then again, many features in iWork make Microsoft look bad as well. Use the best tools, and hope it encourages the other side to improve!

 

[desenso]

Except the HP cannot run OS X.
Even the most powerful computer in the world is worthless to some people if the OS is crap.

I'm glad this was the first reply to the post because it is the absolute truth of the matter.

Aesthetics too, but that's secondary.