The 2009 (Gainestown) Mac Pro: Everything We Know

[Pressure]

This level of absurdity demands a link to the process!

The Rominator already posted the link.

But it can be done quite easily.

 

[Tallest Skil]

The new Mac Pro specs are as follows.

32 core Motown
500 GB DDR 9 10 riser cards let's say 20 perts. I mispelled that on purpose. Lets get an english tutor in here.
10 X 4 TB or is that 4 X 10 maybe 4 10 X 4's or 10 4 X 10's Well what the hell does it matter; Hard Drives
4 Red Ray VDV not DVD burners
10 USB 6.0 Ports
4 Firewire 400
4 Fire Wire 800
10 PCI Express 5.0 Graphics ports. All are SLISILSLI Capable
2 PCI Express 2.0 Ports for whatever
8D sound card.
Laser Optical ports because we can. Ooh pretty red lights.
Red Tooth (who needs to brush here)
Built in 19" LCD for kicks and giggles
And finally but not least R2D2 guard dog
Total cost. Well You would have to be Bill Gates.
Oh did I say it has OS 12 oops there goes that stupid English Errroorrrs again. Any one wish to correct me. There was a little red; dog, and, yet; could he; I, and saw; red hat. Grade F-

That's pathetic. You can't even get a proper MacProWank; look at you!

Anyone who is anyone knows that the next Mac Pro will drop FireWire 400 and 800 in favor of 3200. Get your facts straight!

 

[nanofrog]

Yeah the 4GB of memory is a lot, but perhaps 1.8GB and the power of two GPUs might outweigh it. I don't really know much about OpenCL (or Cuda) though.

I would think the market is tiny, like a few thousand users tops. The real market for the pro cards doesn't seem to be for the digital content creation market, but ones like science, finance, engineering. Not really the Mac's forté.

That's what I'm not certain on either. So a comparison would be nice (albeit windows), if it ever happens.

The market is small compared to consumer models, no matter what platform. It's the Mac side I'm unsure of in terms of size. Even science and engineering. I know I've seen a few specialty apps in these, but that's it. No idea of saturation.

Anyone who is anyone knows that the next Mac Pro will drop FireWire 400 and 800 in favor of 3200. Get your facts straight!

Yeah, right. I'd love to see that, when there's no parts.
Dump the FW400, so that leaves FW800. Deal with it.

 

[amoergosum]

Days since update: 413 (Avg = 217)

 

[Tallest Skil]

Days since update: 413 (Avg = 217)

518, here we come!

The average is wrong, you know.

 

[m1stake]

518, here we come!

The average is wrong, you know.

It's an average. That's all it is.

For those who don't know, the average is very low because the PowerMacs were updated faster. It'll be a long time before enough Mac Pro refreshes are able to bring the average into the realm of a decent guess again.

 

[nanofrog]

It's an average. That's all it is.

For those who don't know, the average is very low because the PowerMacs were updated faster. It'll be a long time before enough Mac Pro refreshes are able to bring the average into the realm of a decent guess again.

Or if the PowerMac data is removed.

 

[kabunaru]

518, here we come!

WWDC 2009, here we come!

 

[Tallest Skil]

It's an average. That's all it is.

For those who don't know, the average is very low because the PowerMacs were updated faster. It'll be a long time before enough Mac Pro refreshes are able to bring the average into the realm of a decent guess again.

That, and the Buyer's Guide counts the addition of an eight-core option as an update, when it wasn't.

 

[Eidorian]

Well, considering you can already install and use the Geforce 9800GTX+ in both Mac OS X and Windows on the current Mac Pro it doesn't seem all that impressive.

Well if you flash it.

 

[sidewinder]

This thread should be retitled to:

The 2009 (Gainestown) Mac Pro: Everything We Know and a Whole Lot of Guessing



S-

 

[J the Ninja]

That, and the Buyer's Guide counts the addition of an eight-core option as an update, when it wasn't.

The Clovertown ones have a different model number (MacPro2,1).

 

[ncc1701d]

Anyone who is anyone knows that the next Mac Pro will drop FireWire 400 and 800 in favor of 3200. Get your facts straight!

Not to mention the R2 unit is high end. You can also get the entry level Wookie in the corner.

 

[m1stake]

Or if the PowerMac data is removed.

Never.

 

[nanofrog]

Never.

Why must people be stubborn?

 

[tylerk36]

Not to mention the R2 unit is high end. You can also get the entry level Wookie in the corner.

Yoda say to Steve.... (you will be you will be).

 

[tylerk36]

Fire Wire. How about forest fire wire. Or Forest Gump Fire Wire. Maybe instead of serial ATA we can have a lucky charm ATA. That's a kinda serial isn't it? You even get the lucky part as a bonus.

 

[nanofrog]

Well if you flash it.

Can't that get you arrested for indecent exposure?

 

[drewsof07]

Fire Wire. How about forest fire wire. Or Forest Gump Fire Wire. Maybe instead of serial ATA we can have a lucky charm ATA. That's a kinda serial isn't it? You even get the lucky part as a bonus.

I don't know why they keep skipping the most obvious name for a port connection: Super Ultra Connection, or "SUC" for short.
The first company to adopt such a connection will have an immediate marketing advantage hahaa

 

[indiochano]

dell just released this XPS model:
http://i.dell.com/images/global/pro...highlights/desktop-studio-xps-435-design1.jpg

which looks an awful lot like some mac pro mockups here (mainly the front panel being black while the sides are aluminum)..


now im having my doubts if apple will actually go that route.

 

[Fomaphone]

dell just released this XPS model:
http://i.dell.com/images/global/pro...highlights/desktop-studio-xps-435-design1.jpg

which looks an awful lot like some mac pro mockups here (mainly the front panel being black while the sides are aluminum)..


now im having my doubts if apple will actually go that route.

try as they might, dell will never have an on the side of their machines.

whatever apple does, even if it's very similar, it will be sexier than dell's.

 

[tylerk36]

I don't know why they keep skipping the most obvious name for a port connection: Super Ultra Connection, or "SUC" for short.
The first company to adopt such a connection will have an immediate marketing advantage hahaa

I guess that would mean that you can plug in anything and still cost you lots of money. HehEhEHe Jaja you in deep doo doo. Meesalike this.

 

[tylerk36]

dell just released this XPS model:
http://i.dell.com/images/global/pro...highlights/desktop-studio-xps-435-design1.jpg

which looks an awful lot like some mac pro mockups here (mainly the front panel being black while the sides are aluminum)..


now im having my doubts if apple will actually go that route.

Apple like's to be original. Mac pro is getting some attention. What company originally sold an 8 core machine for personal use. Yes the Mac Pro was a power house work station. But I felt it was a good value for what comes in the dang thing. You all know what I mean man. Right on Bra.

 

[jjahshik32]

17" mbp are shipping now.. c'moonnnnn mac pro!!

 

[BenRoethig]

Apple like's to be original. Mac pro is getting some attention. What company originally sold an 8 core machine for personal use. Yes the Mac Pro was a power house work station. But I felt it was a good value for what comes in the dang thing. You all know what I mean man. Right on Bra.

There are no personal use programs that can take advantage of those 8-cores.

dell just released this XPS model:
http://i.dell.com/images/global/pro...highlights/desktop-studio-xps-435-design1.jpg

which looks an awful lot like some mac pro mockups here (mainly the front panel being black while the sides are aluminum)..


now im having my doubts if apple will actually go that route.

Slap an Apple logo on it, replace one of the USB2.0 ports with firewire and that's basically the machine I want to buy.