2.66... that's the lowest Gainestown we predicted... base model? Are there MORE?! There MUST be more.
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The 2009 (Gainestown) Mac Pro: Everything We Know
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2.66... that's the lowest Gainestown we predicted... base model? Are there MORE?! There MUST be more.
Slower, less reliable, more expensive, don't support non-standard media sizes and shapes.
I'm not necessarily selling my machine to get one of the new ones (my only interest is a new GPU for my machine), but if they did something asinine like use slot load drives, I'd have to hope I could dremel out the front to use non-stupid models.
BTO configurations most likely.
Unless you mean the xMac
(kidding)
PICTURES. How hard can this be... We need PICTURES, Mr. X!
well, with apple stores closing a half hour ago on the east coast and employees getting home around now, there should be a good night of rumors coming in if we're really going to see anything of interest tomorrow.
:: a pin drops. the echo rings out. ::
oh well.
I guess almost everyone on this thread will be up until 4am tonight awaiting the rumored update.
Why? The store won't go down until 9 A.M. EST (6 A.M. PST), provided that anything happens at all.
Ha, it wont happen until later anyway. Mac Pro updates seem doubtful.
Any word on the cinema displays?
I don't think we'll be seeing the new Mac Pro tomorrow. It'll hopefully ride along a couple weeks after the iMac and Mac Mini have dominated the spotlight....just like the 17" MBP.
What are the chances that all three desktops (iMac, Mac Mini and Mac Pro) are update tomorrow?
0?
Yea, I agree. Its probably imacs and mac mini most likely and maybe 30" LED ACDs as the surprise.
The Nehalem Xeons don't officially launch until March 29th . I think the March 24th date for the Mac pro unveiling is right on the money. If my memory serves, when the original mac pro was unveiled, it used chips that intel would officially release a week later. I can see that happening again. What I can't see is Apple using chips nearly a month before release. Or, for that matter, releasing updates for 3 desktop lines without an event. I can see maybe something happening tomorrow, but nothing major like an architecture change for the Mac Pro.
I don't remember the original Mac Pro launch, but the Early 2008 model was able to be purchased in stores within a week, but custom BTO options (Especially with the 8800GT) didn't arrive on doorsteps until late February with the MacBook Air. I think the same will happen this time around.
That article predates the existence of the GTX 260 Core 216, which beats the 4870. Furthermore, I believe there's been yet another tweak to the 260 to make it faster yet (that could be wrong, but I haven't looked into it yet).
More, it's not even the 1GB 4870 that Apple's going to offer… ick.
Lastly, I'd generally just prefer nVidia hardware.
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