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The 2009 (Gainestown) Mac Pro: Everything We Know
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I am in need of a Mac Pro. I have been saving for months and a friend told me to check here. I do not want to by one and have the new one come out a month later but am not sure if I can hold out till June. Is there any thought they won't put out a new one at all this year? I need a 30" display but since I do image editing I do not want the LED. Should I go ahead and get a display in case they get rid of the 30" (just like the 24") and replace it with the LED?
I am in need of a Mac Pro. I have been saving for months and a friend told me to check here. I do not want to by one and have the new one come out a month later but am not sure if I can hold out till June. Is there any thought they won't put out a new one at all this year? I need a 30" display but since I do image editing I do not want the LED. Should I go ahead and get a display in case they get rid of the 30" (just like the 24") and replace it with the LED?
Why would you not want LED? Cold-cathode flourescent lamp backlit (that's what they use now) displays offer zero advantages over LED backlit displays. Now, if you said you didn't like glossy, that might be a more valid reason, but there are zero disadvantages to having LED backlit displays. More to the point, it'd last longer and have more even lighting (and therefore consistency) than other displays.
Like it or not, black and silver are the new black over at Apple, so you Gainestown boys are gonna get some. At least my Penryn (and current ACD30) will remain a lot more beautiful then your black and aluminum MPs and yer black and aluminum and glasseek
I'm a graphic designer and my sister's an industrial designer... we both agree that the current mac pro is at its best design level... and i dont think any design could surpass the minimal and clean look of the mac pro paired up with the silver ACDs... seriously, it's the most beautiful piece of equipment i've ever seen and it would be real shame if they did in fact change it to black.........
kudos to chaos for that mockup, but my position still stands... the mac pro just doesnt look right with black....
they ruined the macbook pro, now they'll ruin the mac pro...
fck.... i know its inevitable, but i keep hoping for the same design to remain for years to come.... ahh.. wishful thinking.....
Check out the NEC LCD3090WQXi. A bit more expensive than the current ACDs, but probably the best buy for a 30" if quality is a concern.
No they didn't.
They may have ruined it for YOU, but to me it's definitely an improvement.
The Mac Pro is pretty much timeless, but the previous MBP was getting older by the day.
I still believe Apple should step up to a 4 socket system. Yes it would cost more initially, but it would allow for something never seen in a tower design. Yeah speed wise it would probably be a step down, but then again you gain another 8 cores. It would truly put the Mac Pro in a league of its own.
Could anyone here imagine:
4 Quad Core X7350 (2.93Ghz)
256GB of DDR3 FB-DIMMs
8 2.5" SATA/SAS drives
2 GTX 295's
Dual 1500W power supplys (redundant power)
Bluetooth, 802.11N
Could anyone here imagine:
4 Quad Core X7350 (2.93Ghz)
256GB of DDR3 FB-DIMMs
8 2.5" SATA/SAS drives
2 GTX 295's
Dual 1500W power supplys (redundant power)
Bluetooth, 802.11N
Could anyone here imagine:
4 Quad Core X7350 (2.93Ghz)
256GB of DDR3 FB-DIMMs
8 2.5" SATA/SAS drives
2 GTX 295's
Dual 1500W power supplys (redundant power)
Bluetooth, 802.11N
I could imagine my next electricity bill running a machine like that
I could imagine my next electricity bill running a machine like that
AFAIK the Mac Pro now has an 1100W power supply. Adding a redundant supply and upping the wattage by 400W won't actually make as much of a difference as you would think. Especially if you don't run her full tilt all the time.
AFAIK the Mac Pro now has an 1100W power supply. Adding a redundant supply and upping the wattage by 400W won't actually make as much of a difference as you would think. Especially if you don't run her full tilt all the time.
People are saying the current one is 930W.
They'd be the first tier 1 vendor to do it, perhaps. But there's been quad socket workstations around for quite awhile from specialty dealers, usually Linux-orientated workstations.
Dang, lower than I thought. Odd, though. Isn't the X5482 (the CPU I presume the MP uses) a 150W model? That would imply that Gainestown is actually going to be more power efficient. That is a good thing. My imaginary God Mac Pro would only need a 1200W PSU. That is very good.
AFAIK the Mac Pro now has an 1100W power supply. Adding a redundant supply and upping the wattage by 400W won't actually make as much of a difference as you would think. Especially if you don't run her full tilt all the time.
Current Model = 980W Output
Assuming a nominal wall voltage of 115VAC, then the efficiency = 71% at full load. Not wonderful.
Current Model = 980W Output
Assuming a nominal wall voltage of 115VAC, then the efficiency = 71% at full load. Not wonderful.
Well 71% isn't horrible. They definately need an 80%+ unit in the new Mac Pro though. It would make them look better.
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