Tiny case......IS TINY

[fiercetiger224]

No it is not that simple.

As Mac users we have to live with the (fortunate/unfortunate) Apple OS software/hardware duality.

Which means if I don't like the Mac Pro desktops then my complete OS investment goes down the drain too. The remaining choices are unsuitable hardware (iMac, Mac mini), Hackintosh or good-bye Mac OSX.
And each of which incurs extra costs.
Switching all your applications to a Windows/Linux version is not exactly free - if they even exist. And takes extra time and effort.

Neither of the remaining options is a good choice - hence the b*tching and swearing.


But you miss the point.

Point is that with very little effort Apple could have made this Mac Pro update a stellar one:
- use dual CPU Xeons even for the single CPU Mac Pro and provide an extra empty slot and 8 memory slots for a 32GB max. The price could easily still have been $2,500 but give people an upgrade path.
- offer 12 memory slots for the dual CPU configs, as a further differentiation for a total of 48GB max.
- offer a Quadro FX 5600 or FX 5800 option, and a GeForce GTX 280 or 295 option.

Yet they chose not to. In order to earn 5% more in the very short term. But probably losing a lot more than that in the medium to long term.

You have two choices. Sorry, but IT IS as simple as that. Either you buy it or you don't buy it. And I'm not missing the point, I do understand that EVERYONE wants the most for their machines. Enthusiasts, like some of us (who mess around with stuff like hackintoshes), want the most out of our money, and want every little new bits of technology. There's always going to be bitching and moaning. Remember, most pros DON'T know about specs on a computer, whether you like it or not, so Apple is catering to those bunches.

Everyone has to remember that Apple has NOT always provided the most powerful solutions, but they've always provided comparable solutions against competitors, usually at the same price or a little tiny bit cheaper. And by the way, Apple is still FIRST to get the new Nehalem based Xeons. Probably anywhere from 3-6 months from now they'll probably bump the single processor and have just a dual processor lineup. Who knows.

Just stop the bitching and moaning and get WHAT YOU NEED. I don't care about you looking at benchmarks and drooling all over the numbers. Does it get anyone any farther in life by looking at benchmarks? No.