For the past year I have been saving hard for a Mac Pro and waiting patiently (ok not that patiently) for the new Mac Pro to be released but like many have been put off by the price hike.
Anyway, I have decided to take the plunge and buy a Mac Pro in April but not sure which one. As I am a university student in my final year, this is my last chance to use my HE discount and the new 2.66GHz Quad Core is about £1600 with the discount which is how much the old 8 core would have cost me before the update *sigh*
Anyway, I have also seen some 8 Core 2.8GHz Mac Pros on ebay for about £1300-£1400 but obviously these are a year old, old technology, and many of them are standard spec (2GB, 320GB, no airport).
Which would you buy? Is the new quad 2.66 worth £200-£300 more than the old Octo 2.8GHz?
Thanks in advance
Anyway, I have decided to take the plunge and buy a Mac Pro in April but not sure which one. As I am a university student in my final year, this is my last chance to use my HE discount and the new 2.66GHz Quad Core is about £1600 with the discount which is how much the old 8 core would have cost me before the update *sigh*
Anyway, I have also seen some 8 Core 2.8GHz Mac Pros on ebay for about £1300-£1400 but obviously these are a year old, old technology, and many of them are standard spec (2GB, 320GB, no airport).
Which would you buy? Is the new quad 2.66 worth £200-£300 more than the old Octo 2.8GHz?
Thanks in advance
