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The 2008 is still doing just fine for me.
Yep, my feelings exactly.
I can't picture it but IF the '10 Mac Pro has some outstanding features that I just can't live without, I'll trade my '08 in on it.
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The 2008 is still doing just fine for me.
Anyone care to further speculate on non-cpu additions to the 2010 models?
I hadn't looked at the component packaging previously, but it looks like you may be correct here as the NEC chip (µPD720200) is a FPBGA176.USB 3.0 is also a candidate as someone else suggested, but that would require logic board changes (adding the popular NEC USB3 chip) and since the new CPU's are a drop-in replacement (with a firmware microcode update) I'd be surprised if they invested in a logic board redesign when there's no other compelling reason to. If I was Apple, I'd opt to wait until Intel integrates USB3 into their ICH logic.
The 2008 is still doing just fine for me. Probably the best value Apple ever offered, especially seeing the price/performance of the 2009s.
I'll wait until 2011 if not later.
ideally I would like apple to release new MPs and MBPs the same date and get a middle line of each... should suite my mobile and everyday computing... but I'll more then likely get a mbp
If Apple stays this course, I will migrate to a Hackintosh/Windows PC over the next few years, then abandon the Mac for good after 20 years.
I didn't see it as a prediction for anything but Voltaic's expectation of having to switch to a PC and Windows in the near future.Isn't it a bit premature to be making predictions about the course of computing for the next 20 years?![]()