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Would you buy the new mac pro?

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Lets say I was to hand everyone $4000 and said buy what ever you want! who would purchase the new mac pro?

I wouldn't! anyone else?

Second question Who would buy the new mac pro without the hand out?
 
I'm waiting for a processor with an even number of GHz. Yes, I seriously am. (Though I'd probably settle for X.5, too.)
 
I would purchase the new mac pro either way. Our family needs a computer that can have a lot of hardrive space running leopard and we need space running windows. You can do all of this with the mac pro. Make one hardrive for the mac and another for windows.
 
That's pathetic. What idiot wouldn't take $4,000 and not buy a computer with it, if only to just turn around and sell it to get the money back?

Having said that, I am still buying the new Mac Pro. Ordering it tomorrow.
 
Tallest Skil said:
That's pathetic. What idiot wouldn't take $4,000 and not buy a computer with it, if only to just turn around and sell it to get the money back?

Having said that, I am still buying the new Mac Pro. Ordering it tomorrow.
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Just curious, did you post the specs you're going with already?

Edit : oops, just noticed your sig..
 
I'm on the verge of ordering it.... just dealing with the naggin thought of how much better the 2.26 octo (3299 [edu discount] for me in canada) is vs the 2.8ghz octo (2399 at apple store in calgary [clearance plus edu discount]) of old....:confused:
 
Tallest Skil said:
That's pathetic. What idiot wouldn't take $4,000 and not buy a computer with it, if only to just turn around and sell it to get the money back?

Having said that, I am still buying the new Mac Pro. Ordering it tomorrow.
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scraped up some money then? last i heard you were waiting for the next iteration due to unforeseen circumstances
 
sjivan said:
Just curious, did you post the specs you're going with already?

Edit : oops, just noticed your sig..
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I'll know and post my specs tomorrow. I'll post unboxing when I get it.

I'm planning on the 2.93 Gainestown right now. The rest is up in the air.

galstaph said:
scraped up some money then? last i heard you were waiting for the next iteration due to unforeseen circumstances
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Which thankfully resolved themselves!
 
I am literally being given the money to buy it through insurance to replace my old MP, and my answer is yes of course I'm happy to.

However, I think for my purposes I'm going to love the single 2.66GHz Nehalem w/ 6GB ram. I don't do video, just gigantic photoshop files of over 1 Gig working size on a wacom. I'm sure it'll still be sluggish, but it should be a hell of a lot faster than my old '06 with one processor basically never kicking in.
 
I'm seriously considering it. Especially now that I can connect the 24 LED to it...however my concern is whether to go with one XEON or two...
 
IMO, only the Octo is worth it.

The Quad is a waste, because sooner or later, you will run into a RAM limit of 8GB.
 
Ordered today, expect delivery 3/25

I placed my order this morning, ETA is 3/25.

This was a business purchase, a total write off for me.

I am expecting to do a lot with 8 cores. My business is in financial services, so I will be able to do a lot of modeling in reasonable timeframes.

My plan is to be constantly running statistical analysis, portfolio allocation, rules based what-if scenarios, and neural network training. All of this should be able to generate a fair amount of return on a relatively small investment.

That being said, I am like a little kid waiting for Christmas morning! When is it gonna get here? :)
 
Sounds like there are many here with a need for this powerhouse workstation...I think a Quad is enough for me with a 24 LED.
 
Wow what choices... haha. Just when I was going to give up on the Mac Pro and go with an iMac, things got interesting.

The 8-core is so tempting but I don't think i need it. I might go with the Quad.
 
Yes! and Hell Yes!

Just gotta get the wife onboard - but I was thinking ahead and bought her a MacBook Pro in December, so I can use guilt as my weapon.
 
Not me, I'd just settle for a mac mini + 24" LED ACD and eat like a king for the next 6 months. :D
 
Not me, I'd just settle for a mac mini + 24" LED ACD and eat like a king for the next 6 months. :D
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Some of us need to run Final Cut AND lose weight....
 
I might buy one.

I'm trying to decide on if I should buy a MAC PRO QUAD CORE 2.8GHZ with the NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800GT 512MB GRAPHICS KIT, or if I would be better to buy the new Mac Pro 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon.

I don't understand the maximum 32GB ram v's the 8GB ram in the updated model?:confused:
 
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