New Mac Pro

The new Mac Pro is out. looks more like an update in processor speed, memory, and storage then a complete redesign.

sorry if this is a repost

The specs look good. 32GB of memory!

MacNN's Electronista has an article on the new beast.

As does TUAW.

Apple's Mac Pro press release:

Apple today introduced the new Mac Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor. The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel’s new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2 GHz, powerful new graphics and up to 4TB of internal storage to offer the ideal system for creative professionals, 3D digital content creators and scientists. The standard 8-core configuration starts at just $2,799. ...

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And the new Xserve press release.

JESUS!
I wish I had the cash for one of those monsters! My video rendering time would be cut from minutes to nanoseconds!!!!

Very impressive. I want one.

I wonder how much 32 GB of RAM would cost from Apple? I bet it would be cheaper to end world hunger.

32 gb of memory would cost $9100 from apple

32GB is abit over board i think but hetting on in two moths then i'm over in USA

sanity1082 said:

32 gb of memory would cost $9100 from apple

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I guess I can't end world hunger, but I certainly could buy a nice used car.

if you get all the most expensive options the new mac pro will top out at almost 27,000. and for that you can get a nice new car

Already ordered the new 1.5GB Quadro graphics card.
HA, kidding. Will upgrade to the 8800GT though.
With a few little upgrades, I will have my dream machine.

Looks like that is one item that will not be announced at MacWorld.

Notice the memory is now faster, there is an update in choices in the graphic cards. and you can 1TB disk drives now.

Yeah. The graphics department seems to have gone DX10 compliant. Still, there should be more choice of graphics cards, especially ones from the open market.

This is the oddest time to make an announcement of an upgrade, a week before Macworld. Either this is Apple trying to grab some attention during CES so people don't forget about them (which I doubt since they've never done it before) or Apple just has so many insane new toys to announce, they don't have time to talk about simple upgrades! I'm more excited than ever to see what comes out next week.

sanity1082 said:

if you get all the most expensive options the new mac pro will top out at almost 27,000. and for that you can get a nice new car

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Is that including the 8 30" displays it can support at once?

I assume it uses the Penryn processors. Hopefully the 65nm processors drop in price so I can swap mine out for 2 Quad cores.
Seems Apple made room for the double wide cards. It now supports 8- 30" monitors!

fleurya said:

Is that including the 8 30" displays it can support at once?

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nah i only did 2 30" displays

The 32Gb is just about the only spec thats not really an upgrade! You can stick 32Gb in the old Mac-pro (yes I know Apple say 16Gb max but thats just because they didn't have it as an option - You just use the SAME ram from the Xserve). Its 800MHz now rather than 666Mhz

Its a new motherboard because it is now SAS/SATA compliant, PCI-E 2 and has bluetooth as standard (this might be a module though - not seen details specs yet)

Surprised they missed out with 65nm Penryn and went straight for 45nm Penryn/Harpertown processor though - NICE !

I think I've seen somewhere in this forum that if Apple release a product revision within 14 days of you buying yours you can take it back at no cost or swap it in at no cost or something like that?

If that is not just a figment of my tired imagination then I'd say that kind of guarantees no new Mac Pros next week - or are they not available to ship for another week?

Got to be honest though - If I thought I could actually get enough use to justify the cost of that thing - I'd get one I don't think they need a face lift really I think they look pretty smart - but what the heck do I know

RNDdave said:

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If that is not just a figment of my tired imagination then I'd say that kind of guarantees no new Mac Pros next week - or are they not available to ship for another week?

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according to the apple website they are shipping now

RNDdave said:

I think I've seen somewhere in this forum that if Apple release a product revision within 14 days of you buying yours you can take it back at no cost or swap it in at no cost or something like that?

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I thought they all came with a 14day money back guarantee which would effectively give that as an option. I might be wrong as I have never taken them up on it!