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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yackedy Sacks" data-source="post: 998311" data-attributes="member: 142126">i've had a quad-core mac pro (2x 2.66ghz dual-core woodcrest xeons) for almost 3 years and even today it's rare to see cpu usage above 20%.  it really depends what you use your computer for.  i mainly surf the web and watch videos/movies.  most single users are not going to easily hit all 8 cores often.can't really answer the tech questions since i've never opened my mac for anything.  only update i've made is adding a portable hd.  oh, i know that my mac pro came with 8 ram slots and 6 hd bays.  if you get a single quad-core now, you'll have the space to add another quad-core down the road.i think it's safe to guess that any multi-core xeon will have plenty of processing power for years (unless you're a server).</blockquote>