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difficulties pulling the trigger on a Mac Pro
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<blockquote data-quote="count_schemula" data-source="post: 849600" data-attributes="member: 102163"><p>You may be right.</p><p></p><p>I'm warming to the 2.26 8-core... I guess it's just coming to realization that the Xeons are a lot more expensive than the consumer i7.</p><p></p><p>Seems like Apple could build a ~$1600 single cpu i7 non Xeon and do very very well with it.</p><p></p><p>I think these things will really come alive under Snow Leopard.</p><p></p><p>I think I want the 2.66 at the 2.26 price. <img src="/images/smilies/cry.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cry" title="Cry :cry" data-shortname=":cry" /> My fear is that the 2.26 will feel slow pretty soon after purchase, although, that could seriously be countered by better written software and Snow Leopard. The 2.26 benches pretty strong. For the most part the 2.26 equals the previous 2008 2.8 model and sometimes kills it. The 2009 video card options are so poo though. I guess the 4870 is ok, just there are faster less power hungry cards out there now that won't be on the Mac for like 3 years, if ever. Actually, I don' even game on the Mac, but I could see running Windows 7 and games under boot camp. lolz</p><p></p><p>It's like Apple doesn't try hard enough. Intel provides a great cpu that practically shuts itself down at idle, and Apple lets the bean counters throw a 4870 at $200 in there (or $350 upgrade kit lolz) and the 4870 is a hogbeast even at idle. Why can't they work with AMD to release the 4890 for Mac at the same freaking time Apple is releasing the Nehalem Macs? How hard is it for these clowns to get out of meetings and actually get something done? This is why the kittens suffer.</p><p></p><p>I saw $2700 2.26 8-core refurbs at Apple... hopefully they come back... I'd be cool with that, even if it was a refurb.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="count_schemula, post: 849600, member: 102163"] You may be right. I'm warming to the 2.26 8-core... I guess it's just coming to realization that the Xeons are a lot more expensive than the consumer i7. Seems like Apple could build a ~$1600 single cpu i7 non Xeon and do very very well with it. I think these things will really come alive under Snow Leopard. I think I want the 2.66 at the 2.26 price. :cry My fear is that the 2.26 will feel slow pretty soon after purchase, although, that could seriously be countered by better written software and Snow Leopard. The 2.26 benches pretty strong. For the most part the 2.26 equals the previous 2008 2.8 model and sometimes kills it. The 2009 video card options are so poo though. I guess the 4870 is ok, just there are faster less power hungry cards out there now that won't be on the Mac for like 3 years, if ever. Actually, I don' even game on the Mac, but I could see running Windows 7 and games under boot camp. lolz It's like Apple doesn't try hard enough. Intel provides a great cpu that practically shuts itself down at idle, and Apple lets the bean counters throw a 4870 at $200 in there (or $350 upgrade kit lolz) and the 4870 is a hogbeast even at idle. Why can't they work with AMD to release the 4890 for Mac at the same freaking time Apple is releasing the Nehalem Macs? How hard is it for these clowns to get out of meetings and actually get something done? This is why the kittens suffer. I saw $2700 2.26 8-core refurbs at Apple... hopefully they come back... I'd be cool with that, even if it was a refurb. [/QUOTE]
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