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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 887639" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Natenick,</p><p></p><p>Here's a link to a MacWorld article that may be what you're looking for:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/139507/2009/03/macpro2009.html" target="_blank">Quad-Core and Eight-Core Mac Pros (2009 editions) Review | Desktop | Macworld</a></p><p></p><p>Check out the three tables with the performance comparisons.</p><p></p><p>As you can see there is a pretty good performance difference between the original Mac Pro and the current Mac Pro's. </p><p></p><p>But at the same time a used 1st generation Mac Pro may set you back $1200-$1500 bucks vs. $2499 for a new base model Mac Pro. Is that performance difference worth $1000-$1300 bucks more? To some people sure, but for most I would say not.</p><p></p><p>You might also notice from the MacWorld article...that a Core 2 Duo 3.06ghz iMac scored pretty good as well....especially in some of the frame rate tests with games.</p><p></p><p>But...with 4 or 8 cores...any of the Mac Pros (old or new) have got to kick some serious butt vs. the 3.06ghz Core 2 duo iMac when using software that is optimized for multi-core machines.</p><p></p><p>Benchmark test comparison articles can many times be very confusing! </p><p></p><p>But I think the most important statistic is there's about a $1000-$1300 price difference between a used 1st generation Mac Pro, and a new 2009 base model Mac Pro!</p><p></p><p>Think about it...if you got a really good deal on two 1st generation Mac Pro's at $1250 each...you could get two of them for the same price as one 2009 base model Mac Pro.</p><p></p><p>Of course if you NEED the performance of a 2009 Mac Pro...then you got to spend the $2499 to get it! ;D </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps...just my humble opinions,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 887639, member: 56379"] Natenick, Here's a link to a MacWorld article that may be what you're looking for: [url=http://www.macworld.com/article/139507/2009/03/macpro2009.html]Quad-Core and Eight-Core Mac Pros (2009 editions) Review | Desktop | Macworld[/url] Check out the three tables with the performance comparisons. As you can see there is a pretty good performance difference between the original Mac Pro and the current Mac Pro's. But at the same time a used 1st generation Mac Pro may set you back $1200-$1500 bucks vs. $2499 for a new base model Mac Pro. Is that performance difference worth $1000-$1300 bucks more? To some people sure, but for most I would say not. You might also notice from the MacWorld article...that a Core 2 Duo 3.06ghz iMac scored pretty good as well....especially in some of the frame rate tests with games. But...with 4 or 8 cores...any of the Mac Pros (old or new) have got to kick some serious butt vs. the 3.06ghz Core 2 duo iMac when using software that is optimized for multi-core machines. Benchmark test comparison articles can many times be very confusing! But I think the most important statistic is there's about a $1000-$1300 price difference between a used 1st generation Mac Pro, and a new 2009 base model Mac Pro! Think about it...if you got a really good deal on two 1st generation Mac Pro's at $1250 each...you could get two of them for the same price as one 2009 base model Mac Pro. Of course if you NEED the performance of a 2009 Mac Pro...then you got to spend the $2499 to get it! ;D Hope this helps...just my humble opinions, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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