New Mac pro!!!

flogistox · Post by **flogistox** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:02 pm

wow!

http://www.apple.com/macpro/

Yhtomit · Post by **Yhtomit** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:38 pm

only 2000 euros for a 2.8 quad xeon with 2gb ram

... thats a steal for such a powerful apple computer. if only they came with this beast a few weeks earlier.... DOH!

jamester · Post by **jamester** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:55 pm

So for $2,800 US, aside from the dual-quad cores I only get 2 GB RAM, one HD, 256MB graphics and one optical drive?

If money's no object I guess... My PC was half that price, and while only a quad-core I also have two HD's, a multi-card reader and a 19" flat panel monitor, as well as twice as many USB and FW ports.

Not trying to start anything (honest), but I still find Macs to be overpriced for what you get. But I suppose people love OSX, so that's a big incentive - even though OSX costs what, $150 a year for each new kitty update?

There are reasons I think about trying Macs again, but when I crunch the numbers I always talk myself out of it.

Yhtomit · Post by **Yhtomit** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:11 pm

Yhtomit · Post by **Yhtomit** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:13 pm

jamester, keep in mind that this computer is very expandable. 32gb of ram and 4x a hd to begin with....
also, apple osx is cheap because you need an apple computer to run it ............
apple logic is cheap because again, youll need their mac

Andreas Adams · Post by **Andreas Adams** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:38 pm

Hahaha ohh goodness.. just do it

this is how i look at mac vrs pc

you pic up any pc. hold in your hands(laptop) and gentley twist the actual computer, you can hear and feel all of the parts chrunch and move and creek around..

you do the same with a mac.. and its solid.. no loose spindly plastic crinkling..

what im trying to say is.. simply the very construction of a mac is far supirior to a pc.. they are build strong and solid..

same idea with the software.. they are strong and solid.. for the most part.. no flaky issues at all.

you pay the extra money for a damn good reason.. and once you spend the money you will know why.

Andreas Adams · Post by **Andreas Adams** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:42 pm

i do have one funk with mac though....

they are the only ones to copywrite and make a profit from a Linux based os.. you can not update or better the kernels that it is using through Linux..

though on my mac book pro i can simultaneously run window and mac.. or Ubuntu and OSX (using leopard.. partitioning the hard drive and assigning 2g or ram to each OS)

though i dont suggest useing leopard quite yet

lunabass · Post by **lunabass** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:13 am

i just played make believe and spec'd up the following 8 core machine:

3.2ghz
32 gig RAM
Raid Card
4TB disk space
nvidia quadro fx card
2 x superdrives
aiport extreme card
everything else standard.

$27,527.98 AUS....bargain

kenporter · Post by **kenporter** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:28 am

I bought one today!

I am excited. I am still copying files over from my old computer to my external HD but after that it's time to hook everything up and play with my new 8 core MacPro!

Ken

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:37 am

Andreas Adams wrote: they are the only ones to copywrite and make a profit from a Linux based os.. you can not update or better the kernels that it is using through Linux..

this is total BS

although there are many free versions of Linux, there are just as many versions that require $$$

red hat
novell enterprise
etc..
and many many more

Alex_M · Post by **Alex_M** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:16 am

Andreas Adams wrote:i do have one funk with mac though....

they are the only ones to copywrite and make a profit from a Linux based os.. you can not update or better the kernels that it is using through Linux..

though on my mac book pro i can simultaneously run window and mac.. or Ubuntu and OSX (using leopard.. partitioning the hard drive and assigning 2g or ram to each OS)

though i dont suggest useing leopard quite yet

I thought Mac OS X was run on UNIX, not Linux....

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:01 am

I bought one, too. 5 goddamned weeks to wait, though.

condra · Post by **condra** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:03 am

Supercomputer:

majestic · Post by **majestic** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:26 am

sparklepuff wrote:I bought one, too. 5 goddamned weeks to wait, though.

Ouch! That's painful. Mine's arriving Feb 1 (which is also painful). Ordered the 3 GHz 8-way with the piglet option of 2 TB of disk storage - that should last me at least 6 months before it's full.

BTW to the other poster, OS X was built from NeXT OS, which was basically BSD Unix v4 when Steve sold NeXT to Apple.

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:37 am

How did you get a delivery date?? It just told me "3-5 Weeks". And I'd rather prepare myself for 5 and be pleasantly surprised if it shows up any sooner.