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not only would i be getting a really fast computer, id also be getting a cheese grader]]>Aug 21st 2006 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/Aug 21st 2006 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/Aug 21st 2006 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/
Other than that,CompUsa has the two Apple Macs side by side. They look identical but the Pro really really upspeeds the G5.]]>Aug 21st 2006 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/
in a word no, its a really old mock up from icreate magazine]]>Aug 21st 2006 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/Aug 21st 2006 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/Aug 21st 2006 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/Aug 21st 2006 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/
I agree, it's not like anyone is going to go war driving with one of these things.]]>Aug 21st 2006 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/
I just sold off my G5 and bought one of these last week and I can say, it is a WONDERFUL machine. If you have a G5 now, you can kiss that annoying fan noise goodbye...thats one thing I'm not seeing written about too much. The machine is almost completely silent. And for a machine running that fast, it's a real miracle. ]]>Aug 21st 2006 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/
1. You get 4 bays for SATA drives and they include the caddys to slide more drives in. All you do is screw the drive to the caddy and then push it in.

2. The memory is installed on a daughter card which is pulled out of the machine. Easier to install than the old way all the way down into the bowels of the G5. I managed to destroy a memory slot that way once - on a G5. Luckily we got it exchanged or I would've been out of luck.

3. The half-AA cell for the PRAM is replaced with a standard coin cell battery

That's about it for excitement... everything is newer and faster.]]>Aug 21st 2006 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/
$5k because I would probably want a bunch of upgrades including the Quattro 4500 graphics card (stereo3D is rad), another gig of ram, the BT and Airport, and a few other options.

From the reports on ArsTechnica (god their reviews are stuffy and overbloated (they need a punch in the face for every time they use the word albeit)) the extra performance might not be worth the cost. I really need to see 3D benchmarks in Windows and OSX.

Also, none of the major 3D companies have reported support for Intel OSX (Maya, Max, XSI). Sure I can always run these in Windows on a Mac Pro, but my hope is that they will support Intel OSX or possibly run as a Windows application in OSX in a Virtual Machine type thing with full 3D hardware support and perfect speeds.

So, should I go nuts and configure a $5k Mac Pro?]]>Aug 21st 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/Aug 21st 2006 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/
The only thing that's missing right now is Parallels support.

If you decide to spring for it, make sure you snag an ADC discount if you're going to school at all; that'll land you the standard machine at 2 grand.]]>Aug 21st 2006 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/Aug 21st 2006 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/Aug 21st 2006 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/
returning something just because you decided you don't like it is not something inscribed in retail law. No matter what country you come from. If you return it on a whim. unfortunately Apple while incur expense in reselling it. So really, what do you expect? Apple already have the best after sales service in the business.

Also, there is absolutely no chance that you will not LOVE the machine. So do yourself a favour and just buy it. And the simple solution if you really want to imagine you will return it: by the standard config. and add ram later from a 3rd party seller and it will actually cost you less.

Peace
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As for post-sales support, they tried to tell me I have to spend an extra $100 to get priority if I want to make an appt. more than one day in advance IF IT BREAKS. If I don't pay the $100 and it breaks, in order to get an appointment I have to wake up at 1am to make the appointment, because sam day appointments are all booked by 3 or 4 am.

Again, I'm still leaning towards a purchase. I'm just disgusted by this policy. No claims here that it's illegal.


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I'm not sure what that 100 dollar thing is you are talking about. You may want to check the link below. If you decide to get the extended warranty they will actually come to your house to fix it.

Again I would suggest that you buy the stock model then you can return it if your not happy. The memory will be cheaper from a third party, so really I think you have no problem. And to be honest I have rarely heard complaints about Apple's after sales service. The last time I had problems (years ago) they gave me a loan computer while they fixed mine.

Any way, good luck and I'm sure you will love the new machine

http://www.apple.com/support/products/proplan.html

waddo
http://www.waddo.net/]]>Aug 22nd 2006 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/On two occasions I had to wait over 3 months for adequate repairs to brand new systems that I hadn't yet been able to boot up properly. both time I had spent a cool $6000 and they stuffed me around. I love their computers and their OS but they can really bite sometimes.]]>Mar 1st 2007 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/21/apple-mac-pro-review-roundup/Aug 28th 2006 12:02PM