http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/ Engadget Comments for Apple rumor Monday: Nehalem Mac Pro, new Airport Extreme and Time Capsule in FCC, Mac mini box http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Maybe if the price comes down on that Mac mini I'll consider buying one. The price is the main thing that's held me back from Apple computers.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
But seriously, they already have support for these things in Snow Leopard. Why else would they add them to Leopard, unless they were going to release a new hardware before Snow Leopard came out?]]>Mar 2nd 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
Concise and to the point.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
Apple will likely use this plus the blazing speed (easy, since DDR3 is fast and FB-DIMMs are slow) to indicate you don't need 8 cores. And think how much power you are saving (again, easy since FB-DIMMs consume 20W per DIMM).]]>Mar 2nd 2009 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
And FB-DIMMS aren't slow. MHz wise they look slower than their equivalent DDR2 components, but they are serially addressed with on-ship memory processors. Its like saying a 3GHz Pentium 4 is faster than a 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo. MHz wise, sure, but performance wise no where close. ]]>Mar 2nd 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
No one is really claiming that Apple will stop its trend of using no Intel desktop processors. You're just reading too much into the imprecise usage of normal people.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
I do see that the article was partially updated to show Nehalem Xeons, but still calls them i7 chips. Ah well. I guess it's partially Intel's fault for changing their marketing names so rapidly over the past 3 years. ]]>Mar 2nd 2009 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
They have really bad latency. Real throughput tests on the Mac Pros show their memory performance to be worse than that of an iMac with DDR2. DDR3 blows both DDR2 and FB-DIMMs away.

The only value of FB-DIMMs was they let you put a lot of memory into a machine, by allowing more than 4 DIMM slots. But this came at a huge performance, power and financial cost.

Intel is moving away from FB-DIMMs, instead going to multiple memory controllers and channels to get more DIMM slots, just like AMD did years ago.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
The classic case of Chinese whispers.

I wouldn't be at all surpised if the Nehalem based Xeons debuted with the Mac Pro, I mean, Apple managed to get Intel to make smaller chips just for the MBA, so this should be a small favour.

As for the shots of the Mac Mini box, is it that much harder to take a couple more picture from other perspectives?]]>Mar 2nd 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
It would make a sweet little MAME box. ]]>Mar 2nd 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/I doubt the i7 will be in the Mac Pro as it is a consumer chip, the Mac Pro's have only ever used the Xeons. The current system with two quad xeons will still outperform the i7.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
Comes in very handy.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
Unfortunately, here in the UK, regulations prohibit the use of wide channels, so we're limited to a far slower 802.11n 5GHz than the US.

I'm tempted to get a WRT610N in the hope that DD-WRT gets ported to it soon, as I haven't found many other APs that support simultaneous dual-band use.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/]]>Mar 2nd 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/]]>Mar 2nd 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
I've gotta admit, Engadget and its readers have the worst track record at sniffing out Apple fakes.

Fat iPod.
Skinny iPod.
The new aluminum keyboards.
The latest iMac refresh.

And on and on...

My money is on this being legit.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 3rd 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
Can someone explain it simply for the lay people here? What's the current extreme use? What opportunities would the duality open up for me, already using a laptop, an iPhone, an AppleTV, an airport express, etc?

As they require in marketing, what are the benefits?]]>Mar 2nd 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
Those are the advantages as far as I know, I hope that helps!]]>Mar 2nd 2009 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
Oh, and Apple, a reasonably priced mini tower would be nice! Oh, you know... what every other computer manufacturer has.

In a perfect world, Apple would take:
- the current iMac
- remove the monitor
- add a space for 2 hard drives
As sad as this may sound, I'd probably be willing to pay about the same as the iMac.

I still remember the days when $1700 could get you an Apple tower.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/The Mac Pro refresh is welcomed. The new mini is way too long overdue.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
Seriously ATI 4000 series drivers means we can start using 4850's for OSX86.]]>Mar 2nd 2009 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/Mar 2nd 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/02/apple-rumor-monday-core-i7-mac-pro-new-airport-extreme-and-tim/
http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard


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