http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/ Engadget Comments for Apple announces Nehalem-based Mac Pro 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/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/I'd buy that system, remove all Apple crapware .. and run Win7 on it.
...damn, i can get a system with exact specs for half the price they are charging for this one ... but well, apple has to maintain its 50% profit per item-sale moto.... lotsa fools will be buying this bullshit.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
Check it out:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117155 - 289.99 Quad Xeon
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131321 - 399.99 Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148243 - 67.99 Memory]]>Mar 3rd 2009 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136298 - 69.99 HD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130383 - 79.99 Video Card

Total: 907.95

If you really need BT on your desktop for some unknown reason:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833242003 - 29.99


Unfortunately Apple is the only one with an LGA 775 socket motherboard that has four PCI express x16 2.0 slots, everyone else has moved on to Core i7. Here's something else funny, the GT 120 is actually the 9500 GT, it is NOT a part of the latest series from Nvidia.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
The dual-CPU Mac Pro with solely the 2.66Ghz (not the top) upgrade (1 750GB HDD, 6GB RAM, shitty video card) brings the price to **** $5100 ****]]>Mar 3rd 2009 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
Like the OS (Vista Ultimate I guess since it's available now).

But still a decent comparison on parts.
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What's that all about?]]>Mar 3rd 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
Make yourself a favor, get a 899$ studio XPS quad 2.66ghz i7 with 3gb or RAM and a nice HD 3450 card... it will work just as well and you will save tons of money.

If you need 8 cores, you must do 3D applications because Adobe apps will not use them. Even After Effects choke on memory after using more than 4 cores... you'll need like 16gb of RAM for run the 8 cores. 3D apps on the other hand have no problem with that.

I am in 3D and 2D animation business... the Studio XPS is the best deal right now. ]]>Mar 3rd 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 4th 2009 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
I see 32gb as the max.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/You get 3GB at first.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
Fortunately, I work for one of those places & they will not even question it when a workstation's total cost is over 7 grand when all is factored it, be it Mac or PC.

Why? Because it gets a job done. The OS and the hardware combo enables a work flow for me that could not be matched by a Windows based system - ever.

They will sell many, don't you worry - just not to you.
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Deluded much?]]>Mar 3rd 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
You, sir, are an idiot.

I build PCs for myself (video-edit business) and other businesses who need them for "getting work done, producing."

I just built a brand new system for my primary edit bay. Slightly less powerful than the top-end model listed here, much more than the low-end, and guess how much I paid? $1500.

I edit high-def video on this Vista workstation. With 12GB DDR3 RAM, After Effects flies.

You can keep up the elitist attitude that Macs are necessary for "getting work done, producing." I'm able to do these things while paying considerably less.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
You build your own PCs, I am so incredibly impressed! You must be a friggin' genius! How on earth did you ever figure out how to do that! Must have been years & years of extremely technical schooling! I bet you are rolling in the dough, especially since you can charge so little for a high end workstation!
I hope you build at least a dozen of those a week to say afloat in these hard times.

I had a hobby once too...]]>Mar 3rd 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
You should change your name to Sheeple. Seems more fitting.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
Just as a matter of interest, have you benchmarked your computers against the new Mac Pro? If not then I am confused as to how you can make statements like you are. The same largely goes for Skeezle as well but I'm more willing to bet that a Xeon-based Mac Pro will smack most other systems around, such as your "knocked up in my shed" system.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
A 'gaming rig' or any hobbyist system running Windows would be useless for my job.
Key word in that sentence; 'job'

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Why would it be useless for your "job"? Because it's specifications are much better (hah)?
Or OSX magically runs the same apps better?]]>Mar 3rd 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
Yes, home built, will almost always beat retail in price. However, you're forgetting that not everyone has the Time or the technical expertise, or even Inclination to build themselves a machine. And thats why Apple, hp, Dell, Acer, et al. are still in business.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
Because Windows is cumbersome to my work flow. Yes, in my "job" things run MUCH better with OS X.

You sure spend a lot of time commenting on Apple stuff for someone who is so opposed to it. Can't you get attention elsewhere?]]>Mar 3rd 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Sure must be nice to have screenshots flying all over the place to see your open windows instead of having them easily selectable from one place.
What exactly is "cumbersome" about Windows?
Right click? (which Apple then marketed as an innovation)

I consider it my duty to fight stupidity wherever I see it, which is why I'm here.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
I'm bored of my rotten banana trash today, let's change it for scrunched up paper.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
I have little sympathy for media companies who say they are drastically effected by piracy when they hurt themselves through exorbitant spending.]]>Mar 3rd 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
Thank goodness someone said it...]]>Mar 3rd 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
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And people like you who try to justify squandering away thousands of dollars on a whim.


The real reason why this machine costs so much - the hardware, sliding RAM slots and high quality case, and R&D - is wasted on the people who actually use it for playing with Photoshop and Final Cut.

PS: Do you change trash? I usually just throw it away.]]>Mar 4th 2009 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MB763?mco=MTE2NzI]]>Mar 3rd 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
The new systenms feature either a single core 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500

So thats a single core quad core eh?
I would venture a guess they mean Single CPU 2.66 or even Single Processor 2.66]]>Mar 3rd 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/
*bazookabarf*]]>Mar 3rd 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/03/apple-announces-nehalem-based-mac-pro/Mar 3rd 2009 8:57AM