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You bet I'd like one.
I'll take it. I need some good backup storage.
You're probably right radarskiy, I am reading too much into it. I guess I have too much of a problem with people using incorrect names in describing products (like people using MAC interchangeably with Mac).

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.
Precisely my point. The current Mac Pro's use the same underlying architecture (with some differences) as the Core 2 parts in the rest of the Apple machines, but the Xeon is not the same as a Core 2 in marketing (nor in its ability to have more than one socket on a given machine).

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.
The i7 won't be in the Mac Pro. There is no way apple would take out the dual quad core Xeon server chips and replace it with a single quad desktop chip. If the i7 shows up anywhere, it will be in an iMac. The Mac Pro will remain with Xeons.
I think this may already be the case. I was at the Apple Store at Victoria Gardens this weekend and I noticed three distinct colored shirts walking around. They had the light blue guys at the front welcoming people and assisting with iPod and iMacs for the most part. Orange shirts in the back at the Geniuses wearing orange. The other ones where wearing a combination of Black and Dark Blue, it looked like there was at least one manager and a few others standing around others in Dark Blue waiting for someone to purchase something or maybe getting ready to train someone.
I have a 1.1.3 soft updated iPhone and would like to upgrade the baseband to the version that ships with 1.1.3. I am an AT&T Customer, so I'm not worried about unlocking. The problem I have is that if I upgrade to 1.1.3, downgrade to 1.1.1, jailbreak, then upgrade to 1.1.3 soft then I can't make calls because iTunes won't let me "activate" after it has been hactivated during the 1.1.1 jailbreak. I downgraded the baseband to get it working again, but I want the new baseband features. Any suggestions?
I just recently bough an HD-A3 from Amazon for $175, including the 7 free movies they are currently offering. If they offer the SHD7000 for 40% off at an Amazon or Wal Mart like retailer, I forsee HD-DVD picking up the masses due to its price point.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I am trying to configure out a really dumbed down and intuitive PC for my grandmother. She recently had a stroke and while she is under my care I would like to repurpose a laptop for her to surf and email her children. Anyone have any experience with what input devices and UI's are really understandable for the over 80 crowd?"
 

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