Is this a good buy?
I'm considering purchasing a 2.66GHz 4-core Mac Pro.
Now I understand that the new 2.8GHz 8-core Mac Pro hammers the older version, but the older version is being offered at £1,199 compared to £1,749 for the new machine ? and that's quite a saving!
The majority of the work I do is in Adobe CS3, which I believe doesn't make the most of the four cores, nevermind eight cores? Do you think that's a good buy, or do you think it's worth paying the extra for the newer version?
Now I understand that the new 2.8GHz 8-core Mac Pro hammers the older version, but the older version is being offered at £1,199 compared to £1,749 for the new machine ? and that's quite a saving!
The majority of the work I do is in Adobe CS3, which I believe doesn't make the most of the four cores, nevermind eight cores? Do you think that's a good buy, or do you think it's worth paying the extra for the newer version?
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Compare the price of this and the older machine, and I think that should give you a better metric.
Also, for what it's worth, Treasure Island: I assume you are referring to something else.
Treasure Island was the name that car manufacturers gave to the UK ? because they were able to ramp up the prices and really take the rip. At one point it was even cheaper to purchase a UK-made car in Europe, than it was in the UK.
Is two dual-cores better than one quad-core? Like assuming all cores run at the same speed and all that. Woudl the quad-core only be useful for certain apps and be slower than the dual for everything else?
What matters then is the amount of cache per core: more is better. I haven't worked it out, but you can figure it out without much trouble.
The quad core, single chip is also more power efficient, if that's a concern to you. Also note that the quad-core ships with twice tho RAM, more disk, and more vid card than does the old, dual core. I see one of these in my future, paired with an ACD 23 and a CUDA-capable GPU in an unused slot.