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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross It can take a year to come up with a really new lineup. These updates were likely planned 6 months ago as well. I don't think Apple, or most other companies can simply scrap their plans. You can do that with s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Lemon Bon Bon. Have no idea why. It's not as if Apple was cheap over here in the first place. You have to actually think about why the Brits are always bitching??
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross You don't know the cost to Apple or any other company in the amounts they buy them. All you know is the single bin price. You also don't know the cost to produce the machine itself, or whatever R&D cost th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BenRoethig The 3000-series are server branded versions of desktop CPUs. The 5000-series are twin socket derivatives and the 7000-series is for more than two sockets. Yep.. Am I missing something here? Did I make a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross It doesn't matter that the basic chip is the same. The extra functions give it extra performance, they always do.... extra functions? Again, these are the same damn chips! The Core i7 extreme editions have …
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Quote: Originally Posted by emig647 Can you prove this? Are you are you speculating? I wasn't aware any of these prices had been announced yet? speculating? Did you read the thread? I just posted in the prices.. Quote: Originally Posted by…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross The new machines are at their beginning, and that new shiney 8 core, higher speed 32 nm chip coming off the lines in 2010 will be able to be popped into this new machine that's just come out.. What in part…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Get over the fact that a Xeon is not an i7. That's like calling a four cylinder engine essentially the same as an eight cylinder engine. Sure, they are conceptually the same, but the performance is not. …
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- I still cannot even BELIEVE they didn't use a low-power quad-core part, even in the highest end model. Clearly they think everyone is a sucker and didn't bother to revise the cooling system to support a low-power quad core. They hardly use any mor…
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Well, for everyone that wants to make excuses about the enormous price increase of mid-level Mac Pro configurations (bumping solely the CPU to dual 2.66Ghz from a base config gets you to $5000), I made a little chart. I knew despite the platform swi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by superkaratemonkeydeathcar eSata has been kicking FW800's ass for awhile. (and 100MB/s is under perfect conditions with 0 overhead; ie: doesn't happen) Agreed.. And what many other manufacturers are doing now is usin…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider The ATI Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Upgrade Kit for Mac Pro is described as "the ultimate choice for visual creative, scientific, and technical applications." That's a load of bullshit If I've ever seen on…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Any word of the new 256GB SSDs are from Intel? They don't make 256GB yet. And I have to say that question coming from you is somehwat naive... I haven't seen benchmarks beyond the original Macbook Air SSD …
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And whats up with removing the sole Quadro card?? Apparently professional 3D modeling/animation/CAD/ users don't use the Mac Pro anymore...
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HOLY ****! Just going to dual-2.66Ghz Xeons ends up with a base price of $5000 without everything left at default... What are they thinking? Thats an outrageous price... For those making excuses, the new Nehalem Xeons aren't supposed to cost much…
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Quote: Originally Posted by transocean Hi guys, I am sure you have noticed all iMacs are available online It doesn't say NEW but just click the iMac icon and all new 4 models are there. Enjoy. Thats just mean..
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Quote: Originally Posted by nvidia2008 ...Let me know if otherwise, because I don't mind getting a Dell if you can show me a sub-$,1000 USD Dell that has a better than 9400M graphic card in it. Dell XPS M1530 ("15") - Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz …
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No quad-core Penryn iMac??? WTF? They've been out for 2 years now, and the newer models are EASILY within the power and heat budget of an iMac. This will be hilarious... The Mac Pro will have 2x Quad-core "Nehalem" Xeons which already blow away the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by bryanhauer Regardless of what it looks like I would love to see HDMI on this. Obviously I can just buy some cables like mini dvi to hdmi but having the ability to do video and audio over the one hdmi cable would be nic…
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Quote: Originally Posted by iHype Not so hard to dominate when you're competition hasn't arrived yet. (I speak only in browser category here, they still lack the efficiency an productivity of other smartphones) Well, its coming up on 24-month…