Numberzz Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Today, Apple has ordered many 3.2GHz Intel Quad Core Xeon processors. The 45-nanometer chips are indeed the successors to those used in the existing Mac Pro. Pricing leaked out of Intel in August would have them selling for over $1000 each, however, making for some expensive Apple desktops given that each Mac Pro would need 2 of these chips. It would also require that Apple update the Mac Pro to have a 1600MHz front-side bus. Apple's current system is its custom 8-Core Mac Pro, which has 2 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors running on a 1333MHz front-side bus and selling for just under $4000. Mind you, this is with 1GB of RAM. Apple anticipates selling so many of these machines, that other PC manufacturers would barely have enough supply of the 3.2GHz chips to announce availability of these rival machines. Full Story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Mac Pros are long overdue for an upgrade. When they were released last year, they were excellent value for money, although nobody would seriously believe that 1GB RAM or the default GeForce could be enough, especially when compared to the other specs. Now a Mac Pro isn't a great bargain for €2500 any longer. I expect they'll improve the specs and leave the price unchanged, old Apple policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 I honestly don't mind paying that much for the base line, but I atleast want a better video card than the x1900, or quadro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacX Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 I will so wanna see if they upgrade their graphics cards. They are def in need to be upgraded to be top of line and fight them pc specs for price! -MacX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Puppy Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 About time that the Mac Pros got an update. Also, they should change the entire exterior look of it to fit in with the new iMacs. I quite agree that the Geforce 7300 or Radeon 1900 graphics cards, 1GB of RAM, etc, are way too little for these beasties; even the baseline iMac is better than or equal to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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