Yes yes, the long wait is over. Finally a full revision for Mac Pro.

Head over to the Mac Pro page to check it out!
Official page
Press release

Here's some update I notice:
- Processor option: single 2.8GHz processor, two 2.8Ghz, two 3.0Ghz, or two 3.2Ghz.
- Bus speeb bump from 1.33Ghz to 1.6Ghz.
- RAM module from 667Mhz FB-DIMM to 800Mhz FB-DIMM.
- Graphic crard from stock 7300GT to HD 2600XT, BTO X1900XT to 8800GT.
- Other noticeable changes, Bluetooth now standard, PCI Express 2.0 & reverse mounting for memory rise card A.
- Stock config is: 2x Quad 2.8Ghz (8x 2.8Ghz), 2GB of RAM, 320GB HDD, ATI HD 2600XT 256MB dual dual-link DVI.

This post has been edited by wei: Jan 8 2008, 10:56 PM

Clearly, it's not for everyone.

Previous model is USD2499 if I'm not mistaken. The new one is USD2799.

Not that I aware. That's why I deicided a Mac Pro is a good buy. Less revision, less price drop. The 1st gen lasted for almost 1.5 year without major revision.

That's the lowest end model, replacing the Quad 2.0 model.

Me? Nah, my 2.66 still doing very well. As I said when I bought it, I hope I wont need to update my workstation for 3-5yrs. Somemore it's not a small purchase. All sweat and blood money there.

Might get a PC 8800GT and flash it for my Mac when the time is right. Going to dual dual-link DVI

*add*

Yes, it's single proc. But it's a single proc with Quad-core inside. So its 1x4 or 2x4.

This post has been edited by wei: Jan 8 2008, 11:07 PM

here's why
1x4 @ 2.8GHz vs 2x2 @ 2.66Ghz
1.6GHz Bus speed vs 1.33Ghz Bus speed
800MHz RAM vs 667MHz RAM

bare number already winning, but have to see how well the OS & apps work with multi-cores.

Yeah, the store still down, I wonder how much the top model cost now
Was at RM28K before.

Well, if you can earn back the damage within certain period, why not.

USD13K for the beast.

you can put 4 card in. But that doesn't mean they're cross-fired or SLI. Waiting for more report on that. But 8x 30in LCD is insane.

Why UK? UK store are much more expensive due to VAT.
And I wont burn my pocket for the stock/apple card when I can get plenty of choice here with PC card.

This post has been edited by wei: Jan 9 2008, 09:09 AM

Looks like the new stock spec 2.8Ghz can perform equally well as previous highest end 3.0GHz quad model...
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/01...re_mac_pro.html

This post has been edited by wei: Jan 11 2008, 09:26 AM

Fear not, if the hacker will get their hand on this, it should work. Some graphic card in the past also released for certain model only, but most has been modified to accept other Mac.