Apple Updates Mac Pro With Up to 12 CPU Cores

[Marcus Yam]

The Mac Pro has gotten some spendy hardware updates.

Apple Updates Mac Pro With Up to 12 CPU Cores : Read more

 

[welshmousepk]

But i can buy a windows system thats more powerful, for less cash, right?

how are people still buying these things...

 

[proxy711]

wow a $2500 dollar computer with 3gbs of ram....that's not even the standard.

 

[Agges]

Ummmm looking at configurations on Apple's website it seems they forgot hardware that is newer than two years - except the processor.. Hold on, $3000+ what?

 

[lordcrazex]

[citation][nom]welshmousepk[/nom]But i can buy a windows system thats more powerful, for less cash, right? how are people still buying these things...[/citation]
bull's eye!!~~

 

[L0tus]

$2500 for an HD5770 + ~i5-ish build!? Epic rip-off.

The IQ of Mac customers seriously worries me.

 

[hardcore_gamer]

[citation][nom]welshmousepk[/nom]But i can buy a windows system thats more powerful, for less cash, right? how are people still buying these things...[/citation]

macmaniacs

 

[Jarmo]

[citation][nom]welshmousepk[/nom]But i can buy a windows system thats more powerful, for less cash, right? [/citation]

Nope. Or maybe for a bit less. These are in line as far as Xeon based workstations go.

I'd rather have a "normal" i7 based minitower though.
Or actually I'd prefer an AMD solution, hence my Phenom II tower at home.

 

[wittermark]

lol apple is stupid

 

[del35]

"But i can buy a windows system thats more powerful, for less cash, right? "

You have to be technologically illiterate and logo-desperate to buy the kind of crap Apple puts out.

 

[Guest]

They still donõt use USB3, eSATA... stupid!

 

[r3t4rd]

All the Macs listed above:
$600-$900 for everything inside the MAC
$1500 - $2300 for the shiny case and Logo

Bout sums it up in hardware cost......

Damn I wish I had Apple's Marketing Genius.....I'd be ripping people off too. You gotta admit...Apple's Marketing team is 1337!!!

 

[Guest]

I'm from Canada and this is the cheapest Mac Pro on their website

One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
3GB (3x1GB)
640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
One 18x SuperDrive
Apple Mouse
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (English) and User's Guide

For only $2,899.00 CAD or approximate $2800.00 USD. YES ONLY

 

[back_by_demand]

I went to the Apple online store and configured the following options:-

Two 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
12GB (6x2GB) (not greedy, just being realistic)
2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s (just 1 HDD, and no SSD)
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB (a 2 year old card)
One 18x SuperDrive
Ordinary mouse & keyboard
No software, no care plan, no raid card, NO MONITOR!!!!

Grand total? £5373 ($7500)

 

[Guest]

POS!

 

[silentq]

can Tom maybe do a benchmark price comparison?
$2500 Mac Pro vs $2500 Windows based system
anyone dare to post the results on Apple forums?

 

[prince_david]

Good for final cut pro

 

[Guest]

Now price a PC with similar specs and see who can get the lowest price. Winner gets free couch insurance!!

 

[thebigt42]

Does it even have 6gig sata? Only a complete moron would get a new system with out the newest connections on the MB (even if your not going to use them right away)

 

[Computerrock1]

At that price I can buy the same thing and put the Mac OS for more than 1/2 the price! Woot! But I'll stick with my windows that is completly customizable, can be troubleshooted without a genius bar, and can actually play games!

 

[Guest]

2500 Linux vs 2500 Windows vs 2500 mac!

 

[wotan31]

[citation][nom]welshmousepk[/nom]But i can buy a windows system thats more powerful, for less cash, right? how are people still buying these things...[/citation]
Because you can't buy an equivalent Windows system for less cash. This isn't a peecee with consumer grade cpu's and memory. This is a real workstation with Xeon server chips, and registered ECC memory. Equivalent workstation offerings from HP, Sun, IBM, and SGI cost the same or more. Heck, go to Newegg and check it out yourself - the six core Xeon chip is more than $1700.00 just for one chip, and this Mac Pro has two of them.

 

[mikeadelic]

geez... makes their laptop line look like a steal in comparison.

 

[wotan31]

[citation][nom]aunaste[/nom]They still donõt use USB3, eSATA... stupid![/citation]
Why? No USB devices need USB3 speed except for hard drives, but you'd have to be a moron to use a USB hard drive when Firewire 800 has been standard on every Mac for 4+ years now. Also, this has 4 internal hard drive bays, just pop in another drive if you need more storage. USB is for keyboards and mice.

 

[scook9]

Considered it is a fully warranted dual xeon workstation, I have to admit, this is less overpriced then Mac stuff usually is....

And Tom's did an article a year or so back showing that the Mac Pro is within like 5% of a comparably built system with ots parts - so get off that high horse.

The processors alone are about $1500 each.