Quote: Originally Posted by Simon The top of the line is always disproportionate. Apple is no different than anybody else here. And of course they're not going to just charge yo…

That'll go on forever until the 3.0 are not even on the product map... of course I use the SAME logic waiting to get a lowly MacBook... Quote: Originally Posted by Cadaver I'l…

You did the right thing. That 3.0 Ghz machine is going to rock, and you're going to be one of the first to have it. I wish I had one. That's going to be freakin' awesome. Frankly, …

wow you sir will own a beast of a computer good luck with it

Yes, you are a sucker. And I don't say that because I'm jealous. . .

Quote: Originally Posted by Cadaver I'll likely wait until the first Mac Pro speed bump, then pick up a quad 3.0GHz machine when they're the mid-range machine. good luck wi…

Would it be worth it to wait 6 months for the new chipset to come out so I can get that? Or should I just buy one now? Either way I will have to take out a loan (damn do I feel poo…

Quote: Originally Posted by bballe336 Would it be worth it to wait 6 months for the new chipset to come out so I can get that? Or should I just buy one now? Either way I will ha…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell The only new chipset on the horizon in the next 6 months if for laptops... I can't see any substantial bumps to the Mac Pro in the next half y…

Quote: Originally Posted by bballe336 Well if the clovertown chip will be out in half a year will that still run in the 771 socket? (and if clovertown is out in half a year does…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Yes, Clovertown will be LGA771... there's nothing else for it to be. Clovertown is a workstation/server CPU. There will also be Kentsfield, a …

Quote: Originally Posted by bballe336 Also what about video cards, can I buy aftermarket PC cards? Will I need to flash them for the cards to run properly in OSX? Then what abou…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Dell gives you back $780 if you drop from 2.66 to 2.0; Apple only gives you back $400. (1Ku price difference is about $400 per chip.) Del…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell That said, I would not take a loan to buy a computer. They devalue way too quicky to make that a good idea. I think this is situation de…

Quote: Originally Posted by krillbee good luck with that, personally i dont think the intel mac pros are going to drop in price for awhile though! My guess is that it will be h…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Off the shelf video cards are still up in the air. They're closer to being a reality than they ever have been, but there are still some possib…

Don't feel too bad. My original budget was $2500 for a computer and monitor but since the Power Mac was released I've been trying to justify spending $2600 for the computer and an…

Quote: Originally Posted by bballe336 IBut there is obviously some support for running multiple cards (and considering they are nVidia cards the support would probably be SLI). …

Look at it this way: 0.33G increase=800 bucks 0.66G decrease=300 bucks Sure as hell says to me buy anything outside the single base config and you get heavily penalized. The "goi…

Quote: Originally Posted by bballe336 I will wait and see what happens with off the shelf cards. But there is obviously some support for running multiple cards (and considering …

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Multiple 7300GTs is for multiple monitors, not SLI performance. OSX does not support SLI today. That is rediculous on Apple's part. If …

Quote: Originally Posted by bballe336 That is rediculous on Apple's part. If they don't support it in 10.5 I'm not going to buy a new mac. As much as I like Apple if they won't …

Quote: Originally Posted by bballe336 That is rediculous on Apple's part. If they don't support it in 10.5 I'm not going to buy a new mac. As much as I like Apple if they won't …

Quote: Originally Posted by Simon No offense intended, but if your Mac purchase depends on something like SLI, I think you'd be really much better off with a well spec'ed out PC…

With the Mac Pro's anemic PCIe configuration (one 16x, two 4x, and one 1x), SLI wouldn't be terribly useful.