Speaking of scientific applications, if anyone is planning on getting one of these machines, it would be nice to get benchmark numbers for the Altivec-enhanced SETI@home client bei…

Quote: Originally Posted by Apfhex To revise my earlier comment: might as well hook up EIGHT 23" Cinema Displays, or FOUR 30" (according to Daring Fireball), while you're at it,…

So why can't we order a 7800?

Well,i think i'll have to start saving again.... I'm very happy with mine,but they did now exactly what i wanted,and pci-e will fulfill my wildest gaming dreams.My FCP will love t…

Quote: Originally Posted by Leonard They have an extra USB 2.0 port on the back. The old Power Mac G5's had 3 USB 2.0 ports, these have 4 USB 2.0 ports. A nice little improvem…

Quote: Originally Posted by awcopus Actually, I'd be pretty psyched about multiplying displays. Funny thing is, support for tons of displays is not new to the Mac. The first…

Everything old is new again. Pivoting LCDs seem to be getting more popular. Anybody remember the Radius Pivot?

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki Funny thing is, support for tons of displays is not new to the Mac. The first Mac with expansion slots, the Mac II from 1987, had six slots, an…

Quote: Originally Posted by turk.o yeah but someone is going to have to come out with a retail pci-e card for a mac first. it could be a while. It looks like Apple is selli…

Quote: Originally Posted by Lateralus The new Power Macs are nice machines, but with the two lower-end models only coming with one 970MP, I'm not regretting the purchase of my D…

Quote: Originally Posted by Bwa It looks like Apple is selling the Nvidia 6600 PCIe for $200, shipping in 3-4 wks. awesome, i was looking for that, but couldn't find it an…

Quote: Originally Posted by tooki Why is non-ECC RAM a mistake? No non-server Apple hardware has EVER had ECC before. It is hardly essential. Especially considering the two 256M…

The thing that impresses me about this upgrade is that, aside from front size bus/processor speed, there is really no differences between the PowerMacs. The base unit can handle as…

Assuming that you have $3500 sitting in your pocket, are there any good reasons (regarding the technology) not to buy the new quad?

Not particularly. Especially if you want to keep it for a while. The best time to buy a Power Mac, as far as longevity, is during changes to the I/O and expansion card bus. The Po…

I agree. It is similar to a Dual G5 of the first generation which still is a venerable machine. It is significantly faster than any other PowerMac to date and this means your machi…

Quote: Originally Posted by bonkers Assuming that you have $3500 sitting in your pocket, are there any good reasons (regarding the technology) not to buy the new quad? The …

Well... will there be Quad'tels coming out next year?

The Power Macs aren't going Intel until 2007.

If you have $3500 sitting in your pocket, take it out of your pocket and put it in a money market fund or some such thing so that it will earn interest while Apple ramps up product…

Oh, and as far as water-cooling is concerned, I haven't had any problems with it. Applecare has me covered for another two years and I'll probably have upgraded my main editing mac…

thanks for the comments so far. i'm crutching along with my comp right now - daily crashes & running slow like molasses. i've been waiting for a regime change like this, but …

Quote: Originally Posted by awcopus Another thing just occured to me. My main displays are ADC-based using an ATI X800. The new Macs don't have a GPU available that supports ADC…

I want to surf the web, write some email and maybe do some light editing on my digital pics. Will this system work??? Does it support Core Video??? Specifications * 2.5GHz Q…

That is really a great price for a quad machine. To build a comparable PC like that, two Dual-Core Opterons at 2.4Ghz would set you back over $2,400 alone. Then you'd need the moth…