Apple is opening the door for a Mac between the $599 mini and $2499 Pro. I've said it a few times and I'll say it again, I'd love to see a Mac in a Shuttle XPC-like case. Start ar…

Nobody's arguing it's a good config for the price, it's just that it's TOO MUCH HARDWARE for average Joe user. Seriously, only real pros buy the Quad G5, this thing is faster than…

Anyone else waiting for the store? refresh...refresh...refresh

CORRECTION FROM PREVIOUS FOR MAC PRO: dual 2.66 Xeon, 1 GB RAM, Geforce 7300 GT (256 MB VRAM), SuperDrive, $2499 From MacRumorsLive Edit: oops got beat to it.

It's a pro machine people. And apple has a mid range computer. It's called the iMac!

mduell Bingo that would be awesome. For things on the Windows side I have a shuttle AMD system and really like the small case. Pretty decent design and reasonable sized. Room f…

Quote: Originally Posted by greenamp It's a pro machine people. And apple has a mid range computer. It's called the iMac! No, that's a piece of furniture, that also happe…

Now if Adobe would just pull their heads out of their butts and ship CS3 so I can not crash every time I try to print from Photoshop I will be getting my work to order one of these…

Quote: Originally Posted by memory-minus CORRECTION FROM PREVIOUS FOR MAC PRO: dual 2.66 Xeon, 1 GB RAM, Geforce 7300 GT (256 MB VRAM), SuperDrive, $2499 From MacRumorsLive Ed…

They practically have to introduce a Mac. The gap between the iMac and Mac Pro is just too wide.

Quote: Originally Posted by greenamp It's a pro machine people. And apple has a mid range computer. It's called the iMac! Not. A G5 customer going to an iMac? I think n…

Quick Google on the video card. Sorry, No GeForce 7300 Here One card we left out of the test group is the GeForce 7300, as we do not consider it a gaming graphics card. It only ha…

Quote: Originally Posted by wowway1 Not. A G5 customer going to an iMac? I think not. Get real. If you are complaining that a quad core 2.6 Xeon Mac Pro with 1gb ram, 25…

Quote: Originally Posted by greenamp Get real. If you are complaining that a quad core 2.6 Xeon Mac Pro with 1gb ram, 256 GPU, 250gb hd for $2500 is too much hardware, then you …

Abbas I second your comment. I already have an awesome 24" LCD. I don't need a laptop hanging on the back of a 17 or 20 inch screen that offers no expansion options like second ha…

Quote: Originally Posted by Abbas Sure, the iMac is a great buy but I already have a 24" LCD monitor that I dont want to get rid of and I need a headless Mac thats more powerful…

Quote: Originally Posted by Dzokayi They practically have to introduce a Mac. The gap between the iMac and Mac Pro is just too wide. Yes. As long as Steve keeps this up we'…

Quote: Originally Posted by greenamp You're in luck. The new Mac Pro ships today. $2500 is way too much money for me to spend. I dont need four cores and I certainly dont ne…

Quote: Originally Posted by greenamp Get real. If you are complaining that a quad core 2.6 Xeon Mac Pro with 1gb ram, 256 GPU, 250gb hd for $2500 is too much hardware, then you …

Apple website now has info: http://www.apple.com/macpro/ (and apple store back up)

It's a quad core Woodcrest desktop with 1gb ram and a 256mb gpu for $2500 (most likely $2300 with edu discount). That is a great system for that price. This is an entirely new sys…

Quote: Originally Posted by wowway1 Nobody's arguing it's a good config for the price, it's just that it's TOO MUCH HARDWARE for average Joe user. Seriously, only real pros buy…

I think Greenamp has a point Lateralus - and I think that there's a difference between wanting all that power and needing all that power. If you need that oomph, then you'll pay th…

Quote: Originally Posted by greenamp Get real. If you are complaining that a quad core 2.6 Xeon Mac Pro with 1gb ram, 256 GPU, 250gb hd for $2500 is too much hardware, then you …

You guys all need to calm friggin down. There's a 2GHz model. 2499 is for a mid model. The exact same price it used to be. And BTW 2499 for a quad core machine with the extras th…