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.

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell With the Mac Pro's anemic PCIe configuration (one 16x, two 4x, and one 1x), SLI wouldn't be terribly useful. Great, the more I hear about …

Quote: Originally Posted by bballe336 Great, the more I hear about this thing the more it seems like a hackjob. I'd like to thank Apple for making an incredibly half assed compu…