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Apple Ships 8-Core MacPro

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the way-more-cores-than-the-earth dept.

ivan1024 writes "The Apple website is announcing the availability of an 8-core Mac Pro. The machine will ship with two 3.0 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 processors. Older models with the Dual-Core chips remain available. Base model with two 3.0 GHz Quad-Core Xeon processors start at $3997, (albeit with unacceptably minimal RAM or HD space; fully spec'd with dual 30" monitors and tons o' RAM/HD still over $10K... bummer)"

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  1. Re:Advantage? by kalidasa · · Score: 5, Informative

    The front end is usually Avid or Apple software - and the Apple software only runs on OS X, and the Avid software can run on OS X. Linux boxes are often used for rendering farms. IRIX? Didn't SGI just discontinue IRIX?

  2. Re:Quick Mac Buying Tip by tm2b · · Score: 5, Informative

    The mini is designed like apple's DRM; it prevents the casual tinkerer from getting inside of it, voiding their warranty, then having a fit on the phone.
    Getting pretty tired of this lie. Opening the mini's case (to install memory) does not void the warranty.
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