12 core macs coming?

[BoredSysAdmin]

Yeah, I've driven many cars up to and including a 911 Carrera S. Doesn't mean it's worth the $30k premium over a Cayman S.

Built like? It's a computer. The thought of build quality makes me chuckle a lil inside, considering most people do nothing taxing with their computers. When I see someone who's using their Mac to run ProTools or render in Maya/3DSMax, I'll take them seriously when they talk about how much better Apple build quality is. Oh wait... Maya didn't run on Mac OS until version 2011, and Max doesn't run on Mac OS at all!!!

Not you specifically, just anyone in general. The average user that plays Farmville on Facebook for an hour a day, checks their e-mail, browses silly YouTube video, and types the occassional Word document has very little need or concern for a 2C temperature drop on their CPU cores.

Don't confuse build components and OS - Macs can and do run windows 7

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

A way back, I said - It is theoretical possible to build computer closely matching engineering of MacPro, including aluminium case, heat-sink proper fans and cooling (maybe even liquid cooling)
However you'll end in pretty much same price ballpark or even higher.
Plus the process to do this DIY isn't easy and requires prior knowledge and strong skills, unless you go to pros (like Falcon PC or Alienware) which you'll end up paying even more

 

[Nemo128]

Anyone that has any knowledge at all of engineering can appreciate their design and build qualtity.

I do appreciate their design and build quality. I don't appreciate the increase in price for benefits that the majority of users will never utilize. Again, the average PC user will never see the benefits of this supposed superior build quality. That applies to Macs in general.

As for the 12 core option, I previously showed that it already exists and can be used by the exact same demographic the Mac is targeting. When they say "12-core starting at $4999", let's first see exactly which one of the four Intel 6-core Xeons they're talking about before comparing price points.

 

[NicolasKL]

Plus the process to do this DIY isn't easy and requires prior knowledge and strong skills

Bull. If you can put together a Lego set you can build your own computer.

 

[krzywica]

Bull. If you can put together a Lego set you can build your own computer.

Thats like saying if you've had sex you can be a porn star.....while this is true there will be a drastic quality variance between skill levels.

 

[adwilk]

Thats like saying if you've had sex you can be a porn star.....while this is true there will be a drastic quality variance between skill levels.

There's a hard drive joke in there somewhere. I'm pretty excited that you opened the gate here for an epic thread derailing.

 

[krzywica]

There's a hard drive joke in there somewhere. I'm pretty excited that you opened the gate here for an epic thread derailing.

Hehe.....let the "hookers and blow" comments rain from the heavens!

 

[Rickster71]

Thats like saying if you've had sex you can be a porn star.....while this is true there will be a drastic quality variance between skill levels.

That's what she said.....
Okay, that's all I got

 

[adwilk]

That's what she said.....
Okay, that's all I got

Weak sauce, Rick. Go practice falling down.

 

[adwilk]

let the "hookers and blow" rain from the heavens!

Fixed.....

 

[krzywica]

Fixed.....

Hehe

I think Rick needs some awesome lessons!

 

[jeffsg4mac]

You PC and windows users are really just a bunch of closet macstrabators and you leak memory all over your HARD drive every time you see a cool new mac

 

[bandphan]

Pricing is now available via the mac store and base units are not cheap vs the installed hardware.

 

[MinusTheBear]

Like what was predicted much earlier, it isn't anything special compared to the competition when it comes to a price/performance ratio. Not surprising.

 

[bandphan]

$7,348.00 $7,348.00
12-Core

RemoveSave
Ships: 7-10 business days
Part number: Z0M4


Configuration
Two 2.66GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” (12 cores)
12GB (6X2GB)
Mac Pro RAID Card
2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
Two ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
One 18x SuperDrive
Apple Magic Mouse
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (English) & User's Guide
MAC OS X Server (Unlimited-Client)
COUNTRY KIT



Id build

 

[MinusTheBear]

I can't wait for soniceuphoria to do some comparisons. I'll get the popcorn.

 

[Nemo128]

As for the 12 core option, I previously showed that it already exists and can be used by the exact same demographic the Mac is targeting. When they say "12-core starting at $4999", let's first see exactly which one of the four Intel 6-core Xeons they're talking about before comparing price points.

$7,348.00 $7,348.00
12-Core

RemoveSave
Ships: 7-10 business days
Part number: Z0M4


Configuration
Two 2.66GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” (12 cores)
12GB (6X2GB)
Mac Pro RAID Card
2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
2TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
Two ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
One 18x SuperDrive
Apple Magic Mouse
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (English) & User's Guide
MAC OS X Server (Unlimited-Client)
COUNTRY KIT



Id build

I hate to say I told the Mac fanboys so. I'll ask a question instead...

does it sting? Ooooooh yeah does it sting?!?!

 

[MinusTheBear]

I hate to say I told the Mac fanboys so. I'll ask a question instead...

does it sting? Ooooooh yeah does it sting?!?!

Does that configuration posted even come with a monitor?

 

[bandphan]

Does that configuration posted even come with a monitor?

Only the posted options.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Remember Lenovo build I posted before, well specs similarly to Mac Pro:
Processor : Intel Xeon X5650 Processor (2.66GHz 1333MHz 12MB Turbo SMT) - 95W 2
Operating system : Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 1
Operating system language: Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 - English 1
Form factor: Tower 7x9 Mechanical with Intel 5520 Motherboard 1
Memory speed: DDR3 ECC uDIMM PC3-10600 1333MHZ 1
Total memory: 12GB ECC DDR3 PC3-10600 SDRAM (2GBx6 uDIMMS) 1
First Video adapter: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 32-core (512MB,DVI + DP) 1
Second Video adapter: NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 32-core (512MB,DVI + DP) 1
Audio adapter : Integrated Audio 1
Storage subsystem : SATA Enabled 1
Configuration option : Internal RAID - Configured by Lenovo 1
Primary array configuration: Primary SATA RAID 0 - (4 HDDs required) 1
Primary array hard drives: 1TB SATA 3.5" Hard Drive - 7200 rpm 4
First optical device bay: Lenovo 16x DVD +/- RW Dual Layer 1
Ethernet adapter : Dual Integrated Broadcom Ethernet 10/100/1000 1
Keyboards: Lenovo Preferred Pro USB Full Size Keyboard - US English 1
Country Pack: Line Cord - US - U, F, D, S, T, L, A Models 1
Publication Pack: Language Pack - English 1

Yes, I know Video card is different , but it costs about same

Bottom line: $7,394.00
With exactly same price, the preference at this point would end up with Software/OS preferences....