http://www.apple.com/uk/macpro/
new mac!
Quote* Two 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 8GB (4 x 2GB)
* 2 x NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB
* 250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 2 x SuperDrives
* AirPort Extreme card (Wi-fi)
* Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse (wireless)
* Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel)
* Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel)
* Five USB ports
* Two FireWire 400 ports
* Two FireWire 800 ports
* Mac OS X 10.4
Ã,£6,667.15 :shock: (http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6442/droolzy8.gif)
I was intrigued to see how high it would go.
QuoteTwo 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
16GB (8 x 2GB)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 512MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
2 x SuperDrives
Both Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and AirPort Extreme
Apple USB Modem
Fibre Channel PCI Express Card 2Gb
Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse - Intl English (wireless)
Mac OS - Intl English
Mac OS X Server (Unlimited-Client)
Aperture
Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
Apple Cinema HD Display (30" LCD)
Five USB ports
Two FireWire 400 ports
Two FireWire 800 ports
Price: Ã,£10,851.31
VAT: Ã,£1,898.98
Subtotal: Ã,£12,750.29
Ready to ship:
2 - 4 Weeks
Free Shipping
The free shipping sells it to be honest ;)
Quote from: Chris HalpinPrice: Ã,£10,851.31
VAT: Ã,£1,898.98
Subtotal: Ã,£12,750.29
Ready to ship:
2 - 4 Weeks
Free Shipping
The free shipping sells it to be honest ;)
When are you robbing the bank?
i am going to ring apple and ask do they take fake NUS cards and tiger tokens as payment.
Quote from: Badabingi am going to ring apple and ask do they take fake NUS cards and tiger tokens as payment.
failing that your gonna have to remortgage your and your families houses :shock:
i still want one tho. nomatter teh expense
* Two 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 1GB (2 x 512MB)
* NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (single-link DVI/dual-link DVI)
* 160GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 1 x SuperDrive
* Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse
* Mac OS X
* Five USB ports
* Two FireWire 400 ports
* Two FireWire 800 ports
Ã,£1200 (uni discount) i may buy one at that price.
Still wont make me buy a Mac.
PC FTW!
Cheers
Tongy
Look at all that wasted power, without a proper OS to take advantage of it.
Surely one could build a higher spec pc for half that money ?
Thats ABSURDLY expensive.
EDIT - my citrix servers are more powerful, with twice as many cpus and cost a good deal less than that. GFX performance wouldnt be good though.
Quote from: soopahflyLook at all that wasted power, without a proper OS to take advantage of it.
What? like
XPikey or Vista, fishstick face? :thumbdown:
edit: YoU aRe On My Sh*t LiSt FoR yOuR cOmMeNt....
FACT
[fanboi mode] {Insert l33t OS2 Warp pimpage here} [/fanboi mode]
:lol:
and soopahfly you puddin head, you can run XPikey on it.. DURH!
bye.
me.
Quote from: Badabingand soopahfly you puddin head, you can run XPikey on it.. DURH!
bye.
me.
AND *nix. :lol: Then youll spend far more time trying to remember which gawddang partition you left that 10 second Lannie Barbie mpeg on, than processing your turnip portraits with the "soft glow" filter. :P
Quote from: BXGTi16VSurely one could build a higher spec pc for half that money ?
Thats ABSURDLY expensive.
EDIT - my citrix servers are more powerful, with twice as many cpus and cost a good deal less than that. GFX performance wouldnt be good though.
yeah but when you bring a chick back an she says what is that ugly piece of sh*t in the corner, youve pretty much knocked yourself down a peg for not having much taste.
plus you cant play garage band on that overly complex thing
Yeah, the last bird I banged totally did me because of my computer.
My god, you can tell this is a geeky computer forum cant you :lol:
yup.
well i didnt really have much ammo on that, but lets face it comparitivly a server an a g5 cannot be compared in teh aethetics department
Quote from: funkychicken9000Yeah, the last bird I banged totally did me because of my computer.
My god, you can tell this is a geeky computer forum cant you :lol:
you smell of cheddar...
FACT
fishstick face.
(http://www.salvationinc.org/archives/crying_child.jpg)
Quote from: Badabing* Two 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 1GB (2 x 512MB)
* NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (single-link DVI/dual-link DVI)
* 160GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 1 x SuperDrive
* Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse
* Mac OS X
* Five USB ports
* Two FireWire 400 ports
* Two FireWire 800 ports
Ã,£1200 (uni discount) i may buy one at that price.
Bar the OS, its nothing but a PC and could be bought for a whole lot less than Ã,£1200.
Quote from: redQuote from: BXGTi16VSurely one could build a higher spec pc for half that money ?
Thats ABSURDLY expensive.
EDIT - my citrix servers are more powerful, with twice as many cpus and cost a good deal less than that. GFX performance wouldnt be good though.
yeah but when you bring a chick back an she says what is that ugly piece of sh*t in the corner, youve pretty much knocked yourself down a peg for not having much taste.
plus you cant play garage band on that overly complex thing
When you build a PC no says you have to buy a sh*t looking case!
tbpfh, that *is* a sh*t looking case. It looks old. Almost 1990s.
Quote from: WalrusbonzoQuote from: Badabing* Two 2GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 1GB (2 x 512MB)
* NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (single-link DVI/dual-link DVI)
* 160GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* 1 x SuperDrive
* Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse
* Mac OS X
* Five USB ports
* Two FireWire 400 ports
* Two FireWire 800 ports
Ã,£1200 (uni discount) i may buy one at that price.
Bar the OS, its nothing but a PC and could be bought for a whole lot less than Ã,£1200.
Hmm
Lets examine...
Assuming its the 2GHz option then.
2 Xeon 5130s, Ã,£244 each at
InsightSupermicro X7DAE - Ã,£366 at
this place that Ive never heard of2x512MB Kingston FB-DIMMs - Ã,£148 at
Another place Ive never heard of256MB 7300GT - Worth about Ã,£60 anywhere
That is Ã,£1062 before we factor in a power supply, case, hard drive, operating system and optical drives.
That is an E-ATX board so well need a fairly large case. Something like an Antec P180 should do. Ã,£90 at Dabs.
PSU: It needs to be an EPS one so how about a Coolermaster model
here Ã,£72
160GB Seagate - Ã,£40
Superdrive - Ã,£30
Decent keyboard and mouse - Ã,£40
Windows XP Pro x64 (has to be pro for the dual processors): OEM Version can be got for about Ã,£90
That works out at Ã,£1424 which is pretty similar to what Apple sell the Mac Pro for inc VAT.
I may not have chosen the cheapest motherboard available but frankly I couldnt find any with 4 PCIe x16 slots. That is the closest I could find to the Apple one.
Im not a great apple fan, Ive never got on very well with OSX but I have to hand it to them, theyve got a nice good value for the spec system here.
Agreed, It is not that overpriced. Also let us not forget which market the mac pro has being aimed at, the professional, graphic designer, multimedia, cad user etc, whatever/whoever it may be.
With Apple, what you get is a working machine, out of the box.