What is Digg?376 Comments
- judicar, on 01/08/2008, -26/+239Here's a handy form for the inevitable Apple-bashers:
This is news? My _______ has had __________ for the last _ [ ]months [ ]years! - chris9902, on 01/08/2008, -4/+169My cat has had 4 legs for the last 7 [ ]months [*]years!
Take THAT Apple. - kiiwii, on 01/08/2008, -15/+157Up now on the Apple Store
http://store.apple.com/
Whether you're an Apple fan or not... come on, 500 bucks to have 4 gb of RAM instead of 2gb?
And 800 bucks for 3ghz CPUs instead of 2.8?
That's ridiculous. - Mudcrutch, on 01/08/2008, -3/+103... for _____ dollars.
- Karmavs, on 01/08/2008, -3/+92This is news? My Mac Pro has had 8 cores for the last 2 months!
I think I'm doing it wrong. - fissionignition, on 01/08/2008, -4/+76My nutsack has had these weird little bumps for the last [1]month [0]years!
Should I be worried? - mCanada, on 01/08/2008, -1/+49Imagine a beowulf clust-- ahhhh ***** it, I'd probably still only use it for firefox, mail and iTunes......
- anthonybruno, on 01/08/2008, -6/+50Looks like there wont be Blu-Ray drives after all?
- thatspsychotic, on 01/08/2008, -6/+46The 2.8GHz CPUs are already over $700 a piece. Are you familiar with Intel's pricing? That's just about in line.
The RAM bit though, you've got me. - LiquidIse, on 01/08/2008, -14/+52A few announcements you missed:
This is on the front page already
There are already 8-core Mac Pros, and have been for some time
As mentioned above: no Blu-Ray = much less interesting - wvaughan, on 01/08/2008, -1/+38They finally made it available with a decent video card! You can upgrade to an Nvidia 8800GT for $200!
- Racerboy1320, on 01/08/2008, -0/+35I think a lot of diggers are missing the point. The big deal isn't the 8 cores, it's that the 8 cores are the new 45nm intels, 12mb cache, so regardless how many cores you use you still have a ***** ton of on chip memory, that has to make a noticeable difference. Plus don't forget the 1600mhz fsb.
- CalgaryTechGuy, on 01/08/2008, -6/+34... and ____ dollars less than Dell.
- combatchuck, on 01/08/2008, -3/+30Vendors have always made a killing on RAM, Apple is the worst of the bunch. Buy your own and save $8000.
- rizzo2008, on 01/08/2008, -1/+23It also has a second drive bay where you could add your own internal blu-ray drive
- surf314, on 01/08/2008, -1/+21Yea it's way cheaper to upgrade the ram yourself, I learned that with me MBP which I switched to 4 gigs.
- rizzo2008, on 01/08/2008, -1/+21It has a second drive bay. You can add your own
- rullingen, on 01/08/2008, -2/+21yeah but will it play doom?
- rizzo2008, on 01/08/2008, -9/+27then add your own memory
- inactive, on 01/08/2008, -1/+18You idiot. This is for PROfessionals, not for idiots like you.
- Karmavs, on 01/08/2008, -0/+16Not impossible. Extremely unlikely though.
- norman619, on 01/08/2008, -2/+18Can't you just buy an external Blu-ray drive and simply plug it in?
- combatchuck, on 01/08/2008, -1/+16You're obviously not the target market for this computer.
- sponeil, on 01/08/2008, -0/+15It's not a new "8-core option". It's a normal dual-CPU motherboard with two quad-core CPU's. That option has been available for over a year if you're building your own system. However, in a system like that memory bandwidth will become a bottleneck really fast, so the extra cores probably won't help at all.
- dagamer34, on 01/08/2008, -2/+17No, it's just Apple. Even on the MacBook Pro where a 2GB stick can be found for $60 on newegg, Apple has the balls to charge $700 for an upgrade from 2GB to 4GB.
- inactive, on 01/08/2008, -0/+15See the 'Pro' bit - that means its for specialist professionals.
Video editing, 3D Rendering etc.
Pissing about with a stolen copy of photoshop - no. - neodorian, on 01/08/2008, -0/+14The sort of businesses that would pay for an 8 core machine would probably do so because they use apps that take advantage of the 8 cores.
- jordn, on 01/08/2008, -0/+13They now include 8800GT's as a graphics option!
- cappslite, on 01/08/2008, -1/+13Depends on how long you've had your Mac.
- norman619, on 01/08/2008, -1/+11I guess that's a no? Not sure why I got dugg down for simply asking an honest question.
- directive0, on 01/08/2008, -1/+11"If I say it loud enough and believe it hard enough, maybe it'll come true!"
- BossKey, on 01/08/2008, -0/+10Reliable ECC ram for the Mac Pro is available at far lower prices from non-Apple vendors.
The only people who buy Mac Pro RAM from Apple are those who don't know any better. - dukeeeey, on 01/08/2008, -1/+11http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2006/08/ ...
- bmorlok, on 01/08/2008, -5/+15Woot, Gotta love having 8 cores, 6 of which will probably rarely be used! Same goes for quad core PC's The hardware is ahead of the software here... more cores aren't going to help a ton at the moment.
This kind of reminds me of "new" razor technology... just add more blades! - CrackyJSquirrel, on 01/08/2008, -0/+10Dugg because in reality, its all about Intel and how they are cranking out mad powerful CPUs.. Not like Apple deserves recognition for using the best hardware, go figure.. A computer company wanting to use the latest greatest, I never thought I would see that in my lifetime. :rolleyes:
- CrackyJSquirrel, on 01/08/2008, -1/+10Didn't you know the RAM Macs use are made of gold?
- Karmavs, on 01/08/2008, -4/+13Most Powerful Mac ever: $27 340.90 (including Applecar - but if you're getting a $27K computer, you're going to get an extended warranty on it
- IndigoMoss, on 01/08/2008, -0/+9I'm not a Mac fan, but you are completely incorrect. Most games on the market right now only take advantage of dual core machines, and that progress still isn't 100% percent complete. The only game I know of that uses even a quad core is Crysis. The main use for these processors in the Mac Pro is because it's a workstation, so programs like Final Cut and other video/audio producing can fully take advantage of them.
- anti_hax0r, on 01/08/2008, -1/+10So, we can't complain about the ridiculously expensive hard drives too? Fry's = 750GB SATA 7200rpm 16MB on sale for $180, reg price $230. Apple price = $500
Nice - tacojohn, on 01/08/2008, -3/+12I have a MacPro and I've "maxed" out all 4 cores– ever hear of a multi-threaded application or OS?...See the following screenshot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellenich/2103882058/ - Ramble, on 01/08/2008, -0/+9You could even buy an internal one and just plug it in.
- kevdotbadger, on 01/08/2008, -0/+8Specialist applications will benefit.
- TheKrillr, on 01/08/2008, -1/+9WHOOSH!!!
- BossKey, on 01/08/2008, -0/+7No, most people won't benefit from 8 cores.
If I bought one of these towers, my first act would be to customize the configuration to remove the second CPU, and have just one quad-core CPU for a starting price of $500 less. That's basically what I have now, a 4-core Mac Pro.
Nobody needs to stick with the default Apple Store configuration. You can step down and save money, putting it toward something that might balance out performance better like fast drives or more RAM. - rizzo2008, on 01/08/2008, -0/+7for the average user no but people who need a lot of processing power and have multithreaded applications that can take advantage of it sure
- themoors, on 01/08/2008, -3/+10Yeah, cos thats what its for Joey. Playing windows games on.
- HenvY, on 01/08/2008, -4/+11Why? The only game on a mac is photoshop.
- CrackyJSquirrel, on 01/08/2008, -0/+7Not really, because Vista is just an OS...
- kevdotbadger, on 01/08/2008, -0/+6yeah...we hear from that other story.
- inactive, on 01/08/2008, -0/+6I've been a Mac user for a long time; and will often defend Apple pricing considering the immediate competition, but as for their upgrades (ram etc) they're plain ridiculous, and have been for years. Sadly.
-
Show 51 - 100 of 375 discussions
Browsing Digg on your phone just got easier with our enhancements to the 
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is 