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Initially I thought this was a price increase but as I looked closer it really is a price drop. It's just that the standard machine is now 8-core while the old default was 4-core.
They're going from $2500 for a 4-core 2.66 with 1GB RAM and a supercrap video card to $2300 for a 4-core 2.8 with 2GB RAM and a little better video card. Bigger hard drive too.
The price of the 8-core version is also down from the old version.
This looks like a good update to me.
The new video card options like the GeForce 8800GT are nice. I'd like to get a 2600XT for my 2.66 but a) they probably won't sell it separately and b) it probably won't work with Tiger and I'm not quite ready to go to Leopard.
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Oh yeah, I don't need Blu-ray and I'm REALLY not about to pay $300 for it (or $600 from Apple).
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Well, I remember getting my sons a Dual 1.25 MDD after the G5 introduction for under $1300. That was for a new one, only reduction was the ~10% education one. Then the older son's Dual 2.0 G5 was under $1900 or was it $1800 when I bought it for him at the end of summer of 2005 to go to college. Again, that was new, not refurb, since I could get the iPod and printer deals only with new.
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[quote Chupa Chupa][quote jdc]why is everyone all atwitter over blu-ray?
im assuming you mean as storage, right?
cause im not seeing a lot of people running out to buy evan almighty on blu-ray to watch on their mac?
No, I think we are talking about video since Toast 8 can already do Blu-Ray data. I for one would love to be able to put my HD movies made with iMovie HD or Final Cut Pro HD onto an HD medium like Blu-Ray. PCs can already burn to BD-R, so why is Apple holding back?
then who would you send it to?
i know no one with a blu ray player...
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[quote AllGold]Initially I thought this was a price increase but as I looked closer it really is a price drop. It's just that the standard machine is now 8-core while the old default was 4-core.
They're going from $2500 for a 4-core 2.66 with 1GB RAM and a supercrap video card to $2300 for a 4-core 2.8 with 2GB RAM and a little better video card. Bigger hard drive too.
I had the same initial reaction as you, and the same rethink as soon as I hit the BTO pages and downgraded a test machine from Octo-core to Quad-core.
At least the low-end BTO machine isn't a complete non-bargain like the old 2.0GHz Quad was. In fact, it'll blow the old 2.66GHz Quad away for the same money as that old 2.0GHz Quad.
And the 2600XT is a lot better than the old 7300GT.
I'll probably buy the Quad with the GeForce 8800GT, whenever I'm ready to fully make the move to Leopard.
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The single processor 1.6 GHz G5 is poopy at any price.
I'd take a dual 1.42 G4 over it any day, even with the fan noise.
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It is the Xeon chip built around the Penryn core.
