Who's buying Apple's new 27in Display or New MacPro?

@ Sglshotkw, i was in a similar spot up until yesterday.

Just upgraded my pc laptop to a MacBook Pro, 15" i7, 4mb RAM, high res matte screen... Only went for the 5400 rpm as I figure i'll upgrade in a year or two when SSD drives fall in price. Even with the slower drive, compared to my old notebook this will be smoking!

A few concerns about the high res matte screen though, as I haven't seen how it looks. So anxiously waiting delivery since this thing wasn't cheap.

Good luck,
Dom

HKdom wrote in post #10715263
@ Sglshotkw, i was in a similar spot up until yesterday.

Just upgraded my pc laptop to a MacBook Pro, 15" i7, 4mb RAM, high res matte screen... Only went for the 5400 rpm as I figure i'll upgrade in a year or two when SSD drives fall in price. Even with the slower drive, compared to my old notebook this will be smoking!

A few concerns about the high res matte screen though, as I haven't seen how it looks. So anxiously waiting delivery since this thing wasn't cheap.

Good luck,
Dom

I've just got this Macbook Pro with the high res matte screen and id never get a glossy screen again. Its the only reason i wouldn't buy an imac because of the glossy screens...

I am biased I will fully admit but I certainly will not be paying 2500 dollars for a 2.8ghz Intel Quad Core, 1TB HD, 3GB ram and a 200 dollar HD5770 ATI graphics card.

dinanm3atl wrote in post #10716463
I am biased I will fully admit but I certainly will not be paying 2500 dollars for a 2.8ghz Intel Quad Core, 1TB HD, 3GB ram and a 200 dollar HD5770 ATI graphics card.

That's about the going rate for Xeon workstatons these days. Just means you probably don't need that level of hardware.

Oh, btw, the link to your site is broken in your signature.

MaxxuM wrote in post #10716737
That's about the going rate for Xeon workstatons these days. Just means you probably don't need that level of hardware.

Oh, btw, the link to your site is broken in your signature.

Fixed. Thanks for the warning. Don't know how that happened!


I understand that the upper models are running 2x Quad Core and such and it is a very powerful rig at that point. My point being the entry level offering is a quad core, 3GB RAM, 1TB and an ATI HD5770 1GB GDDR5.

dinanm3atl wrote in post #10718344
Fixed. Thanks for the warning. Don't know how that happened!


I understand that the upper models are running 2x Quad Core and such and it is a very powerful rig at that point. My point being the entry level offering is a quad core, 3GB RAM, 1TB and an ATI HD5770 1GB GDDR5.

NP

The Dell Precision T7500 (64bit Single Processor) comes in at about the same price, if not a little higher as does the HP Z800 with the same configuration. If you're talking about pure performance, the i7 can match the Xeon's because, basically, they are hand picked i7's with certain features turned on (ECC, multiple processors, memory controllers). Workstations have better thermal properties and the PSU runs smoother with less droop than off the shelf units. That means, running at full throttle workstations run more predictably. Engineers, scientists, movie/editing houses and of course artists working on seriously large projects would require a machine like this - even the simple quad core.

Now, ask me if I'll be getting a dual quad or dual six core to replace my '08 octo Mac Pro and I'd say... no. Though I can see the benefits, I can still produce a 1hr show with three XHA1S (multicamera) in about six to eight hours. Then it starts taking longer I might consider upgrading. The good thing is we have some i7 iMac's and there's QMaster so that cuts down on time considerably.