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Two questions on the next Mac Pro desktop system
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What video cards do you think it will have and do you think it will be a smaller form factor than the current Powermac G5?
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I think it will have the same that it does now, maybe with a 256 mb NVIDIA card standard. And I think it will be a bit smaller.
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256 mb NVIDIA card standard
Its more like apple to make the lower end machine with a crappy graphics card.
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I free'd my mind... now it won't come back.
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I would want a smaller form factor at the expense of expandability and potential features. Will they? I would venture a guess that it would be within Apple's philosophy to shrink it if they could. As for the graphics cards, I don't really care what comes standard as long as SLI is supported! 
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Small form factor == iMac/mini
Expandability == PowerMac/MacPro
I could imagine it'll get a little smaller (only because the current line is so freakin' big), but I don't think anyone will see it and say "Wow, that's small!"
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Why on earth does everyone focus on vram as the measure of graphics card power? I'll trade someone a 256MB 6800 for a 128MB 7800 
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It doesn't look good for Apple to have a graphics card with more vram in the iMac available then standard on the professional Mac, the Power Mac.
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
It doesn't look good for Apple to have a graphics card with more vram in the iMac available then standard on the professional Mac, the Power Mac.
It may not look good but it's standard practice.
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
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Oh. Well when I am Apple CEO I will have to change that
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
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Mini-ATX! Haha, that would just suck. Imagine maxing out the 16 gigs of ram in a mini-atx case!
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Mac Pro Dual 3.0 Dual-Core
MacBook Pro
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maybe 128MB 7600GT for low and a Quadro FX 1300/1400 for top line
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AI mentioned that those were unconfirmed and pretty much wrong specs. I wouldn't trust any spec that a rumor site tries to discredit.
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I really hope they go with a new form factor to separate the new Intel macs. Even though they didn't with the iMac, Mini, or MBP...
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