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Shame on you Apple - I cannot go Mac Pro (Page 2)
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Originally Posted by goMac 
I'd wait until the new Mac Pros come out to look at PC cards. Because the new cards should be identical hardware wise to their PC counterparts, you may have a wider range of options for PC cards you can buy and then flash with a Mac firmware.
How would a new Mac Pro allow me to use Windows video cards? Still have the EFI vs. BIOS issues I thought.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Originally Posted by cgc
How would a new Mac Pro allow me to use Windows video cards? Still have the EFI vs. BIOS issues I thought.
You replace the BIOS-compatible firmware on the video card with an EFI-compatible firmware.
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Hear and download my debut EP 'Ice Pictures' for free here
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Originally Posted by pyrite
Yep... anyone know why Intel releases products on a Sunday (in the US)? So they can hit the streets in Asia on Monday morning?
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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Shame on you Apple! How *dare* you physically prohibit the original poster from buying your products? Ever hear of the story of Rosa Parks? Get with it Apple, and stop discriminating against people. You should allow it so that anybody who wants to buy your products can, even if they can't afford them! This is our right as Americans, no? Doesn't it say in the constitution "you shall consume whatever thee desire"?
I'm writing a letter to my congressman...
Edit: I was so angry that my pen tore through the paper I was writing on! I'll have to work on this later when I'm a little less steamed...
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Join Date: May 2001
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This should mean release very soon. Apple would have to be insane to let other PC manufacturers get a head start on Penryn. I think anyone suggesting they will release in January has a few screws lose.
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8 Core 2.8 ghz Mac Pro/GF8800/2 23" Cinema Displays, 3.06 ghz Macbook Pro
Once you wanted revolution, now you're the institution, how's it feel to be the man?
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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Originally Posted by pyrite
Hell yeah! 
Harpertown! (four cores)
Xeon X5482 - 3.2 GHz / 12 MB / 1600 MHz - TDP 150 W - $1279
Did anybody say thermal design? 
And before anybody goes nuts over the prices of the new MP: the two CPUs for the octo-core MP at 3.2 GHz alone will cost Apple north of $2k. 
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: May 2001
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Originally Posted by Simon
And before anybody goes nuts over the prices of the new MP: the two CPUs for the octo-core MP at 3.2 GHz alone will cost Apple north of $2k.
I'm not so sure. I think Apple will be getting discounts, both for being Apple and ordering in bulk.
That said, it'll still be a nice chunk of change for the Octo 3.2 ghz ones.
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8 Core 2.8 ghz Mac Pro/GF8800/2 23" Cinema Displays, 3.06 ghz Macbook Pro
Once you wanted revolution, now you're the institution, how's it feel to be the man?
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Originally Posted by goMac
I'm not so sure. I think Apple will be getting discounts, both for being Apple and ordering in bulk.
Certainly they will be getting discounts. The 1k price would be $2,558. But don't expect them to get more than 20% discount max.
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