[X4U] Mac Pro fresh updates?

[Zane H. Healy]

The Mac Pro is more than due for a refresh.  It has been about 15 1/2 months
since the last refresh, and personally I'm sick and tired of waiting.  I have
been ready to buy for about 4 months or so, but I am waiting for them to
release a new model.

I think it's only a matter of time, for those that are doing *serious*
Photoshop work, the Mac Pro is just about a must.  With any other Mac you'll
have serious I/O issues.

I for one am looking for one in the 8-core range with 8-16GB of RAM, I'll
also be filling the drive bays so I can increase my photoshop swap speed. 
The longer they take, the more tempted I am to spend the money on a camera
lens or three.

On a semi-related note, is Epson ever going to replace the V750-M scanner
with a newer model!  :-(  I am looking to upgrade from a 2450, but the
V750-M is ancient.

Zane




On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Joe Sporleder wrote:

> What is everyone think is the chance that we'll see a refresh on the Mac
> Pro line?
>
> I don't need the top of the line as far as processors, a bunch of screen
> real estate and memory are more important. For example, the base model Mac
> Pro that Apple sells on their US online store ($2499, 2.66Ghz quad core,
> 640GB HD, etc) would be just fine for us speed wise. The primary purpose
> of the computer would be for electronic pagination of our newsprint
> products. We'd add at least a 2nd video card, and setup at least 4
> monitors on it (22 to 24" LCDs). A secondary function of the machine would
> be for editing video and audio for our websites - particularly for our
> Youtube and Blip.tv accounts. We could afford to upgrade the machine to
> 16GB of RAM, and would want to add some more storage in the open bays in
> addition of (or in place of) the stock 640GB HD.
>
> Most of our workstations in our publishing company are iMacs and Mac
> minis, but it'd be nice to have one Mac Pro for some extra horse power -
> for pagination/page layout and being able to have a lot of screen real
> estate, and also for a little video and/or audio editing. Plus it'll have
> a Adobe CS4 or CS5 license on it that co-workers can share when they have
> a big project where faster Photoshop would be nice to have.
>
> I'm thinking if there's a very good chance that the Mac Pro line will be
> refreshed before the end of July or August, I can wait for a while, as
> this workstation isn't necessarily needed immediately. Otherwise, if the
> prospects for a refresh in the near future are not likely, I might as well
> get a new one from my local Apple dealer (or grab a refurbished one from
> the Apple online store for $2149), and then start upgrading as much
> graphics, memory and storage that I can budget for.
>
> Joe
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