I read somewhere because the motherboards will support the next generation of xeons which will be quad processor so two of them will make the next Mac Pro an 8 processor machine. On 7/9/06 6:33 PM, "John Richardson" <richards at spawar.navy.mil> wrote: > Original post was without a subject. My apologies. Reposted just in case > people are viewing based upon the subject line matching their interests..... > > Hello, > > Anyone know the reason Apple used Xeons (woodcrest) in the Desktops rather > than Pentium D 940's? > > Any comparison on the performance of Xeon's in Apple and the Pentium D 900 > series? > > John F. Richardson > > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984