[X4U] Mac Pro fresh updates?

[Zane H. Healy]

At 10:45 PM -0500 6/16/10, Joe Sporleder wrote:
>As you all seem to like to say on this list "YMMV". Compare that 
>$5,000 for a decked out MacPro vs $15,000-$20,000 or more for 
>automated pagination systems and the MacPro with an array of 
>monitors doesn't seem so bad. Besides, if I

Does your page layout software support multiple monitors?  Are you 
using Adobe InDesign, or something else.  Honestly I think I grasp 
what you're talking about, but am having a little trouble wrapping my 
mind around it! :-)  The thought of 8 monitors on one system really 
blows my mind.  I used to work on tactical systems with dual monitor 
configs, and that was bad enough.  I've seriously considered two 
monitors for my next Mac (I'd love the photo on one monitor and 
everything else on a 2nd), but will likely go with a single 24-27" 
screen.  Besides the one reason I'm really looking forwards to 
getting off of 10.4.11 is for the virtual desktops, that is a feature 
I've used for nearly 20 years on my UNIX workstations.

>Apple's online store. I've been hoping that a MacPro refresh would 
>knock a few more slightly older models at an even lower price, into 
>the refurbished bargain bin. I like buying refurbished Macs - I've 
>never had any problems with them, plus I like to take the money I 
>save by going refurbished and use it to put in even more RAM.

I must confess this is an idea I've had rattling around in my mind. 
I'm not opposed to buying a Refurb 2009 Mac Pro when the new model 
comes out if it makes sense.  It will be interesting to see what the 
eventual refresh looks like.  Honestly I hope we see more than simply 
a upgrade to the processors and video, I'd like to see an upgrade to 
the external I/O, maybe something like eSATA, Multilane, or USB3.0, 
though I fear that I'm dreaming when it comes to the first two.

Zane



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