Review: Mac Pro Beats Dell on Price

For years, Macintosh computers have been praised for their cool looks and elegant simplicity while being knocked for often carrying a hefty price premium over Windows-based machines sold by Dell Inc. and others. It's time to think different — again.

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The NewerTech eSATA Extender Cable offers Mac Pro owners the ability to utilize the two unused internal SATA ports on the motherboard and add two external accessible SATA ports. —ibid.

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Overall, I was satisfied with the Frankenmac.

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Corsair has today added fully buffered 2GiB & 4GiB DIMM kits to its Mac Memory line.

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Apple has upgraded the Mac Pro line: The whole range now comes with Intel 45nm eight core processors as standard at up to 3.2Ghz (although your can "downgrade" to a single quad core).

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I've been thinking this for a LONG time. It's time to add "personal" back into the computer.

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[W]hen an email comes in from a reputable source (thanks, Mr. X) with supposed details on Tuesday's product announcement... well, we gotta let you all know. Pile on the disclaimers (this is a rumor!) and here we go.

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An informational aside in an article within USA TODAY compiled from sources including Apple, USA TODAY research, Wolf Bytes, and IAG Research asserted that Apple now has 7.6 percent of "home computer market share," whatever that is.

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e're going to break from tradition this week and highlight a rig that is not a part of our flickr pool. At right we see former Vice President (and Apple Board member) Al Gore flanked by three huge Apple displays.

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Sure, it costs an extra $1500 or so, but come on, you are buying yourself the right to use a processor that nobody else has. We're talking about the 'best of the best of the best'.

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Apple today announced the new Mac Pro computer, which is now configurable with two quad-core Intel Xeon "Clovertown" processors running at 3.0GHz, providing a total of eight CPU cores.

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After a very brief bit of downtime for the store, Apple whipped out the big guns this morning: quad-core and 8-core Xeon workstations. The quad-cores are two dual-core "Woodcrest" Xeons inside, in the 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz flavors.

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Apple Inc. on Tuesday began inviting video production professionals and members of the media to a special event at next month's National Association of Broadcasters Conference in Las Vegas.

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An 8-core Mac Pro wouldn't exactly be the surprise of the century -- it would've made sense for Apple to launch such a beast back last year when such rumors first emerged, and so much more so now -- but we can't help crack a grin when air-tight Apple leaks a product release on …

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MacScoop claims to have the inside dirt on next month's rumored Apple announcements, saying we're in for a full barrage of hardware releases, including a black 24-inch iMac and 8-core Mac Pros (no word on whether they'll be sporting new designs).

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"Apple is planning to deliver a completely redesigned Intel Mac Pro. The Pro line of Macintosh computers has seen a slowdown since Adobe's Creative Suite 3 is not available as a universal binary," LoopRumors reports.

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Ironically, one of the fairest reviews of Microsoft's Vista comes from Pete and Leander over at Wired's Cult of Mac blog. They tell us what the Vista experience is like on a Mac Pro using Bootcamp, with much praise.

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Today Apple released a software download to enable 802.11n wireless speeds for the Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros, MacBooks and iMacs, as well as the Mac Pro.

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Every year, Macworld reviews hundreds of products, everything from Apple's newest desktops and laptops to smaller utilities from smaller developers that do things you never thought you needed done.

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CNET Labs might be ahead of Apple's product release cycle, and we likely violated our Mac Pro's warranty, but we just had to see what the Apple Mac Pro could do when populated with a pair of Intel's brand-new, quad-core Xeon 5355 processors.

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There appears to be strong demand for Apple's Intel Mac line heading into the holiday season. After worries about iPod sales declining, it appears that iPod sales are "gaining traction," and Macbook wait time on the Apple store have increased from 24 hours to 1-3 days.

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Apple has released a slew of updates for EFI, X11, and RAW support. Fire up software update to install the EFI firmware and X11 updates. Meanwhile, go to the Apple downloads site to get the RAW support update.

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Apple Computer is looking to stir up a little extra excitement this Friday by orchestrating an official launch of its previously introduced but not-yet-available second-generation iPod shuffle digital music player, AppleInsider learned.

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Though now available for pre-order, Apple's Xeon Xserves won't arrive until the middle of next month. Meanwhile, the company has added 750GB drive options to a couple of its desktop lines.

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Shares of Apple Computer rose to a 4-month high on Thursday after one Wall Street analyst raised his estimates for the Mac maker, saying the company is likely to announce a major move into the digital home next week.

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...in other words, if you do media production, scientific computing or another other processor-intensive work, believe me -- you want one of these!

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