Mac Pro update soon or not anyone know

[drummermanngod]

hi all

i am looking at buying a MacPro in the next few months but have seen some other people say wait until the new macworld 09 or something like that but i want to be sure i dont want to put off my plans and wait months for nothing but i also dont want to buy something now and get it but something new comes out 1 month after i open and use it. my question is does anyone know if anything is planned or rumored CARA might know but dont know if she will see this

any info would be great

adam

[LTD]

Wait for the Core i7 refresh. Shouldn't be too long in coming.

[drummermanngod]

but isnt that much lower than the xeon's in the macpro anyway but i might be wrong tho i havent kept up with processor updates recently

[LTD]

but isnt that much lower than the xeon's in the macpro anyway but i might be wrong tho i havent kept up with processor updates recently

I have no idea what the Mc Pro will be running next. I don't really keep up with Mac Pro developments anyway. But it's due for a refresh, and Intel just raised the bar. So I imagine very soon we'll be seeing some Mac Pro news very soon.

[Digitalx]

nehalem based xeons will be out soon if they're not already but its hard to say if and when apple will make use of them.

[sundayx Veteran]

I think MacWorld '09 is a good timeframe for new Mac Pros, 6 weeks?

[drummermanngod]

awesome looks like im waiting for that then as im doing video editing and will be doing it freelance when i finish university

any more info would be nice maby someone has an inside scoop

adam

[Kevin.]

I suggest you wait until Macworld '09. That way, if they do announce a refresh for Mac Pro, you'll won't be buying an older version of it and then hearing that something newer has come out and wishing you've waited instead.

[echo]

What do you do with your Mac Pro? I own the 2008 model. I do hard video rendering and graphics rendering, web design, graphics design, program, code, etc... well just about anything anyone could do with a computer....

I have 4TB of storage and 24gb of RAM.

If you aren't doing a lot I don't see the point on waiting unless you really need the power and HAVE TO HAVE THE NEWEST STUFF! IMHO.

[Revolution.]

damn 24 gb of ram!

[echo]

damn 24 gb of ram!

yes...soon to be 32gb...gonna max it out. I run OS X to do most of my work, but as far as programming goes I prefer to do it in Linux, so I run about 4 virtual machines at all times. I've learned quick when you have a machine with almost no boundaries (except gaming, my gaming video cards aren't the best, but i'm not a gamer) that there can never be enough of anything.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

As echo says, the supposedly outgoing / current Mac Pro will still absolutely blow your socks off performance wise and would be more than good enough.. but there is a good chance that Nehalem based Xeon's will make their way into the Mac Pro early next year and performance of those is said to be absolutely insane. So it just depends how patient you are really...

And Apple do move in mysterious ways - they may drag their heels getting a Mac Pro replacement out as they know the current one is still very, very quick.