Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 20th Feb 2008 20:29 UTC
Ars has reviewed the new Mac Pro. "The performance of Harpertown and Stoakley is more evidence that Intel is doing right by Apple, and this eight-core monster is a worthy successor to the Mac Pro name. At USD 3599, it's expensive; the USD 800 cheaper 2.8GHz model will likely be adequate for the majority of users. But if you want maximum performance and a machine that's unlikely to show its age anytime soon, the Mac Pro is a good buy."
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Member since:2005-07-06
What's too bad about this kind of setup is that it has zero redundancy: for this price, two redundant power supply, disks in RAID and ECC memory would be nice..
RAID (both hardware and software) is available as an option and the memory is ECC. Redundant power supplies aren't available, but I question how useful they are, from a value for money perspective, in workstations. Power supplies very rarely die, and as long as you are reasonably good at saving your work your data loss should be minimal on the off chance it does happen. Simply keep a spare power supply on site and you can have the dead workstation up and running in no time.
Member since:2005-07-06
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2005-07-06
What's too bad about this kind of setup is that it has zero redundancy: for this price, two redundant power supply, disks in RAID and ECC memory would be nice..