Just as everyone suspected, Apple updated its various lines of desktop computers today, bringing speed and performance improvements across the board. Mac Pro, iMac, and the Mac Mini were all upgraded, and especially for the Mini, it was a long time coming. The Mac Pro sees the most changes.
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Member since:2005-11-10
Only Apple can manufacture a case like the Pro’s. That is crazy-good layout and design. Four hot swappable HDD bays, slide out CPU and RAM. Totally clean and tidy throughout. I’d like to see pics of your rig, as cost effective and powerful it is, there’s still plenty about Apple hardware design that you can’t buy anywhere else.
Member since:2006-01-04
To be honest my Artic Silentium is not as pretty. (http://www.computerfactory24.de/popup_image.php?pID=113&osCsid=ff8d...)
But I can stand it. And if I wanted a faster machine (in every respect) from Apple I would have to pay more than THREE TIMES the money. Thanks, but no thanks.
And I don't swap RAM or disks regularly, so no extra points for that. Btw who does?
Member since:2005-07-06
...that can only hold 4 hdds, has no esata, no place for a drivebay or anything else thats different from a dvd-drive
aditionaly it has no pci-slot and the pcie-slots are bad arranged
overall apple fails again at copying what dec did more than 10 years ago
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i can post a picture of a 13 year old cpu-board from dec if you want...
Edited 2009-03-03 18:00 UTC
Member since:2006-09-20
If you want to see really good layout and design, get a Sun desktop; my Sun Ultra 40 M2 has 8 hot swappable drives, and was cheaper than comparable Apple systems (at least, in ways they could be compared!) at the time. A little more expensive than a dell though, but after having a Sun, I won't go back.
Member since:2005-11-21
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2006-01-04
Only Apple can make my X4 with 4GB and a 4870 look like awesome/unbelievable value for money