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Mac Pro Xeon CPU's always come out before the PC side gets them.
If PC's get them in March Apple will have them in February.
If PC's get them in March Apple will have them in February.
The 2012 Mac Pro going to have Sandy Bridge-E... not ivy bridge.
no..?
the Mac Pro has got early access to xeon CPU only 1 time afaik.
no..?
the Mac Pro has got early access to xeon CPU only 1 time afaik.
Xeon 51xx release date: June 26, 2006
Mac Pro 1,1 release date: August 7, 2006
Xeon 53xx release date: November 14, 2006
Mac Pro 2,1 release date: April 4, 2007
Xeon 54xx release date: November 11, 2007
Mac Pro 3,1 release date: January 8, 2008
Xeon 35xx and 55xx release date: March 30, 2009
Mac Pro 4,1 release date: March 3, 2009
Xeon 36xx and 56xx release date: March 16, 2010
Mac Pro 5,1 release date: July 27, 2010
Hey! One out of five ain't bad
Sure, but the average is still roughly 3 months after the release. Hopefully since the refresh time has been so slow it will be on the faster side this go 'round.
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Intel was manufacturing their boards for the 2006 -2008 systems, so they gave Apple preferential treatment in terms of pricing and availability dates (more money in board manufacturing than in the chipsHey! One out of five ain't bad
).In 2009 however, this changed. I suspect the contract dates were different between CPU's and boards, and Apple took advantage of that while saving money per system by using Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision) to manufacture the boards for the 2009/10 systems.
So when the current chips came out (Westmere based Xeons used in the 2010 models), they no longer had early access to CPU supplies. And it's likely this will continue to be the case as there's no indication Apple is going to cut ties with Foxconn and shift back to Intel.