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Mac Pro ($3800 model) on sale for $2500 at Best Buy and Amazon. (Merged)
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Mac Pro ($3800 model) on sale for $2500 at Best Buy and Amazon.
Best Buy has the $3800 model on sale for $2500.
* Two 2.4 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Processors
* 12 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM (6 x 2 GB DIMMs)
* 1 TB Serial ATA Hard Drive (3Gb/s; 7200 rpm)
* ATI Radeon HD 5770 Graphics with 1 GB of GDDR5 Memory
* Mac OS X v10.8 Mountain Lion Operating System
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Apple&#...541222006&skuId=4837613&st=mac pro&cp=1&lp=15
Amazon has price matched but you have to look to the lower right corner under "More Buying Choices" since their initial stock ran out.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MD771LL...e=UTF8&qid=1363091714&sr=8-5&keywords=mac+pro
Best Buy has the $3800 model on sale for $2500.
* Two 2.4 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Processors
* 12 GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM (6 x 2 GB DIMMs)
* 1 TB Serial ATA Hard Drive (3Gb/s; 7200 rpm)
* ATI Radeon HD 5770 Graphics with 1 GB of GDDR5 Memory
* Mac OS X v10.8 Mountain Lion Operating System
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Apple&#...541222006&skuId=4837613&st=mac pro&cp=1&lp=15
Amazon has price matched but you have to look to the lower right corner under "More Buying Choices" since their initial stock ran out.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MD771LL...e=UTF8&qid=1363091714&sr=8-5&keywords=mac+pro
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Amazon always bumps a third party vendor to the main offer when Amazon themselves no longer have stock on hand.
While still not a good "deal" - except in relative terms to the price yesterday - I'm sure hoping it's an indication that the new ones are coming soon. There's still no avoiding that this is an old machine, and I'd feel pretty foolish to buy one and have a brand new model announced in the next 3-6 months.
Considering this is the ONLY model being offered at such a deep discount, I personally don't think it's indicative of anything. I think Best Buy probably had a catalog error and Amazon price matched it automatically, otherwise the quad models should be getting blown out for $1499 or so as well.
Different strokes
Everyone has their own specific needs. If you have a need for the latest speed,
I'm sure it's coming, but it's usually better specs at the same price ($3800).
Everyone has their own specific needs. If you have a need for the latest speed,
I'm sure it's coming, but it's usually better specs at the same price ($3800).
Good enough to replace my 1.1
Amazon no longer has the 2500 option.
Best Buy still apparently has stock.
Amazon no longer has the 2500 option.
Best Buy still apparently has stock.
You can still order it at Amazon though.
Funny that this "deal" came out right as this article was published...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57573597-37/why-apples-secrecy-is-frustrating-mac-pro-customers/
I still hope it does! 
I've got a big render job lined up for it this month, and I'll throw it back on ebay when/if the new ones come out.
I've got a big render job lined up for it this month, and I'll throw it back on ebay when/if the new ones come out. hehe, Watch the new one come out with 16 cores 3.33GHz, SATA III, USB 3.0 + Thunderbolt, Bluetooth 4.0, and 4 slots of PCI-e 4.0 (32, 32, 8, 8).
For $3,000
What a marroon .... LOL That article's author doesn't even have his facts straight. Even more frightening that nobody in the flame war comments attached to the article pointed out the BS.
" ... In 2006, it was the first Apple machine to make the jump to Intel chips as part of Apple's developer kit, ... "
And then preceeds to link to an article that says
" ... Apple plans to move lower-end computers such as the Mac Mini to Intel chips in mid-2006 and higher-end models such as the Power Mac in mid-2007, sources said. ... "
This recent article is largely just pure spin. Apple's actions were to move everything but the "Mac Pro class" boxes to Intel first. It there was one area where the PPC G5 solutions were close to what Intel was offering it was in the PowerMacs which were already 64-bit. For a large chunk of the Intel transition there was a backslide to 32. Even the Mac Pro backslid at the EFI level (32 bits).
Apple, and every other system vendor with a clue, knew that laptops were the driving segment of the PC industry at that point. Hand waving about how big boxes still were out in front is ......... well .... humorous.
Oh these "Intel transition kits" ??? Basically hackintoshes configured to report they were low end Macs
"... Sources said the system's graphics card identifies itself as an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (GMA 900). Some other reports have placed an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 800 (GMA 800) inside the units ... "
http://appleinsider.com/articles/05/06/23/inside_apples_intel_based_dev_transition_kit_photos
Apple produced no production Mac with a P4, slots, and tweaked hackintosh EFI. the actual order was
iMac , MBP 15" Jan 10 2006
Mac Mini Feb 28 2006
MBP 17" Apr. 24 2006
Macbook May 15 2006
Mac Pro , XServe Aug, 7 , 2006
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Uh no. It was a real deal. And the one I was most interested in is now sold out.
I did snooze. I did lose.
Don't feel bad, I felt the same way. Just shell out a grand more in a few months and get a way better machine (better be). It'll be a true 2013 MP too.
Nah. That $2500 will go a lot farther in (hopefully) a few month's time. Unless you desperately needed another MP and this happened to come along, this was just a decent deal.
This is a great deal even if a new Mac Pro ships in a few months as you will be able to sell one of these bargains for more than you paid for it. A few sales by Best Buy dumping the last of their stock is not going to depress the resale value of this model in the used market.
Looking at the wrong place for spike in used Mac Pros. It wouldn't be folks dumping their newly purchased BB Mac Pros. it would largely be the much larger set of folks who have been in a holding pattern for at least a year (some more if the balked at the 2012 Mac Pro). There should be a bubble of folks letting go of old machines. Especially the ones eligible for the Vintage and Obsolete list ( pre 2008 ).
If no bubble appears that would be a bad sign. ( or folks keeping old machines for nostalgia and/or to run ancient versions of Mac OS X ).
I'm just going to sit back and listen
Being a noob I'm learning so much from all of these threads. If I say something dumb - please point it out to me.
I have always wanted a Mac Pro. I'm running a 2007 iMac right now. I can't seem to justify the latest & greatest for what my needs are. I thought I could jump on this deal to do some crunching.
More of a software than hardware guy but I somehow managed to replace my dead HD with a small SSD (didn't enjoy the experience).
Sort of second guessing my decision right now - don't know if I should return the 12 core to Best Buy and put the $ toward a new one since I tend to keep them a long time or just enjoy this deal.
Being a noob I'm learning so much from all of these threads. If I say something dumb - please point it out to me.
I have always wanted a Mac Pro. I'm running a 2007 iMac right now. I can't seem to justify the latest & greatest for what my needs are. I thought I could jump on this deal to do some crunching.
More of a software than hardware guy but I somehow managed to replace my dead HD with a small SSD (didn't enjoy the experience).
Sort of second guessing my decision right now - don't know if I should return the 12 core to Best Buy and put the $ toward a new one since I tend to keep them a long time or just enjoy this deal.
Um... that's what I was saying. It was a deal, because it was likely an error to begin with.
The one I ordered is coming in on Monday. Not sure if I'll return it or not. For the same amount I could get the 6-core which would exceed the DP MP in situations I use my MP for. If I do end of returning it, I will not be getting the 6-core though, instead I will continue waiting for the 2013.
I jumped on it only because it was an amazing deal.
On the other side, I could use it until the 2013 comes out and sell it once it does. Possibly losing a couple hundred dollars or so but well worth the time saved over my 1,1.
Either way I am glad I jumped on it.
I guess there are no right or wrong answers. We don't know the specs and pricing of the new 2013 Mac Pro. if it's a redesign, so must be Ist gen and people always say get the second gen as there might be bugs on the Ist gen. For now you have a 12 core MP to hold on to and when the new Mac Pro comes out, from there you can decide.