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Mac Pro w/ only 1 CPU?
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Hm, that's very interesting! I'd be even more interested to see of a lower priced (slower) chip gets released (a Core 3 Duo if you will)... I don't NEED 4 2+ghz high end cores. I do WANT a machine with upgradable GPU, extra HDD and optical bays, etc. I'd be pretty pleased with two Core Duo 1.6ghz type chips (so 4 1.6ghz cores) and a 7300GT... if these Xeon chips really ended up being resellable for even $700 each, that would get an edu priced model down to just $1k, add another $400 back in for some lesser CPUs and you'd have a really, really nice computer.
Why can't Apple do that? I'd pay $1500 for a dual Core Duo 1.66ghz Mac Pro in an instant. I mean like RIGHT NOW, I would leave work, drive the 70 miles to the Apple store and leave with one.
Of course, I'll probably buy a Mac Pro anyways (as soon as I can talk my wife into not killing me for it) and I'll find something completely unnessicary to do with all that power. Like encode all of my DVDs to H.264 files and set up some sort of media streaming center.
Why can't Apple do that? I'd pay $1500 for a dual Core Duo 1.66ghz Mac Pro in an instant. I mean like RIGHT NOW, I would leave work, drive the 70 miles to the Apple store and leave with one.
Of course, I'll probably buy a Mac Pro anyways (as soon as I can talk my wife into not killing me for it) and I'll find something completely unnessicary to do with all that power. Like encode all of my DVDs to H.264 files and set up some sort of media streaming center.
KingYaba said:
You've never sold anything on eBay have you?
There is *always* a market for something, getting $700? Doubt it, but I bet you could get $500 - $600
As I said before, for what I do, a single dual core 2.66GHz CPU is faster than than a quad-core 2.0GHz setup. So, I bought the 2.66GHz machine and planned to sell one of the processors.
I need to get at least $400 for the CPU to break even with what I would have spent on the 2.0GHz machine. I plan on getting about $500 for it meaning I spent $100 less on my Mac Pro than I would have buying the low-end. And, if I decide that I ever want dual dual-core CPU's, I will go back and buy one off of eBay.
Worst case scenario is that it doesn't sell and I throw it back in the Mac Pro.
If anyone is interested, it is for sell on eBay here.
I need to get at least $400 for the CPU to break even with what I would have spent on the 2.0GHz machine. I plan on getting about $500 for it meaning I spent $100 less on my Mac Pro than I would have buying the low-end. And, if I decide that I ever want dual dual-core CPU's, I will go back and buy one off of eBay.
Worst case scenario is that it doesn't sell and I throw it back in the Mac Pro.
If anyone is interested, it is for sell on eBay here.
