01-24-2008, 03:36 PM
Just saw this posted at XLR8yourMac.com:
Apple store Refurbs page has (previous model) 8-core 3GHz Mac Pro at $2499 - A reader sent a note that Apple's cut prices on their Refurbished (previous model) Mac Pros at the Apple store. I'm not sure how many they have but as of 10AM they still had a listing for 3GHz 8-core Mac Pro for $2499. (IIRC about a $1000 price drop off the refurb 8-cores I saw there at times before the 2008 model was intro'd.)
OK, looking at "old" vs "new" MacPros:
NEW:
* Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Harpertown” processors
* 2GB memory (800MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC)
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics with 256MB memory
* 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
* 16x double-layer SuperDrive
Ships: Within 24 hours
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$2,799.00
OLD:
Refurbished Mac Pro 8-core 3.0GHz Intel Xeon
* Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors
* 1GB (2 x 512MB ) memory (667MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC)
* 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
* 16x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
* NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics with 256MB memory
$2,499.00
Ships: 1-3 business days
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Tough call. new has slower processors but faster RAM / bus speed, larger HD.
Which graphics card is better?
The old one likely has none of the "freezing" issues we've been reading about.
Apple store Refurbs page has (previous model) 8-core 3GHz Mac Pro at $2499 - A reader sent a note that Apple's cut prices on their Refurbished (previous model) Mac Pros at the Apple store. I'm not sure how many they have but as of 10AM they still had a listing for 3GHz 8-core Mac Pro for $2499. (IIRC about a $1000 price drop off the refurb 8-cores I saw there at times before the 2008 model was intro'd.)
OK, looking at "old" vs "new" MacPros:
NEW:
* Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Harpertown” processors
* 2GB memory (800MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC)
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics with 256MB memory
* 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
* 16x double-layer SuperDrive
Ships: Within 24 hours
Free Shipping
$2,799.00
OLD:
Refurbished Mac Pro 8-core 3.0GHz Intel Xeon
* Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors
* 1GB (2 x 512MB ) memory (667MHz DDR2 fully-buffered DIMM ECC)
* 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
* 16x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
* NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics with 256MB memory
$2,499.00
Ships: 1-3 business days
Free Shipping
Tough call. new has slower processors but faster RAM / bus speed, larger HD.
Which graphics card is better?
The old one likely has none of the "freezing" issues we've been reading about.