Blog of Ian Parr » Eight Core http://www.ianparr.com/blog Just another WordPress site Wed, 09 May 2012 16:37:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 New Apple Mac Pro core confusion http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2009/03/04/new-apple-mac-pro-core-confusion/ http://www.ianparr.com/blog/2009/03/04/new-apple-mac-pro-core-confusion/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:37:15 +0000 ian http://ianparr.com/blog/?p=86 So apple have launched an updated Mac Pro with four and eight core options.

I’m confused.

The previous basic eight core (dual quad 2.8Ghz Harpertown based Xeon) here in the UK was selling for around £1800.

See here at amazon.co.uk

or here an amazon.com

So why are the new eight core (dual quad Nehalem based Xeon) processors now costing at least £2499 from Apple UK (see here)

Looks like a significant price INCREASE to me – is there a real performance gain from the new processor and graphics card configuration ?

I’m going to have to hold off taking the plunge until someone else has carried out the performance test comparisons and provided some insight into the value of a £700 price hike.

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