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New Mac Stuff-8Core Mac Pro

WIth a week to go before the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Apple has announced new replacements for their High End Mac Pro and X Serve.

They now come standard with dual Intel Quad Core 'Harpertown' Xeon processors up to 3.2Ghz for a total of 8 cores.. And in case you're thinking, I'm still very happy with the 4 core 3Ghz MacPro at the Media dept which we bought in October. For the first time, I didn't have to sleep on the sofa in the nursery while waiting for stuff to render.

Early bencmarks indicate that the new basic configuration 2.8Ghz 8 core runs neck to neck with the old high end configuration 3Ghz 8 core. This is great stuff as the 3Ghz 4 core is already very fast especially for apps which can make use of multiple processors. The basic video card in the old Mac Pro was pretty lame for such an expensive machine, so an upgrade to the X1900XT is something you'd want to do if you can. I'm not sure about the performance of the Radeon HD2600XT in the new basic configuration, but the mid level upgrade video card, the Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, looks to be a solid performer, so squeeze out some extra cash from somewhere.

Steve must have quite a show planned next week, if he needs to get their fastest machines announced and out of the way, a week before. I'm thinking the return of the Apple subnotebook with a blow your mind docking station. A category they invented some 15 years ago.

Happy New Year

Hi all, Happy New Year. May you have an awesome year ahead and may God pour His blessings on every area of your life.

I know its way past Christmas, but this is too cool to wait till next year.
This is Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale doing Little Drummer Boy.