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5.0 stars
"This machine blows PCs out of the water."
Pros: Blazing specs, increidble design and innovation.
Cons: Configurability could be improved.
Summary: Despite, CNET's not so flattering review of performance (which seems to be more and more of a trend at this site - if you are going to compare you compare identical stats? same platform? Macs run windows, you know), all other non-biased tech sites out there have showed that the machine not only wins at almost every test, but blows them out of the water - especially when running windows. I had been amicrosoft fanboy for a long time (mostly because most of my programs run only of PC), but became increasingly frustrated with their numerous security patches, Windows Genuine Advantage that they tried to slip on by, and the whole lack of a new operating system for 5+ years. Thus when Mac switched to Intel, I became interested and after learning about what MacOS can now do, I'm hooked on Mac. Apple continues to push the envelope and strive for innovation. I've been waiting for someone to come out with easy-load hard drives, expandable memory (beyond XP's max of 2GBs) and nor chords!! It does not surprise me that it was Apple who did it first. CNET was right in that this machine is designed for high-end professional use and the consumer won't see the whole bang for the buck. It WILL, however, run intensive games at blazing speeds with the Radeon 1900 XT (on windows, since games are only now coming out for Mac). My only wish was that I could have bought the system hard-driveless or videocardless because Apple, not having the market share of Dell of HP (yet - that'll change, especially in light on recent cover-ups of exploding batteries by DELL laptops - one of which I witnessed personally as my neighbor's house became charred because of one), does not get the deals to sell components cheaper, and they need to make money somewhere, especially when they're underselling DELL by $1000, and thus the components I can find cheaper elsewhere. But if you want a really good machine that can render, process, game, Photoshop (well - at least when 10.0 comes out anyway), this machine is the way to go. If you're not sure, wait. The price will drop when Apple adds Intel's Xeon Quadcore to its processor list in January. I, however, couldn't wait. I love this machine, it screams!
- 5 replies to this review
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This review is slanted AGAINST the Apple machine.
I mean, a 72 Gig 10,000 RPM drive vs a 250 Gig 73,000 RPM drive?
Nvidia 7600 GT vs the 7300 GT? ESPECIALLY when the ATI card costs LESS thean the 7600 card.
It does NOT cost $350 as a build to order option. It is $250.
Something tells me that the PC platform was built specifically for speed vs a stock build of the Mac Pro. The messed up thing is that if you put that it's not hard to configure the Pro with speed in mind with third party parts.
ANYONE can go buy a Third Party 10,000 RPM drive and a $250 ATI Radeon X1900 and put it in the Pro to crush the windows test bed used in this article.
This review is totally Biased. -
Well I just thught it was funny you menchained the exploiding batteries cuss now the ibook G4 and i think that powerbooks are exploiding too! But it's Not Apple's Fualt its Sony's becuase they make the batteries for BOTH Dell AND Apple
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As I HAVE to work with Macs everyday (the school made the mistake of going with Macs), I know from experience that they are not even close to a PC.
The cost factors for repair and that Macs charge for every little upgrade make the Mac
below PC computers. As to the limited software choices for a Mac, that is another reason they are below a PC.
I have a PC and no way would I buy a Mac. -
Please keep everything in perspective. Don' t rant agains Dell... a similar thing happened before to Apple and hey look... it happens again today. Apple only has to recall a good million of batteries, not 4 million ok
Really, you're only placing Apple (users) in a the ridiculous freak corner by taking every occasion to praise Apple blindly. -
What??? I have 3 GB!
