Mac Pro Owners Still Waiting for NVIDIA 8800GT Option... Due Next Month?
Upon the release on the Penryn-based Mac Pros in January, Apple introduced the NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT as a new video card option. Existing Mac Pro owners initially saw this is an opportunity to upgrade from current cards as well as ailing 1900XT cards. Apple, however, quickly clarified that the new NVIDIA 8800GT was only compatible with the new Penryn Mac Pros due to firmware issues. This left older Mac Pro owners without an upgrade option.
A January statement by NVIDIA suggested a fix was imminent...
A recent email response from Steve Jobs suggests that the upgrade is still coming, possibly in the next month:
Steve Jobs has been known to occasionally respond to emails, the most prominent example being an email in which he revealed calendar editing functionality that later came to the iPod touch.
A January statement by NVIDIA suggested a fix was imminent...
the company is "in the middle of bringing out an upgrade kit based on the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT solution for all Intel-based Mac Pros." What's more, this upgrade kit "should be out in a few weeks."
A recent email response from Steve Jobs suggests that the upgrade is still coming, possibly in the next month:
nVidia didn't come through, so we're having to do it. Should be ready in about a month.
Steve
Steve Jobs has been known to occasionally respond to emails, the most prominent example being an email in which he revealed calendar editing functionality that later came to the iPod touch.
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50 months ago
Anyone know what email address you use to send an email to Steve, not expecting a response, but would like to send one anyways.
Thanks
Thanks
50 months ago
About freakin' time. I haven't wanted to take my system down for the "average of 2-4 days" that my Apple peeps said would take them to turn it around. At least with the fans cranked, I can still get work done.
New card by WWDC?
New card by WWDC?
50 months ago
I'm skeptical, but Apple is aware of the problem so it isn't outside the realm of possibility.
50 months ago
That response from Steve looks a little dodge, but time will tell.
Indeed it does…
nVidia didn't come through, so we're having to do it.
? Oh, please. Shifting the blame is a tad unprofessional. IMHO, of course. ;)
50 months ago
Anyone know what email address you use to send an email to Steve, not expecting a response, but would like to send one anyways.
Thanks
steve@apple.com i think it was..
Lets hope apple get a move on with this :)
50 months ago
Why does the Mac Pro feel like the red headed step child that got left behind at the store and the parents still haven't realized that he isn't sitting in the back seat next to iMac and MacBook Air on their way home?
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