Snow Leopard in September, Xserve in June, Mac Pro Speed Boost, and More?
HardMac posted a collection of rumors they've received. They don't seem particularly confident about the information but do provide some believable tidbits:
- Snow Leopard will not be ready before September. Significant amounts of work left on QuickTime X, Open CL, and Grand Central
- New Xserve in June alongside a Mac Pro bump to 3.2GHz with Quadro FX 5800
- Notebooks to move to Nehalem in November
- Final Cut Studio 3, DVD Studio Pro, Shake, Logic updates.
The Mac Pro 3.2GHz speed boost is conceivable as Intel did officially release the Nehalem Xeon processors that run up to 3.2GHz. Apple currently only offers Mac Pros that run up to 2.93GHz.
- Snow Leopard will not be ready before September. Significant amounts of work left on QuickTime X, Open CL, and Grand Central
- New Xserve in June alongside a Mac Pro bump to 3.2GHz with Quadro FX 5800
- Notebooks to move to Nehalem in November
- Final Cut Studio 3, DVD Studio Pro, Shake, Logic updates.
The Mac Pro 3.2GHz speed boost is conceivable as Intel did officially release the Nehalem Xeon processors that run up to 3.2GHz. Apple currently only offers Mac Pros that run up to 2.93GHz.
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37 months ago
I imagine that the 3.2Ghz will be even more expensive, and won't push the 2.26 out of the lineup to reshuffle the price mix.
2.26: $3299
2.66: + $1400
2.93: + $2600
3.20: + $3200?
That 4GB Nvidia card is a beast! But my understanding is that is more useful for crunching numbers, and not as much for gaming.
2.26: $3299
2.66: + $1400
2.93: + $2600
3.20: + $3200?
That 4GB Nvidia card is a beast! But my understanding is that is more useful for crunching numbers, and not as much for gaming.
37 months ago
The bump might make a lot of people angry though. Maybe that would also include a bump of the 2.26 to the 2.4?
As for Snow Leopard, I think September sounds a little late. Other rumors have more pegged it as an August release. All these rumors sound plausible however.
As for Snow Leopard, I think September sounds a little late. Other rumors have more pegged it as an August release. All these rumors sound plausible however.
37 months ago
Grand Crental! My imagination is running wild, LOL. :p
And the linked article at hardmac called it Large Central! LOL
And the linked article at hardmac called it Large Central! LOL
37 months ago
It's interesting about Snow Leopard not being ready, but it makes sense based on other information. It doesn't look like they'll have a feature-complete developer build until the developer conference, and it'll take some time after that to squash bugs. I'm excited Snow Leopard, but I want it to be stable and FAST.
37 months ago
Dear Apple,
Please learn from recent events (Leopard and MobileMe come to mind) and please do not release Snow Leopard until it's fully ready, even if that's September (or even December).
Yes, we want it today but we very much want it to not suck.
Love,
We who are making you tons of money
Please learn from recent events (Leopard and MobileMe come to mind) and please do not release Snow Leopard until it's fully ready, even if that's September (or even December).
Yes, we want it today but we very much want it to not suck.
Love,
We who are making you tons of money
37 months ago
The 3.2GHz and Quadro FX options are no brainers to suggest, but I'm not convinced we will see them so soon.
The question is why didn't Apple have them at launch? For the processors I've seen it suggested Apple launched Nehalem early when Intel didn't want them to, so it may have been they didn't have enough supply of the 3.2GHz processors. The Quadro FX 5800 had been out 4 months when the Mac Pros launched so are Apple struggling for engineering resources?
When was the last time Apple bumped processor speed 3 months after the launch of a product?
The question is why didn't Apple have them at launch? For the processors I've seen it suggested Apple launched Nehalem early when Intel didn't want them to, so it may have been they didn't have enough supply of the 3.2GHz processors. The Quadro FX 5800 had been out 4 months when the Mac Pros launched so are Apple struggling for engineering resources?
When was the last time Apple bumped processor speed 3 months after the launch of a product?
37 months ago
Bumping to Nehalem? That's going to make a few people angry.
By November the unibodies would've been out a full year, I think that's sufficient time for an update... Anybody that does complain is just doing so for the sake of it.
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