~The [MADG] Guild Chat Thread~

[Sonic Offline]

Kale Qualas

@Sonic: At least you have something you're good at. Do you know the relase date or something for this new computer?

@Chaos: No sweat!

pretty much anything that came out after the iMac has the Intel Processor in it.


and if your talking about a PowerPC (PowerMac? xD) with IBM's hardware in it, check this out. its been out for a while now.


specs:

8-core processing

* Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series processors
* Intel Core microarchitecture Intel Xeon
o 8MB of L2 cache per processor (16MB total; each pair of cores shares 4MB)
o 128-bit SSE3 vector engine
o 64-bit data paths and registers
o Energy efficiency optimization
* 1.33GHz, 64-bit dual independent frontside buses

Quad-core Processing

* Two 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 series processors
* Intel Core microarchitecture
o 4MB of shared L2 cache per processor (8MB total)
o 128-bit SSE3 vector engine
o 64-bit data paths and registers
o Energy efficiency optimization
* 1.33GHz, 64-bit dual independent frontside buses

Memory

* 667MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory
* Eight FB-DIMM slots on two memory riser cards (four slots per card) supporting up to 16GB of main memory
* 256-bit-wide memory architecture

Graphics and displays

* Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express graphics slot with one of the following graphics cards installed:
o NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM, one single-link DVI port, and one dual-link DVI port
o ATI Radeon X1900 XT with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM and two dual-link DVI ports
o NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, two dual-link DVI ports, and one stereo 3D port
* Multiple graphics card configurations including two, three, or four NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT cards
* 300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards
* Support for up to eight displays1
* Support for digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels; dual-link DVI ports support up to 2560 by 1600 pixels
* Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels
* DVI to VGA adapter included
* Dual-display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes

Communications

* Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
* Optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme wireless networking2
* Optional Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mb/s
* Optional external Apple USB Modem (RJ-11)

Storage

* Four independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays; four internal hard drive carriers included
* Up to 3TB of internal storage3 using hard drives in the following capacities:
o Hard drive bay 1
+ 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache
+ 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache
+ 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
o Hard drive bay 2
+ 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache
+ 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
o Hard drive bay 3
+ 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache
+ 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
o Hard drive bay 4
+ 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache
+ 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
* 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
o Writes DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed
o Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 8x speed
o Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed
o Writes CD-R discs up to 32x speed
o Writes CD-RW discs at up to 24x speed
o Reads CDs at up to 32x speed
* One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive

Up to two SuperDrives
Electrical and environmental requirements

* Meets ENERGY STAR requirements
* Line voltage: 100-120V AC or 200-240V AC (wide-range power supply input voltage)
* Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz single phase
* Current: Maximum of 12A (low-voltage range) or 6A (high-voltage range)
* Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
* Storage temperature: -40° to 116° F (-40° to 47° C)
* Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
* Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet

Peripherals and audio

* Peripherals and audioTwo FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
* Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
* Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)
* Two USB 1.1 ports on included keyboard
* Front-panel headphone minijack and speaker
* Optical digital audio input and output TOSLINK ports
* Analog stereo line-level input and output minijacks

PCI Express expansion4

* Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots
* Configurable bandwidth and mechanical support for 16-lane cards
* 300W combined maximum for all PCI Express slots

iLife and Mac OS X installer discs
Software

* Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (includes Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, QuickTime, iCal, and other software)
* UniversaliLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand)
* Comic Life
* OmniOutliner
* Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, iWork ’06 (30-day trial), FileMaker Pro 8.5 trial

Size and weight

* Height: 20.1 inches (51.1 cm)
* Width: 8.1 inches (20.6 cm)
* Depth: 18.7 inches (47.5 cm)
* Weight (standard configuration): 42.4 pounds (19.2 kg)5

In the box
Mac Pro box

* Mac Pro
* Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse
* DVI to VGA adapter
* USB keyboard extension cable
* Install/restore DVDs
* Printed and electronic documentation  

[Kale Demos]

@Sonic: Woah hoa hoa hoa! That's great! Lot's of information! Now that's what I call power house! I should get it once I made enough money.  

[drab glam]

HEY!
That's the perfect poll.
Don't take suggestions, keep that one up forever.
Like duh.
>:U  

[Queen Cosmic]

Sorry I kinda disappeared for a while, I downloaded the new Itunes and it ******** up my web connection. It's still not working but thank god I have the wireless connection <3  

[StrawBerryApple]

I have Timsn's avatar for when she comes back.

:  

[drab glam]

StrawBerryApple

I have Timsn's avatar for when she comes back.

:

The stick thing doesn't really go.
Add a color?  

[Kale Demos]

Cop theame would be nice.  

[Sonic Offline]

Kale Qualas

@Sonic: Woah hoa hoa hoa! That's great! Lot's of information! Now that's what I call power house! I should get it once I made enough money.

well, if you have about $9,000(US) to spend, minus monitors, then go ahead and get full power.  

[StrawBerryApple]

Blueberry - P u f f i n

StrawBerryApple

I have Timsn's avatar for when she comes back.

:

The stick thing doesn't really go.
Add a color?

I'm no good when it comes to tektek.
Or layering.
Or avatars in general.

D;
What color? DX  

[Teh K a a C h a n]

When my pieces

shatter...

-sneaksneak-

ninja

You

refused to help pick them up...  

[Kale Demos]

@Sonic: Oh my god! 9000!? (about 12,699- 13,799$ in Canada.)  

[drab glam]

OH MY GAH.
I love the new tube-tops and dresses!
Plus there are so many teal items to choose from.
<3333333

@Apple:
Duh..
Purple?
:B  

[Kale Demos]

Well... it's been another day. Time sure flies. I'll see you all tomorrow! And Sonic, thanks for the information. However, my mom might be dissapointed though... but thanks a bunch man!  

[Sonic Offline]

Kale Qualas

@Sonic: Oh my god! 9000!? (about 12,699- 13,799$ in Canada.)

well if you have the money, then its well worth the purchase.

its a Mac, so you won't get any Windows problems.
its got so much RAM (16 gigs, as apposed to average 1gig) that it should last about 10 years without an upgrade (assuming the hardware can hold up that long)
8 processors means you will absolutely have NO problems running programs, so your 16 gigs will pretty much be sitting there for a crisis to happen, seeing as the most RAM-intensive program might only take a gig or two of it because its already taken care of before it needs some swap room to store data

 

[StrawBerryApple]

I wanan preview the swim trunks.
But It won't letme. DX