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Hey Bob,

I knew for sure something was boiling at Apple (www.macrumors.com and  
similar stuff plus the fact Mac Pro line had not been updated in a  
year and a half at the time), so I went out and bought myself a 2.66  
quad just a month before the new line was announced. The logic behind  
my purchase is: 1. the old line had been in production since june  
2006, and by the time I was ready to purchase it all possible bugs  
should have been ironed out, 2. it gave me the power I needed (and way  
more than that) for the kind of work I do, 3. it can still run Tiger  
and I can easily start another HD/partition/whatever if I ever need  
to, 4. I can easily expand it just as I like as RAM and other stuff is  
readily available and (relatively) inexpensive compared to the new  
RAM.  I have absolutely no regrets about purchasing mine and I'd do it  
again if I had a choice. Do I care about the new line and how Logic  
will use those new bells and whistles? Not a bit -- I'll think of it  
when I run out of juice and need to get a new machine, until that I  
stop watching them just like I did during 2 last decades of using the  
DAW. Just my $0.02.

Best,

Andy

On Jan 12, 2008, at 12:51 PM, bobsafir wrote:
>
> Just three weeks ago, I bought a new Mac Pro 3.0Ghz, four-core
> machine with 6 gigs of RAM, hard drives, etc.  I did a lot of
> research which indicated there may (or may not) be new Mac Pro
> machines at MacWorld. I engaged in extensive questioning of staffers
> at Apple stores, Apple business consultants, and Apple support,
> etc., but the "official" word was that none of them knew anything
> about a new Mac Pro line coming out anytime soon.
>
> While I knew there was always a risk of getting a machine that could
> be outdated soon, I never expected that "soon" would be within the
> first thirty days, while the odor from the packing materials could
> still be sensed in the room.  But to be fair, I was also motivated
> to purchase this machine because it was one of the few ones left
> that still had Tiger installed on it, which meant I could delay
> switching to Leopard and also to Logic 8, and keep on working,
> uninterrupted, without a host of problems posed by bugs, by the
> incompatibilities in software libraries, and so on, as expressed
> often times on the LUG.
>
> Still, I'm having a serious tinge of buyer's remorse because the Mac
> Pro I bought is not only outdated, it's obsolete!  I'm on a machine
> that isn't a month old and they don't make 'em anymore.  They will
> soon be writing software (especially Logic) with 8-core machines as
> the main target.
>
> I probably could make a case for taking it back and getting an 8-
> core, but is it worth the hassle?  What would you do?  Let bygones
> be bygones?  Or ensure that you didn't purchase something that was
> already EOL (end-of-life), even if it meant a transition period with
> some bugs, instabilities, etc?  I'd be interested in other opinions.
>
>
>
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