Announcement

**Jerry Jones** · 4 July 2006, 08:25

Rumor has it the new APPLE G5's (Mac Pros) will sport Conroe (Intel Core 2 Duo) chips:

Apple's Mac Pro: redesigned Power Mac with Core 2 Duo dropping August 7?

The Apple rumor-mill is all but certain that new Power Mac G5 replacements will be unveiled during Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote on August 7th. Now, Think Secret has "confirmed" that unlike the other Mactel's released to date, Apple's new top-of-the-line desktops, likely dubbed the Mac Pro, will sport a "substantially different" enclosure from their ancestry. The new boxes are also said to sport Intel's Core 2 Duo (Conroe) chips in configurations similar to the most recent Power Mac G5s; a single, dual-core proc in the low-to-mid range systems with top-end systems going 2 x dual-core for some hot, quad-core action. No word on clock speeds, unfortunately. TS' sources also claim that the MacBook Pro will also see a redesign when the mobile version of those Core 2 Duo (Merom) chips are released around August. And, uh, no we don't have any pics of the new designs -- a statement sure to incite graphic designers everywhere into a development frenzy of purported spy-shots. Of course, if you've got the real deal, well, you know where to find us.

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**GuchiGuh** · 4 July 2006, 09:27

Hey wow...coming out of the Lounge, I've never seen you before?!
G'day mate!

**Jerry Jones** · 6 July 2006, 15:29

Right now, it looks like the Athlon 64 FX-62 machines are the fastest:

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**Jerry Jones** · 6 July 2006, 15:40

More on the AMD chips from The Inquirer:

http://tinyurl.com/pqc9y

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**wkulecz** · 7 July 2006, 05:15

Absolute "winner" of the benchmarks is rarely cost effective. Benchmark score per dollar is the figure of merit to get the most bang for the buck.

Until these things actually are for sale and we see what the real world prices are, its a good time to hold off on any updates or new system purchases.

OTOH, if you've got PCI boards you need to keep using, your motherboard choices get slimmer every week. Here at work we're stocking up on "old" Gigabyte GA-K8U-939 motherboards as its oen of the few around with 5 PCI slots.

--wally.