Comments on: Competition: Guess The MacPro Specs

By: Adamantios

Adamantios — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:10:16 +0000

Cool…

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Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:58:01 +0000

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Winsor Pilates Abs — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:44:09 +0000

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By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 06:00:06 +0000

Winners Announced:

http://glennwolsey.com/permalink/macpro-guess-the-specs-winners-announced/

By: Synd

Synd — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:59:47 +0000

Hey, at least I got a video card, stock RAM, and the slight case change! No HD or BluRay either!

By: Dane

Dane — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:59:05 +0000

Quad 2 ghz 2 GB Ram x9200s 256 mb 1tg HDD Megadrive

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:58:38 +0000

Entries close in 6 hours!

By: Phillip Palmieri

Phillip Palmieri — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:58:18 +0000

Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: Dual Intel Core Duo 2′s Stock RAM: 1GB Stock HDD: 2×250 Case change: Yes Stock Video Card: Radion X1800 Blue Ray: Yes HD-DVD: Yes Scribe Drive Thing: To print on the CD FW 800 x 2 USB2 x 6

Other Guess is Dual Quad Cores…. Hmmm?

By: Girish Sastry

Girish Sastry — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:57:39 +0000

Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: Inten Dual Core Xeon / 2.33 GHz Stock RAM: 512mb DDR2, 667Mhzbus Stock HDD: 250gb Case change: Yes Stock Video Card: NVIDIA GeFoce 7800 GT/256mb Blue Ray: Noo HD-DVD: No

By: David

David — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:57:10 +0000

Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: Intel Core Duo 2.67 GHz Stock RAM: 1 GB Stock HDD: 250 GB Case change: Yes Stock Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Blue Ray: No HD-DVD: No

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:56:54 +0000

Update:

OnTheJob application added to the prize pool.

By: Markus Wulftange

Markus Wulftange — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:56:37 +0000

Machine Name: MacPro Processor: Intel Xeon 5100 3GHz Stock RAM: 1GB DDR2-677 Stock HDD: 320GB Case change: No Stock Video Card: ATI Radeon X1800 Blue Ray: Yes HD-DVD: no

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:56:04 +0000

Machine Name: Power Mac Processor: Core 2 Duo 2.67 GHz Stock RAM: 512 Stock HDD: 250 Case change: no Stock Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6*00 128 Blue Ray: yes HD-DVD: no

By: Sean P

Sean P — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:55:43 +0000

Machine Name: MacPro Processor: Intel Woodcrest Dual Core 3.0GHZ Stock RAM: 2 X 1GB DDR2-RAM Stock HDD: 500GB Seagate SATA HD Case change: Yes- Addition of an additional drive (Superdrive 16x) and possible color variations Stock Video Card: nVidia 7800 GTX 256MB Blue Ray: No HD-DVD: No

It will also include a dual gigabit network card, USB 2.0 Ports, FW 400 and 800, PCI express slots, anolog audio output

By: A Walton

A Walton — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:55:21 +0000

Machine Name: Mac Pro

Processor: Single, Dual Intel Xeon 51xx (Woodcrest); Single 5140 (2.33GHz) for the lowest model, stepping to Dual 5160 (3.0GHz) for the highest. 1.333GHz FSB for all. Stock RAM: 1GB DDR2 (~PC5300) minimum (2 DIMMs), configurable to 16 (for a few grand more). Stock HDD: 250GB SATA on the low end, stepping to multiple 500GB SATA (possibly multiple 750GB SATA if availability comes through). Case change: Yes, but just modifications to accompany the Intel board. Stock Video Card: Either company’s best PCI Express 16x card (Radeon X19xx, GeForce 76xx), most likely without ADC connector, with external ADC adaptor. Very likely configurable SLI. Blue Ray: Not upon initial release, but later.

By: Rom

Rom — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:55:01 +0000

Dual Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.6GHz 1GB RAM 250GB HDD NVidia GeForce 7950 16x DL Superdrive and/or Blu-Ray/DVD MultiDrive

Speculating on an 802.11n compatible Airport Super Extreme. :)

By: Will

Will — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:54:42 +0000

Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: Dual Dual 3 GHz Stock RAM: 2x512GB (FB DIMMS) Stock HDD: 500GB (SATA – Seagate) Case changes: Minor / Extra optical drive Stock Video Card: 7800 GTX 256MB Network: Dual Gigabit Ports: USB2, FW 400 & 800, ESATA, analog+optical audio. DVD±RW: Yes (16x double layer) Blue Ray: No HD-DVD: No

By: FCODC ;; Mac Recon

FCODC ;; Mac Recon — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:54:20 +0000

Name: Mac Pro Processor: Double Dual-Core Xeon processors @ 3GHz Stock RAM: 1 GB DDR2-RAM Stock HD: 400GB Stock Video Card: nVidia 7800 GTX 256MB Dual Dual-Layer SuperDrives AirPort Extreme + Bluetooth 2.0 Integrated BTO: Blu-Ray

The case will be about the same size, albeit different.

By: Synd

Synd — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:53:54 +0000

Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: Single 5160 Xeon 3.0GHz Stock RAM: 1GB Stock HDD: SATA 300GB Case change: Slight, yes (extra optical drive) Stock Video Card: ATI X1900 XT Blue Ray: No HD-DVD: No

By: Sean Levelsberger

Sean Levelsberger — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:53:30 +0000

Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: 2x Intel Series 5100 Xeon 3.0 GHz Stock Ram: 2GB DDR2-667 Stock HDD: 250 GB Case Change: Yes, but not entirely Stock Video Card: GeForce 7800 GT Blue Ray: Yes HD-DVD: No