Review: Mac Pro

ArsTechnica ^ | August 10, 2006 | Eric Bangeman

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In terms of performance, it's good news—with a caveat. While the fully-buffered memory, the screaming-fast Xeon 5150s, and the 1333MHz FSB are all great, Apple's video card choice is most definitely not. It's like having a can of Schlitz with filet mignon, or having an oompah band play Oktoberfest at Carnegie Hall. It doesn't fit, and it detracts from the overall experience. The ATI Radeon X1900XT offered as a build-to-order option would have been a fantastic choice, but given Apple's desire for a $2,499 price tag and high margins, that was not an option. Still, one of the GeForce 7600s would have been a more appropriate choice.

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This is a fairly long review. Apple seems to have a winner here.

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There's something else.............

http://www.volesoft.com/default.aspx?article=33576

Dual Core Intel Xeon 2GHz x 2 (4MB shared L2 cache)
Dell: $2,086.00 (with a $200 discount for small business)
Apple: $2,124.00

Dual Core Intel Xeon 2.66GHz x 2 (4MB shared L2 cache)
Dell: $2,866.00 (with a $200 discount for small business)
Apple: $2,424.00

Dual Core Intel Xeon 3GHz x 2 (4MB shared L2 cache)
Dell: $3,686.00 (with a $200 discount for small business)
Apple: $3,224.00

They've positioned this at a better price point than the similarly-equipped Dell. Not bad.