Competition: Guess The MacPro Specs

WWDC is rearing closer as the hours pass, and the speculation is as high as it can go as to what Apple will uncover at the conference. Will Leopard blow our minds with some amazing new features - and will the MacPro blow us right out of the room with it’s speed?

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Keep speculating with our first competition, “Guess The MacPro Specs�. The two people who guess the closest to the real MacPro specifications will walk away with a handful of Mac software each. A handful meaning $116.65!

  • Wallet from Waterfall Software
  • iClip from Inventive Software
  • World Of Where from World Of Worlds Software
  • Menuet from Specere Software
  • AppZapper
  • Awaken from Embraceware Software
  • OnTheJob from Stunt Software

To enter, simple post your guess in the comments. You will be guessing for the top of the line model. The two winners will be announced on the 8th of August after the unveiling of the Intel PowerMac replacement. Include these in your answer along with any other notes you feel are important:

Machine Name: Name
Processor: Name/Value
Stock RAM: Value
Stock HDD: Value
Case change: Yes/No
Stock Video Card: Name/Value
Blue Ray: Yes/No
HD-DVD: Yes/No

Comments

  1. #1

    Paul Stamatiou

    Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: Dual Core 2GHz Intel Xeon Stock RAM: 512MB DDR2-667 Stock HDD: 250GB SATA Case change: Yes Stock Video Card: ATi X1600XT Blue Ray: No HD-DVD: No Optical Drive: 16x SuperDrive w/ DL Extras: PCI Express Expansion slots

  2. #2

    Nathan Bolender

    Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo [Conroe] Stock RAM: 512MB Stock HDD: 250GB Case change: Very Similar (No?) Stock Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 w/256MB Blue Ray: No HD-DVD: No

    and 16x SuperDrive w/DL support

  3. #3

    Frederic Tremblay

    Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: Two Dual Core Xeon 2.66Ghz (Quad) Stock Ram: 1GB Stock HDD: 500 GB Case change: Few changes (No?) Stock Video Card: ATI X1800 Blue Ray: BTO HD-DVD: No

  4. #4

    Caitlyn

    Machine Name: MacPro Processor: Two 2.66GHz Xeon aka Woodcrest Stock RAM: 1GB Stock HDD: 320GB Case Change: Yes (see notes) Stock Video Card: ATI X1800 Pro Blue Ray: Yes HD-DVD: No

    Notes: I believe the case will have two optical disc drives and the power supply up higher on the machine than the G5’s current case, which has the power supply port down low. But other than that, I don’t think the case change will be too dramatic. I did put yes though, to reflect the changes I just stated I believe will occur.

  5. #5

    Pat

    I can enter can’t I? :P

    Machine Name: Apple Mac Pro Processor: Intel Merom [finally a 3.0 GHz machine!] Stock RAM: 1 GB [hey one can always dream] Stock HDD: 250 GB Case change: Yes Stock Video Card: a high end NVIDIA Blue Ray: Yes HD-DVD: No

  6. #6

    Olly Wilson

    Mac Pro Processor: 2x Dual Core Intel Xeon 5160 @ 3 Ghz, 1333Mhz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache (total of 4 cores)

    Stock RAM: 2GB DDR2-667 FB-DIMM

    Stock HDD: 320GB Serial ATA HD

    Slight case change

    Stock Video Card: nVidia GeForce 7900GTX 512MB

    Blue ray No HD-DVD, but has a second drive slot

  7. #7

    Brian James

    Mac Pro Processor: 2x Xeon @2.66 GHz Stock Ram: 1 GB DDR2-667 Case Change: Almost the same-will now have space for two optical drives Stock Video Card: nVidia 7900 Blue Ray: No HD-DVD: No

  8. #8

    Sean Levelsberger

    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

  9. #9

    Synd

    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

  10. #10

    FCODC ;; Mac Recon

    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.

  11. #11

    Will

    Machine Name: Mac Pro Processor: Dual Dual 3 GHz Stock RAM: 2×512GB (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

  12. #12

    Rom

    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. :)

  13. #13

    A Walton

    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.

  14. #14

    Sean P

    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

  15. #15

    Dylan

    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

  16. #16

    Markus Wulftange

    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

  17. #17

    Glenn Wolsey

    Update:

    OnTheJob application added to the prize pool.

  18. #18

    David

    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

  19. #19

    Girish Sastry

    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

  20. #20

    Phillip Palmieri

    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?

  21. #21

    Glenn Wolsey

    Entries close in 6 hours!

  22. #22

    Dane

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

  23. #23

    Synd

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

  24. #24

    Glenn Wolsey

    Winners Announced:

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

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