Yeah, while the iPhone looks fancy and all, I was pretty let down by the keynote.
I know that nothing really huge can even happen to the Mac Pro -- 8-core, yes, but that won't actually have *that* much effect on a day-to-day basis -- but it would have been nice to maybe see the common "bump". You know, maybe put the standard config up to 2 GB RAM, or something like that... or maybe a small price dip. The kind of things they did all the time with the G4s.
Anyway, most of the real Mac geeks out there feel pretty confident that actual computer-related announcements will come in the follwing weeks. I'm in the market for a Mac Pro already, so the wait is pure torture.
J.
ps -- Yes, Plowman, it's very interesting to hear that you also have the 8-slot version. I had heard about logic board design issues in that machine, which were *very* quitely repaired in the next revision. There was something about interference between adjacent traces on the logic board. Anyway, it was all something I literally overheard, about 3 years ago, so it's murky to say the least. One thing's for sure; my machine is great up to a point, but beyond that point it demonstrates some strange behavior indeed. No fun. Have you tried using it as a slave? I don't have a setup where I can really do that very effectively, but I'm curious how well it would run. The main thing is that it can load more into RAM than my other machines (4 GB installed), so I'd like to be able to keep it and just add it to the farm. My problems all seem related to running sequencers/notation programs with VIs running at the same time.
My biggest fear, though, is that I spend $n000.00 clams on a new Mac Pro, and the problem doesn't go away. Hard to imagine, but an absolute nightmare if it happened.