MacDailyNews reader Tom F. provides the image from the online Apple UK store that clearly states “Mac Pro. Now quad-core or 8-core processing power.”
Justin Berka for Ars Techinica writes, “We’ve heard about Mac Pros moving to the quad-core “Clovertown” Xeons for some time now, with dates for the release ranging anywhere from late 2006 to late 2007. It now appears that the new Xeons might be arriving sooner rather than later, based on some descriptions on the U.K. Apple site.”
“Unless Apple has somehow managed to pack 4 of the current Xeon processors into that shiny metal tower, this seems like a pretty good indication that Apple is getting ready to take us to Clovertown,” Berka writes.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Tom F.” for the heads up.]
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Octo-Core ‘Clovertown’ Apple Mac Pro units on the way? – December 26, 2006
RUMOR: Apple prepping monster eight-core Xeon ‘Clovertown’ Mac Pro – October 26, 2006
AnandTech upgrades and tests Octo-Core ‘Clovertown’ Apple Mac Pro – September 13, 2006
wow thats awesome!
MW:showed as in Apple showed us a glimpse of the future
Let’s Rock
The UK store for Apple is now down while it is being updated.
23:30 GMT
“I’m looking over an eight leaf clover . . .”
Kick ass, Apple.
lift off….
This is not 1999. (Sorry, Prince.)
Actually, I sent this in hours ago. Thanks, MDN for the credit. It’s been on other sites most of the day.
Another programme picks up his P45 tomorrow.
WHAT! Not industrial design change? That’s a disappointment.
Thank you “Actually”!
Tuesday announcement coming
Apple Store is being updated now. When visited Apple UK store the message appeared as:
We will be back soon, We are busy updating the store for you and we’ll be back shortly.”
I guess they are cleaning the leak.
Cheers!
Gee I was hoping that they would take us to FunkyTown
UKAPPLE STORE is merely a sub-site of the main APPLE site. Presumeably any of the national sub-site updates could have been incorrectly uploaded. ie. not necessarily the fault of Larry from London.
All european stores are down. Did this leak on those sites too?
And when I checked the UK Apple Store at midnight UK time – it is being updated!
Actually,
Thats to bad, guess you got beaten to the punch.
MW: top, as in I am on top
Cool! Dell’s only had them available since the end of last year!
Peter: “Cool! Dell’s only had them available since the end of last year!”
Running OS X? No? Then, please STFU. Stupid git.
Tom F. must stand for Tom Fuckwad! lol
way to be a complete asshat, Fuckwad!.
Hey,
Sorry that was a friend of mine that was jealous I got the story up before he did. Lol. Sorry for that. What time did you get that story up actually? I only saw it around 5 eastern time. Did you see it anywhere before that?
T
Why would I want a Dell?
They could cram a 256-core processor in one of those things and I still wouldn’t want one.
Photoshopped.
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man – TextEdit is really gonna fly!
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Tuesday is the traditional day for new Apple product releases. Tomorrow is Tuesday.