Rumor Mill: Mac Pro in new enclosure at WWDC

I wonder how they managed to set up an efficient cooling system with the dual processor ones.

More hard drive bays please! For the size of the current G5 towers, it's pitiful that they can only hold two hard drives.

Better yet, sexy hot-swappable SATA drive bays like on the XServes! This would be handy for pro's that need to walk around with 500G of data.

Black please. Yes, I'll pay extra to get a black one.

The Conroe or Core Duo Chip doesn't support a Quad layout. But, they really do not need a Quad system because if there are 2 x duo--duo means 2--chips then in theory it will be similar to the Quad. However I feel that Apple will introduce 2 systems with the Core 2 chips to replace the Power Mac systems with Dual G5's. So the Introductory Mac Pro may run as fast as the current Quad, that would be sweet.

But, I think they will relase a super Mac Pro with the Sossaman Intel processer to replace the Quad. To make one crazy fast Mac.

They could probably go a lot smaller now that they dont need the massive cooling device. Maybe a new Cube? :)

My PowerMac G5 is by far the prettiest computer I've used - inside and out. It is one big mutha though. If Apple could shave 3-6 inches off the height it would be perfect.

Aww... I hope they don't get rid of the aluminum... I really like it!

higher end one will be dual dual core until early next year when proper quad core comes out

I imagine the enclosure will be smaller, considering that the 9-fan liquid cooling system may be overkill for the intel chips.

According to the rumor site, the new Mac Pro's will come in configurations similar to the PowerMac G5, including single and dual processor systems.

So, do you mean single dual-core and dual dual-core systems? Because that would definitely not be cool if they didn't offer a new quad system. That thing will b a screamer for sure.