Yesterday Apple released the very anticipated Mac Pro updates, just one week before Macworld. A few notes gathered about the new Mac Pros (from Mac Rumors:

- Today’s Mac Pro is called “Mac Pro (Early 2008)” in Apple support documents.
- Full Specs and Manual (PDF) have been posted.
- New Mac Pros are already in retail Apple Stores.
- While Apple has standardized on 8-Core Mac Pros as the “base” model, they actually do offer a single 2.8GHz Quad-Core CPU Mac Pro option for $2299.
- Rumors of Apple buying up the high end 3.2GHz Penryn (”Harpertown”) processors were apparently true.
- The 1600MHz front side bus is up from the previous Mac Pro’s 1333 MHz front side bus.
- While the new NVIDIA 8800GT is not yet available in the U.S. as a standalone purchase for old Mac Pros, it is available separately at the UK Apple Store for £220.
- Despite expectations, Apple did not introduce a Blu-ray option.
- Reminder that Apple charges a large premium for RAM for their online store orders, so you will always do better to buy ram from 3rd party vendors. (Discussion)
- Bluetooth is now a standard option

Way to go Apple for this one. Now we just need to hope for the best (touch-screen MacBook, hint hint) during Macworld next week!