Yes, well knew it was coming ever since some slip ups over at the U.K. Apple Store and now the word is official. So anyone got an extra $4,000 sitting around? Yeah, me neither. Looks like some of us are still locked into our 13-inch Macbooks, but what does such a hefty price tag come with?

“… the new machine includes two 3.0GHz Quad Core Xeon 5300 series processors with a total of 16 Mbyte of Level 2 cache, and 1.33GHz front side bus. Apple is still offering the Mac Pro with two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 series processors with clock speed options of 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz.”

Translation: “Yo rig is old n’ busted, so’s pick up one of deez fat rides and you can be like editing n’ shizzle.” Oh but wait, there’s more!

“In addition to the new Mac Pro, Apple lowered the prices for its Cinema displays. A 20-inch monitor sells for $599, a 23-inch $899, and a 30-inch $1,799. Previous pricing was $799, $1,299, and $1,999, respectively.“

So there you go anti-early adopters, you just saved a nice chunk of cash, everyone else can now officially feel like a tool.

[Via Information Week]

Watching the video below I was blown away by how seamless and awesome using one of these multitouch monitors must be. It’s right out of Blade Runner or Minority Report, and it’s just amazing to see in motion. But do we want them?

Think about it, right now we have a pretty comfortable spot with always having at least one hand on the keyboard and the other either on the mouse or also on the keyboard. Are you going to want to run both hands over the monitor screen to move windows around or zoom in on pictures? Personally I’d rather just stick to the mouse. Nonetheless, the demo IS incredible.

[Gizmodo]