WWDC ’06 started today, this morning Steve gave the keynote. He introduced the new MacPro a 64-bit, quad core, xeon based, Mac tower…. droooool!

Available today, the “standard” config (there is only one standard config for the Mac Pro, versus 3 standard configs for the PowerMac G5), is this:

2 2.66Ghz Dual Core Xeons

1 GB 667Mhz FB-DIMM

250GB 7200 RPB SATA HD

NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT, 256MB video card

16x Superdrive

Price of the “standard” config? $2499

So… like any good Mac geek.. I went and priced out the configuration I want..

2 2.66Ghz Dual-Core Xeons

2 GB 667Mhz FB-DIMM

500GB 7200RPM SATA HD

ATI Radeon x1900XT (512MB)

16x Superdrive

Bluetooth/Airport Extreme

20″ Cinema Display (Got to have a new monitor, to go with the new computer right?)

The price tag for my shopping spree? $4127.00+tax.

Sigh… anyone got $5000.00 they’re not using and want to donate to me?

Also highlighted at WWDC today, OS X.5 (Leopard) client and server, Xserves using Xeon chips.

More on Leopard’s feature preview later, I’m still watching the webcast… Time Machine looks sweet!