The Apple Store cut its price on the factory-refurbished Apple Mac Pro Quad-Core Xeon 2.8GHz Workstation, model no. MC560LL/A, to $1,899 with free shipping. That's $220 off our mention of a refurb from two weeks ago and the lowest total price we've seen direct from Apple this year. (It's $250 under the cost of a new unit today.) Sales tax is added where applicable. It features an Intel Xeon 2.8GHz quad-core "Nehalem" processor, 3GB RAM, 1TB 7200 rpm hard drive, SuperDrive, ATI Radeon 5770 1GB video card, and more. A 1-year warranty applies.

Also available is the Apple Mac Pro 8-Core Xeon 2.4GHz Workstation, model no. MC561LL/A, for $2,719 with free shipping. That's a $250 drop since our mention of a refurb from two weeks ago and another price low. (It's currently $274 under the best we could find for a new unit.) It features two Intel Xeon 2.4GHz quad-core "Westmere" processors, 6GB RAM, 1TB 7200 rpm hard drive, SuperDrive, ATI Radeon 5770 1GB video card, and more.