Apple has announced a new Mac Pro with up to 12 cores – via two six-core 3.33GHz Intel Xeon processors meaning a 50 per cent increase in processing power. You can also order the unit with quad-core chips, too.
Among the other high-end options are up to four 512GB SSDs – though with prices starting at £1,999 we don't expect too low a price point on that one.
- one 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon W3565 processor for the quad-core Mac Pro;
- one 3.33GHz 6-core Intel Xeon W3680 processor for the quad-core Mac Pro;
- two 2.66GHz 6-core Intel Xeon X5650 processors (12-cores) for the 8-core Mac Pro;
- two 2.93GHz 6-core Intel Xeon X5670 processors (12-cores) for the 8-core Mac Pro;
- two ATI Radeon HD 5770 cards with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
- one ATI Radeon HD 5870 card with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
- up to 16GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory for the quad-core Mac Pro;
- up to 32GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory for the 8-core Mac Pro;
- up to four 512GB solid state drives (SSD); or
- up to four 1TB or 2TB Serial ATA hard drives running at 7200 rpm;
- Mac Pro RAID card;
- dual-channel or quad-channel 4Gb Fibre Channel card; and
- up to two 18x SuperDrives with double-layer support.
The Mac Pro also now features two Mini DisplayPorts so you can connect two LED Cinema Displays without an additional graphics card or adapter. The dual-link DVI port supports legacy DVI-based displays up to a resolution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels.
4-core Mac Pro, £1,999
- one 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon W3530 processor with 8MB of fully-shared L3 cache;
- 3GB of 1,066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 16GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
- two Mini DisplayPorts and one DVI (dual-link) port (adaptors sold separately);
- 1TB Serial ATA 3Gbps hard drive running at 7,200rpm;
- 18x SuperDrive® with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- four PCI Express 2.0 slots;
- five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire® 800 ports;
- AirPort Extreme® 802.11n;
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; and
- Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Magic Mouse.
8-core Mac Pro, £2,799
- two 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5620 processors with 12MB of fully-shared L3 cache per processor;
- 6GB of 1,066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 32GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
- two Mini DisplayPorts and one DVI (dual-link) port (adapters sold separately);
- 1TB Serial ATA 3Gbps hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- 18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- four PCI Express 2.0 slots;
- five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire 800 ports;
- AirPort Extreme 802.11n;
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; and
- Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Magic Mouse
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