Mac Pro Quad-Core
Price: $2567
CPU: 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon ‘Nehalem’
RAM: 3GB (3 X 1GB modules)
Hard disk: 1TB
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 video RAM
Mac Pro 8-Core
Price: $3595
CPU: 2 X 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon ‘Westmere’
RAM: 6GB (oSX 1GB modules)
Hard disk: 1TB
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 video RAM
Mac Pro 12-Core
Price: $5134
CPU: 2 X 2.66GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon ‘Westmere’
RAM: 6GB (6 X 1GB modules)
Hard disk: 1TB
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 video RAM
Price: $3081
CPU: 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon ‘Nehalem’
RAM: 8GB (4 X 2GB modules)
Hard disk: 2 X 1TB Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB
GDDR5 video RAM
Supplied with OS X Server licensed for unlimited clients
Optical drive bays
One 18x DVD±RDL/
DVD±RW/CD-RW SuperDrive
is standard, with a second bay free for another if you choose to add it
This is the only Apple machine with ports on the front, and
they’re still rather
sparse. In total you get four FireWire 800, five USB 2 (plus two on the wired
keyboard) and two gigabit Ethernet, plus analogue and TOSLINK audio in/out, as
well as 802.11n wifi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Apple Mac Pro
The Mac Pro is all about making it easy to add as many
components as you need with minimum hassle. One side panel gives instant access
to everything
Processor and RAM slide out on a tray for unobstructed
access. Single-processor models can take up to 16GB of RAM, while the
dual-processor design takes 32GB. Don’t
buy your extra RAM from Apple - the prices are crazy
All four high-speed PCI Express 2.0 slots inside the chassis
are retained by a simple bar. The graphics card slot is double-wide, so a large
card won’t obscure the
next slot
No tangle of ribbon cables here. These four 3Gbit/sec SATA
3.5in bays slide in and out without wires, and can each take a conventional
drive of up to 2TB or a 512GB SSD
