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New Apple Mac Pro Available Starting Today
Apple today announced the all-new Mac Pro will be available to order starting Thursday, December 19. Redesigned from the inside out, the all-new Mac Pro features the latest Intel Xeon processors, dual workstation-class GPUs, PCIe-based flash storage and ultra-fast ECC memory.
Designed around an innovative unified thermal core, the all-new Mac Pro packs unprecedented performance into an aluminum enclosure that is just 9.9-inches tall and one-eighth the volume of the previous generation. Mac Pro features 4-core, 6-core, 8-core or 12-core Intel Xeon processors running at Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.9 GHz and two workstation-class AMD FirePro GPUs that deliver up to eight times the graphics performance of the previous generation Mac Pro.
PCIe-based flash storage delivers sequential read speeds up to 10 times faster than conventional desktop hard drives, and ECC DDR3 gives the new Mac Pro up to 60 GBps of memory bandwidth for seamlessly editing full-resolution 4K video while simultaneously rendering effects in the background. With an incredible six Thunderbolt 2 ports, each with up to 20 Gbps of bandwidth per device, the new Mac Pro completely redefines desktop expandability with support for up to 36 high-performance peripherals, including the latest 4K displays.
Pricing & Availability
The Mac Pro is available with a 3.7 GHz quad-core Intel Xeon E5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.9 GHz, dual AMD FirePro D300 GPUs with 2 GB of VRAM each, 12 GB of memory, and 256 GB of PCIe-based flash storage starting at $2,999 (US); and with a 3.5 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon E5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.9 GHz, dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3 GB of VRAM each, 16 GB of memory, and 256 GB of PCIe-based flash storage starting at $3,999 (US). Configure-to-order options include faster 8-core or 12-core Intel Xeon E5 processors, AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6 GB of VRAM, up to 64 GB of memory, and up to 1 TB of PCIe-based flash storage. Additional technical specifications, configure-to-order options and accessories are available online at www.apple.com/mac-pro.
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#4727771 Posted on: 12/19/2013 03:11 PM
why would I want it shaped like that??
and the air intake is the top or bottom?
why would I want it shaped like that??
and the air intake is the top or bottom?
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#4727814 Posted on: 12/19/2013 04:07 PM
why would I want it shaped like that??
and the air intake is the top or bottom?
Heat naturaly rises.
Hilbert it may be in your best interest to just not post anything about Apple anymore as a lot of users on here can't control themselves when they hear that name.
why would I want it shaped like that??
and the air intake is the top or bottom?
Heat naturaly rises.
Hilbert it may be in your best interest to just not post anything about Apple anymore as a lot of users on here can't control themselves when they hear that name.
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#4727823 Posted on: 12/19/2013 04:21 PM
it woud be perfect toilet trashcan but a bit too expensive for my wallet. Have to look 1 from IKEA
it woud be perfect toilet trashcan but a bit too expensive for my wallet. Have to look 1 from IKEA
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#4727837 Posted on: 12/19/2013 04:31 PM
Heat naturaly rises.
Hilbert it may be in your best interest to just not post anything about Apple anymore as a lot of users on here can't control themselves when they hear that name.
Yeah it's hard not to talk crap about Apple.
Heat naturaly rises.
Hilbert it may be in your best interest to just not post anything about Apple anymore as a lot of users on here can't control themselves when they hear that name.
Yeah it's hard not to talk crap about Apple.
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#4727841 Posted on: 12/19/2013 04:33 PM
personally, I don't really have much of a problem of it being a cylinder. I just think they shouldn't have made the top look like a hole, because then it really does look like a trash can. Otherwise, I think the design is kind of nifty. A lot more interesting than a rectangular cube.
personally, I don't really have much of a problem of it being a cylinder. I just think they shouldn't have made the top look like a hole, because then it really does look like a trash can. Otherwise, I think the design is kind of nifty. A lot more interesting than a rectangular cube.
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#4727861 Posted on: 12/19/2013 04:49 PM
Yes it's everyone's inner fanboy coming out. I for one do not like the apple OSx but at the same time I do not have the urge to trash a product just because of its manufacture. If this design where put forth as a new AMD APU based PC most on this forum would be praising it as the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Yeah it's hard not to talk crap about Apple.
Yes it's everyone's inner fanboy coming out. I for one do not like the apple OSx but at the same time I do not have the urge to trash a product just because of its manufacture. If this design where put forth as a new AMD APU based PC most on this forum would be praising it as the second coming of Jesus Christ.
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#4727874 Posted on: 12/19/2013 05:01 PM
Unless it cost £5000 for the passable-spec version and was still outperformed by a half decent X79 PC for under £2000. Then it probably would get slated, and rightly so.
Hell, for the price of the passable spec version you could go out and get a dual socket system. Chuck a couple of Xeon E5-1660v2's into a Asus Z9PED8-WS with 64GB of 2400Mhz Memory. Add two graphics cards. Chuck a pair of half decent 1TB SSDs in, knowing you have loads of PCI-E lanes and slots free for a PCI-E solution next year. That's probably only around the same price as the base-spec hex core model.
Who is this actually aimed at?! It's overkill for content consumption, inadequate for serious content creation, hard to upgrade in any meaningful way, can't play games. What's it for, beyond a "look what we can do" bit of PR?
CDJay
Unless it cost £5000 for the passable-spec version and was still outperformed by a half decent X79 PC for under £2000. Then it probably would get slated, and rightly so.
Hell, for the price of the passable spec version you could go out and get a dual socket system. Chuck a couple of Xeon E5-1660v2's into a Asus Z9PED8-WS with 64GB of 2400Mhz Memory. Add two graphics cards. Chuck a pair of half decent 1TB SSDs in, knowing you have loads of PCI-E lanes and slots free for a PCI-E solution next year. That's probably only around the same price as the base-spec hex core model.
Who is this actually aimed at?! It's overkill for content consumption, inadequate for serious content creation, hard to upgrade in any meaningful way, can't play games. What's it for, beyond a "look what we can do" bit of PR?
CDJay
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#4727880 Posted on: 12/19/2013 05:06 PM
I'm practicing my crushed paper ball throwing skills right now, in case I bump into one of these.
I'm practicing my crushed paper ball throwing skills right now, in case I bump into one of these.
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#4727886 Posted on: 12/19/2013 05:14 PM
One must be really proud to admit he owns this, when someone in the office actually mistakes it to be a trash can.
Hey janitor, have you seen my cup of Starbucks coffee?
Oh, I thought you didn't want it anymore. I threw it into the trash bin under your table. It looks very nice by the way.
O_O
One must be really proud to admit he owns this, when someone in the office actually mistakes it to be a trash can.
Hey janitor, have you seen my cup of Starbucks coffee?
Oh, I thought you didn't want it anymore. I threw it into the trash bin under your table. It looks very nice by the way.
O_O
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#4727989 Posted on: 12/19/2013 07:00 PM
That's one expensive trash can.
I'm practicing my crushed paper ball throwing skills right now, in case I bump into one of these.
One must be really proud to admit he owns this, when someone in the office actually mistakes it to be a trash can.
Hey janitor, have you seen my cup of Starbucks coffee?
Oh, I thought you didn't want it anymore. I threw it into the trash bin under your table. It looks very nice by the way.
O_O
Padding your post count repeating yourself?
That's one expensive trash can.
I'm practicing my crushed paper ball throwing skills right now, in case I bump into one of these.
One must be really proud to admit he owns this, when someone in the office actually mistakes it to be a trash can.
Hey janitor, have you seen my cup of Starbucks coffee?
Oh, I thought you didn't want it anymore. I threw it into the trash bin under your table. It looks very nice by the way.
O_O
Padding your post count repeating yourself?
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#4727991 Posted on: 12/19/2013 07:04 PM
Man for that much money I could build an epic build that would spank the Mac Pro.
Man for that much money I could build an epic build that would spank the Mac Pro.
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#4727998 Posted on: 12/19/2013 07:08 PM
The line up will include the Mac Pro, Mac Office, and the Mac Mini
The line up will include the Mac Pro, Mac Office, and the Mac Mini
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#4728042 Posted on: 12/19/2013 07:55 PM
hell yeah Apple can make pc-trash-cans and and Microsoft can make Windows that doesn't have windows in it (tiles aren't windows right ?)
hell yeah Apple can make pc-trash-cans and and Microsoft can make Windows that doesn't have windows in it (tiles aren't windows right ?)
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#4728054 Posted on: 12/19/2013 08:05 PM
Lol. Predictable. Bash what you can't afford, eh?
Lol. Predictable. Bash what you can't afford, eh?
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That's one expensive trash can.