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![]() ![]() ![]() Memory looks good, though: the Mac Pro features a four-channel DDR3 controller running at 1866MHz, as opposed to the standard 1600MHz and delivering up to 60GB/s memory bandwidth – up from 30GB/s on the current model.įor graphics, the new Mac Pro uses two “state-of-the-art” AMD FirePro GPUs with 6GB of dedicated VRAM. It will be interesting to see how easy Apple makes it to upgrade. That’s pretty impressive, although existing top-of-the-range Windows workstations go up to 16 cores. Inside, the new Mac Pro uses the Intel Xeon E5 chipset, “with configurations offering up to 12 cores”. (Of course, whether you actually want it on your desktop depends on how noisy it is – about which, more later.)īut being cylindrical, this is definitely a workstation, rather than a machine to put in a farm: as one CGTalk user put it: “How the hell do you rack mount this thing?” ![]() The most obvious talking point is the shape: the new Mac Pro is a sleek aluminium cylinder.ĭetractors have already been having fun mocking the design as a ‘trash can’ or an ‘ashtray’ – but whether you love or hate the look, you can’t argue that it isn’t distinctive.Īnd at 9.9″ tall and 6.6″ in diameter, it lives up to Apple’s claim to be “a pro desktop computer that can actually sit on your desk”. Sleek power tool, or space-age trash can? Scroll down for updates.Īpple has announced the specfications of its new Mac Pro workstation, promising “breakthrough performance” in a unit an eighth the size of its current desktops – and a completely different shape.Īnnouncing the new Mac Pro during his presentation at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (above), Apple SVP Phil Schiller drily commented: “Can’t innovate any more, my ass.”Īs anyone who remembers old Mac workstations like the ill-fated Cube will know, ‘innovative’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘practical’, ‘expansible’ or ‘affordable’.įortunately, the information so far suggests that the new Mac Pro fares well on at least two of those fronts. Posted by Jim Thacker New Mac Pro looks like a trash can, goes like a rocket ![]()
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