Mac Pro
From Mac Guides
The Mac Pro was first announced August 7, 2006 at WWDC, ending the PowerPC to Intel Transition. According to Phil Schiller, the first models are 1.6 to 2.1 times as fast as the PowerMac G5s that they replace.
The Mac Pro, which came in the same enclosure as the PowerMac G5, started shipping immediately after the announcement. While the external is almost identical, except for the extra optical drive panel, the internals have been drastically rearranged.
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Rev. B
Released silently on January 8, 2008, one week before MacWorld, the new Mac Pro featured numerous upgrades such as the new Penryn-based processors and 8-cores as standard. The standard graphics card is a vast improvement over last revision's 7300 GT and all graphics cards now include 2x dual-link DVI. New hard drives also boasted faster speeds while Bluetooth was added as standard. However, the price point received a $300 increase which may be mainly down to eight-cores now being standard.
Specifications
| Standard configuration | Build-to-order options | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (USD) | $2799 | |
| Processor | 2x 2.8 GHz Quad-core Xeon processors "Penryn" | 1x 2.8 GHz Quad-core Xeon processor, 2x 3.0 GHz Quad-core Xeon processors, 2x 3.2 GHz Quad-core Xeon processors |
| 12 MB L2 cache per processor | ||
| Memory | 2 GB 800 MHz FB-DIMM (2x 1 GB) | 4 GB (4x 1 GB), 8 GB (4x 2 GB), 16 GB (8x 2 GB), 16 GB (4x 4GB) or 32 GB (8x 4 GB) |
| Storage | 320 GB at 7200rpm | 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB at 7200rpm and 300 GB at 15,000rpm SAS (requires RAID card) |
| Media | 16x SuperDrive | Second 16x SuperDrive |
| Graphics | ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB, Nvidia Quadro FX 5600 1.5 GB (Stereo 3D), up to 4x ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB |
| Modem | No | USB Modem ($49) |
| Wireless | Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR module | Airport Extreme card |
Rev. A
Announced at WWDC 2006 on August 7, 2006, the Mac Pro was the replacement for the PowerMac G5
On April 4, 2007, Apple released an 8-core configuration for $1498 USD additional over the price of the standard configuration. [1]
Specifications
| Standard configuration | Build-to-order options | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (USD) | $2499 | |
| Processor | 2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-core Xeon "Woodcrest" | 2 x 2.0 GHz Dual-core Xeon "Woodcrest", 2 x 3.0 GHz Dual-core Xeon "Woodcrest", 2 x 3.0GHz Quad-core Xeon "Clovertown" |
| 4 MB L2 cache | ||
| Memory | 1 GB 667 MHz FB-DIMM | 2 GB (4x 512 MB), 4 GB (4x 1 GB), 8 GB (8x 1 GB), 8 GB (4x 2 GB) or 16 GB (8x 2 GB) |
| Storage | 250 GB | Bay 1: 250 GB, 500 GB or 750 GB, Bays 2-4: 500GB or 750 GB, all Serial ATA 3Gb/s; 7200-rpm; 8 MB cache |
| Media | 16x SuperDrive | Second 16x SuperDrive |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT, 256 MB | ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB (2x dual-link DVI), Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 512 MB, Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI), up to 4 x Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB |
| Modem | No | USB Modem ($49) |
| Wireless | No | Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR module, Airport Extreme card |
Notes
- Uses FB-DIMMS RAM which are significantly more expensive than previous DIMMs and provide slightly poorer performance for gaming.
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