Mac Pro line updated, Promises 50% more performance.

by dave on July 27, 2010



The Mac Pro line from Apple has seen a new update with greater performance. This was announced today by Apple amidst other announcements as well. The new Mac pro offers up to 12 cores of processing power whose performance is worth 50% more than its predecessors.

The new Mac Pro also ships with new ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics hardware, with the Radeon HD 5870 as a custom build-to-order option. The new Mac Pro will also offer standard display connectivity of two Mini Display Ports and one dual-link DVI port. Customers can also opt for 512 GB SSD (Solid State Disk) as a build-to-order option.

“The new Mac Pro is the most powerful and configurable Mac we’ve ever made,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With up to 12 cores, the new Mac Pro outperforms our previous top-of-the-line system by up to 50 percent, and with over a billion possible configurations, our customers can create exactly the system they want.”

Here are base options:

- 1x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core / 3GB RAM / 1 TB HD; Priced at: $2499
- 2x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core / 6 GB RAM / 1 TB HD; Priced at: $3499

12-core options at either 2.66 GHz or 2.93 GHz will be available at starting price of $4999. All models are set to begin available in August.

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