Meet the latest addition to the Mac Pro family: The world’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro. Consider the bar officially raised.
Performance standard
No matter which Mac Pro model you choose — 8-core or quad-core Intel Xeon — each delivers advanced performance, workstation graphics, and unparalleled expansion in so many possible configurations, your imagination has finally met its match.
Intel Xeon Processor
Opt for the 8-core Mac Pro and you get the power of two Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Clovertown” processors running at 3.0GHz. Or choose a quad-core Mac Pro featuring two Dual-Core Intel Xeon “Woodcrest” processors and decide how fast they fly: 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz. At 3.0GHz, the quad-core Mac Pro runs up to 2x faster than the Power Mac G5 Quad.1
Unparalleled Expansion
Mac Pro accommodates up to four drives and 3TB of storage, offers eight DIMM slots to fill with up to 16GB of RAM, and provides up to two SuperDrives. It also gives you four PCI Express slots and lots of I/O options for ultimate flexibility.
Killer Graphics
Looking for high-performance workstation graphics? You’ve come to the right place. Three graphics card options let you choose the card that meets your specific needs. And every one lets you connect up to two displays, including at least one 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display.
More than 33 million possible configurations
You’re the expert. With build-to-order options available for processors, graphics cards, memory, hard drives, optical drives, and other features and components, the über-configurable Mac Pro lets you build your personal dream machine. The Mac you’ve been waiting for.
News source: Apple.com
Performance standard
No matter which Mac Pro model you choose — 8-core or quad-core Intel Xeon — each delivers advanced performance, workstation graphics, and unparalleled expansion in so many possible configurations, your imagination has finally met its match.
Intel Xeon Processor
Opt for the 8-core Mac Pro and you get the power of two Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Clovertown” processors running at 3.0GHz. Or choose a quad-core Mac Pro featuring two Dual-Core Intel Xeon “Woodcrest” processors and decide how fast they fly: 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, or 3.0GHz. At 3.0GHz, the quad-core Mac Pro runs up to 2x faster than the Power Mac G5 Quad.1
Unparalleled Expansion
Mac Pro accommodates up to four drives and 3TB of storage, offers eight DIMM slots to fill with up to 16GB of RAM, and provides up to two SuperDrives. It also gives you four PCI Express slots and lots of I/O options for ultimate flexibility.
Killer Graphics
Looking for high-performance workstation graphics? You’ve come to the right place. Three graphics card options let you choose the card that meets your specific needs. And every one lets you connect up to two displays, including at least one 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display.
More than 33 million possible configurations
You’re the expert. With build-to-order options available for processors, graphics cards, memory, hard drives, optical drives, and other features and components, the über-configurable Mac Pro lets you build your personal dream machine. The Mac you’ve been waiting for.
News source: Apple.com
Clearly you are not compairing Apples to Apples (no pun intended).
Last edited by CoLdFuSi0n on 05 Apr 2007 - 00:57
Keep money in your wallet, not on your waist. It would be a waste to lose (not loose) it.
Anyway, why? This is obviously aimed at the tech crowd who need that kind of horsepower for things like CG/video rendering.
30" now $1799.00
23" now $899.00
20" now $599.00
waste of money my a$$, this is going to be killer!!!
Talk about taking video/audio/rendering to a new level!
Do you think you're God? If not, don't assume you know what everyone does with their computer... The parent even mentioned audio/video rendering, which is where this kind of power is needed.
Who said they were chatting...he he he he!
What would actually be interesting is to see a 4x4 system for a total of 16 cores. Still, I wonder if the code has been optimized to run on eight cores. At the very least (after thinking about it for a moment) one could assign tasks for select cores (i.e. system tasks) and maybe virtualization. Maybe we don't need a dedicated CPU with four or more cores (than again maybe not).
Mock him, do not... Yoda, he could be...
Mock him, do not... Yoda, he could be...
And I'm Chewbacca!
EERRRREUUGGGGHHH.
What I wonder is why they haven't updated the other components...!
Geforce 7300 / Quadro FX 4500 / Radeon 1900 XT - only one of which is underpowered.
You don't understand. Professional video rendering requires powerful video cards (look for nVidia Quadro)
You don't understand. Professional video rendering requires powerful video cards (look for nVidia Quadro)
And here I thought matrox's Parhelia was still king of the mountain for professional requirements..
your average user will never get the full use out of it, but damn...considering processing power, its insane.
Alienware is overpriced. The End. If you know what you are doing, you can build a computer equal to or better and beat Alienware's prices quite easily.
you know its time to upgrade when.............
Welcome to 2007.
BTW, If you drop it, it'll break.
Last edited by LTD on 05 Apr 2007 - 10:26
You think "yeah right"? Show me the price on this pile and I'll show you a ripoff, impressive specs but I guarantee you not only pay for them but pay extra to get a little Apple sticker on the front of the case.
I'm waiting until OS/X runs on sanely priced hardware.
I guess everybody knows by now they are paying for the Apple brand name, the support and the ability to run OS/X.
But the 16 cores pc server with 10K rpm scsi drives was a but exaggerated, have you looked up prices of pc server hardware lately? (Oh, and make sure you don't skip those scsi u320 raid controllers and the 10K rpm hd's
You think "yeah right"? Show me the price on this pile and I'll show you a ripoff, impressive specs but I guarantee you not only pay for them but pay extra to get a little Apple sticker on the front of the case.
I'm waiting until OS/X runs on sanely priced hardware.
Now THAT is comedy gold. You've never even looked at prices for a server-class machine have you? Upper four figures, lower five. The Apple doesn't even hit 5000.
Dell's PowerEdge 2900 also has the quad core processors in them...2 in fact. Those servers START at just over $7000.
Dell's PowerEdge 2900 also has the quad core processors in them...2 in fact. Those servers START at just over $7000.[/quote]
I just bought a PowerEdge 1900 with 2 for these quad core processors and two 15k RPM drives, 4GB of RAM and a few other options for $4,500.
Anyway, this is a workstation not a server; it is silly to compare its prices to a server. If you want to compare Apples to Dells stack this up against Dell's Precision 690; you will find comparable options and prices (I think the Dell is actually a tad more, but notably has SAS drives in place of the lower performing SATA drives Apple uses).
Dell's PowerEdge 2900 also has the quad core processors in them...2 in fact. Those servers START at just over $7000.
I just bought a PowerEdge 1900 with 2 for these quad core processors and two 15k RPM drives, 4GB of RAM and a few other options for $4,500.
Anyway, this is a workstation not a server; it is silly to compare its prices to a server. If you want to compare Apples to Dells stack this up against Dell's Precision 690; you will find comparable options and prices (I think the Dell is actually a tad more, but notably has SAS drives in place of the lower performing SATA drives Apple uses).
Dell's PowerEdge 2900 also has the quad core processors in them...2 in fact. Those servers START at just over $7000.
I just bought a PowerEdge 1900 with 2 for these quad core processors and two 15k RPM drives, 4GB of RAM and a few other options for $4,500.
Anyway, this is a workstation not a server; it is silly to compare its prices to a server. If you want to compare Apples to Dells stack this up against Dell's Precision 690; you will find comparable options and prices (I think the Dell is actually a tad more, but notably has SAS drives in place of the lower performing SATA drives Apple uses).
Heh, yeah I've never looked at server prices
My god that will be elite.
Does this mean there ISN'T going to be a re-design then?
And why go so overkill with the CPU, unless this is just intended solely for server use (it sounds like it isn't with their talk of workstation use). So few apps will benefit from 8 cores anyway, and only very niched ones will make serious use of that architecture, like math apps such as Matlab. I'm not sure if one of the premier Apple apps like Photoshop will benefit that greatly from super heavily paralleled CPU's. I can only see one real "Apple-ish" use for those -- CG rendering.
Last edited by Jugalator on 05 Apr 2007 - 17:42
troll elsewhere
Last edited by Chad on 05 Apr 2007 - 23:37
If you want a PC like the Intel Mac Pro then look at Dell's 690.
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