Apple Introduces New Mac Pro

January 9, 2008: The new Apple Mac Pro computer, which begins shipping this week and is claimed as the fastest Mac ever, comes with a standard 8-core configuration.

Combining two of Intel’s new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2 GHz, powerful new graphics and offering up to 4TB of internal storage, the new Mac Pro is ideal for creative professionals, 3D digital content creators and scientists. Every Mac Pro comes standard with the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card with 256MB of video memory. The Mac Pro includes a new PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot that delivers up to double the bandwidth compared to the previous generation, and supports the latest generation of graphics cards from NVIDIA. It can drive up to eight 30-inch displays at once for advanced visualisation and large display walls.

The Mac Pro is the most expandable Mac ever, with four internal hard drive bays for direct-attach, cable-free installation of four 1TB Serial ATA hard drives and support for two SuperDrives. With optional 15000 rpm SAS drives that can deliver up to 250MB/s of RAID 5 disk I/O performance, the Mac Pro is ideal for film and video editors. An optional Mac Pro RAID card offers the ultimate data protection and disk I/O performance. The Mac Pro is easily and conveniently accessible in front and back so users can connect external devices with five USB 2.0, two FireWire 400, two FireWire 800, optical and analog audio in and out, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and a headphone jack.

New Mac Pros are supplied with the Leopard operating system, along with the new ultra-thin aluminum Apple Keyboard. Built-in Bluetooth 2.0 makes it easy to reduce cable clutter with the optional Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mouse. The standard 8-core Mac Pro is priced at an RRP of A$3,999. Numerous built-to-order options are available. For more information, visit www.apple.com/au.