Apple Introduces New Mac Pro
CUPERTINO, California—January 8, 2008—
A
pple® today introduced the new Mac® Pro with eight
processor cores and a new system architecture that
delivers up to twice the performance of its
predecessor*. The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel’s
new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors running up
to 3.2 GHz, powerful new graphics and up to 4TB of
internal storage to offer the ideal system for
creative professionals, 3D digital content creators
and scientists. The standard 8-core configuration
starts at just $2,799.
“The new Mac Pro is the fastest Mac we’ve ever made,”
said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president
of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With 3.2 GHz 8-core
Xeon processing, a 1600 MHz front side bus and 800
MHz memory, the new Mac Pro uses the fastest Intel
Xeon architecture on the market.”
The new Mac Pro features the latest Quad-Core Intel
Xeon 5400 series processors based on state-of-the-art
45nm Intel Core microarchitecture running up to 3.2
GHz, each with 12MB of L2 cache per processor for
breakthrough performance and power efficiency. With a
new high-bandwidth hardware architecture,
dual-independent 1600 MHz front side buses and up to
32GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory, the new Mac
Pro achieves a 61 percent increase in memory
throughput**.
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, such as the
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512MB of video memory, or
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 with 1.5GB of video memory and
a 3-D stereo port for stereo-in-a-window
applications. With support for up to four graphics
cards, the new Mac Pro can drive up to eight 30-inch
displays at once for advanced visualization and large
display walls.
The Mac Pro is the most expandable Mac ever,
featuring four internal hard drive bays with
direct-attach, cable-free installation of four 1TB
Serial ATA hard drives, totaling 4TB of internal
storage 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. Combined with
SATA or SAS drives, using an optional Mac Pro RAID
card offers the ultimate data protection and disk I/O
performance on the Mac Pro. 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.
Every Mac Pro includes Leopard™, the sixth major
release of the world’s most advanced operating
system. Leopard is packed with more than 300 new
features and introduces a brand new desktop with
Stacks, a new way to easily access files from the
Dock; a redesigned Finder that lets users quickly
browse and share files between multiple Macs; Quick
Look, a new way to instantly see files without
opening an application; Spaces, an intuitive new
feature used to create groups of applications and
instantly switch between them; and Time Machine™, an
effortless way to automatically back up everything on
a Mac. Featuring an improved scheduler and other
multi-core technology, Leopard is a perfect companion
to the Mac Pro, making applications faster and
helping application developers take advantage of
multi-core systems.
The new ultra-thin aluminum Apple Keyboard now ships
with every Mac Pro and built-in Bluetooth 2.0 makes
it easy to reduce cable clutter with the optional
Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mouse.
Pricing & Availability
The new Mac Pro is shipping today and will be
available through the Apple Store®
(www.apple.com),
Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.
The standard 8-core Mac Pro, with a suggested retail
price of $2,799 (US), includes:
- two 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors with dual-independent 1600 MHz front side buses;
- 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC fully-buffered DIMM memory, expandable up to 32GB;
- ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory;
- 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
- 16x SuperDrive™ with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
- two PCI Express 2.0 slots and two PCI Express slots;
- Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; and
- ships with Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse.
In addition to the standard configuration, the Mac
Pro offers numerous build-to-order options including:
one 2.8 GHz, two 3.0 GHz, or two 3.2 GHz Quad-Core
Intel Xeon processors; up to 32GB of 800 MHz DDR2
fully-buffered ECC memory; up to four 1TB Serial ATA
hard drives running at 7200 rpm or up to four 300GB
SAS drives running at 15000 rpm; Mac Pro RAID card;
up to two 16x SuperDrives with double-layer support;
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
graphics cards; AirPort Extreme 802.11n; Apple USB
Modem; Apple wireless Aluminum Keyboard; Apple
wireless Mighty Mouse; and Mac OS X Server Leopard.
Complete build-to-order options and pricing are
available at
www.apple.com/macpro.
*Based on estimated results comparing a preproduction
2.8 GHz 8-core Mac Pro with a 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Mac
Pro running professional applications like Maya, modo
and Logic® Pro.
**Testing conducted by Apple in December 2007 using a preproduction 2.8 GHz 8-core Mac Pro with a 2.66 GHz quad-core Mac Pro. All systems were configured with 4GB of RAM. Results are based on the STREAM v. 5.6 benchmark (www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/ref.html) using OMP support for multiprocessor-compiled builds.