New Electronics Reviews

The New Mac Pro is the world’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based workstation. Based on Intel's 64-bit Xeon CPU, the Mac Pro has two dual-core processors. The new Mac Pro is the final Macintosh in Apple's line-up to make the shift from PowerPC processors to Intel processors. The standard configuration of the New Mac Pro consists of 2.66-GHz Xeon processors, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a single 16x SuperDrive and the Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT graphics card with 256MB of video RAM. The Mac Pro not only runs Mac OS X and OS X applications at absolutely blazing speeds, but also Windows XP via Apple’s Boot Camp, the Mac Pro makes a better Windows workstation than almost any other Windows desktop.

Pros:

• Sleek, attractive and extremely quiet

• Internal Components can be easily self-serviced including the DVD drives and PCI expansion slot

• Well-built multi-core CPU performance

• Provided with 4 SATA II drive inlet and faster PCI

• Xeon-based PC Workstations or Quad G5 at affordable price

• Ability to run Auto-CAD via Windows XP along with Mac OS X

• Mac Pro accommodates up to four drives and 3 Terabyte of storage

• Offers eight DIMM slots to fill up to 16GB of RAM

• 5 USB Ports, 2 each Firewire 400 and 800 port

Cons:

• Standard GeForce 7300 GT video card underperforms in comparisons with PCs

• Airport and Bluetooth come with extra cost

• FB-DIMM memory is expensive

• Design Applications like Adobe Photoshop and Sketch Pro are not indigenous for Intel Macs

• Incompatible with "Classic" Mac applications and with a few PowerPC-based software and hardware

• Lacks support for SLI or Crossfire

Specifications:

• Processor: 3.0 Ghz, 4MB L2 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB

• Memory: 1 GB, Expandable to Max 16 GB, 8 DIMM Slots

• Hard Drive: 250 GB, Expandable to 3 TB

• Optical Drive: 16x Superdrive

• Network Connectivity: 2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports, 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0

• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 1 single link and 1 dual link DVI Port

• Ports: 5 USB 2.0, 2 Firewire 400 and 2 Firewire 800

• Weight: 42.4 lb

• Audio: Digital in-and-out and Analog in-and-out

• Software: Mac OS X 10.4.7, iLife 08, Comic Life, FileMaker 8.5, Omni Outliner

Summary:

Apple’s Mac Pro consists of really awesome hardware features which provides great performance at a reasonable price. Particularly for 3D design, there is requirement of special configuration options but otherwise the Mac Pro can be considered as a professional class PC. With the new Mac Pro your imaginations finally meets its match.

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