Apple finally rolls out 8-core Mac Pro
Apple Inc. on Wednesday quietly introduced a version of its Mac Pro professional workstation that sports 8 processor cores via two Intel Xeon quad-core microprocessors.
The 8-core Clovertown option adds $1,498 to the Mac Pro's base price of $2,499. The base system continues to offer quad-core computing via two 2.66GHz dual-core Intel Xeon âWoodcrestâ processors. Woodcrest Mac Pro systems are also available for configuration with 2GHz and 3GHz chips.
Customers can configure the Mac Pro with over 4.9 million build-to-order options including: up to 16GB of 667 MHz DDR2 fully-buffered ECC memory; up to four 750GB Serial ATA hard drives running at 7200 rpm; up to two 16x SuperDrives with double-layer support; ATI Radeon X1900 XT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics cards, both with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM; AirPort Extreme module, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR module; Apple USB Modem; Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple wireless Mighty Mouse; Mac OS X Server Tiger; Apple Xsan; and Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card.
AppleInsider first detailed the 8-core Mac Pro in an exclusive report back in October.
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NAB maybe ... 16 Core + Blu-Ray?
NAB maybe ... 16 Core + Blu-Ray?
Don't think Intel have released any MP Core-based chips.
Don't think Intel have released any MP Core-based chips.
I meant 4 x '3 GHz Intel 5300' ... and only kidding But then again ...
finally some news on the Macintosh front!
They also lowered the prices of all cinema displays... but so far no one has notcied nice news gathering
New Prices:
20" $599.00
23" $899.00
30" $1,799.00
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL...=AppleDisplays
You guys took about 45 minutes longer than most and couldnt even add this lol