Apple Introduces New Xeon-Based Mac Pros

Ed Sutherland ()

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Apple Tuesday unveiled two new Mac Pro models using Intel’s Nahalem Xeon processors. The high-end computers also sported a $300 price cut.

“The new Mac Pro is a significant upgrade and starts at $300 less than before,” Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller said in a statement.

Using Intel’s Xeon processor with built-in memory controller and DDR3 ECC memory boosts memory elbow-room “about 2.4 percent” while also cutting memory slowdowns by 40 percent, according to reports.

The entry-level $2,499 Mac Pro includes a 2.66Ghz quad-core Xeon 3500 chip with 3GB of Ram and a 640GB hard disk.

The $3,299 Mac Pro gains a boost by offering two quad-core Xeon 5500 chips and 6GB of Ram.

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  • Keith Thomas

    Sweet, if only I could find someone to buy one for me.

  • imajoebob

    Before all the “when are they going to refresh the box?” garbage starts:
    1) Why screw with a classic?
    2) Who cares how it looks? The real Mac Pro market would buy it if it looked like toaster oven (or God forbid, Alienware). This is one of the few markets that really cares more about what’s inside.

  • James

    That photo is an insult to all of us professional mac pro users. The supposedly professional-strenght computer next to that god-awful useless shiny ‘mirror-screen’… Proves that Apple really doesnt get it.