Apple today announced the release of a refreshed Mac Pro lineup, sporting up to 12 cores of processing power for 50% greater performance. The new Mac Pro comes with the ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card, with the Radeon HD 5870 available as a build-to-order option.
"The new Mac Pro is the most powerful and configurable Mac we've ever made," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "With up to 12 cores, the new Mac Pro outperforms our previous top-of-the-line system by up to 50 percent, and with over a billion possible configurations, our customers can create exactly the system they want."
There is also now an option for a 512 GB SSD as a build-to-order option, as well as two Mini DisplayPort's and one dual-link DVI port.
Here is an overview of the models:
- $2499 / 1x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core / 3 GB of RAM / 1 TB hard drive
- $3499 / 2x 2.4 GHz Quad-Core / 6 GB of RAM / 1 TB hard drive
There are 12-core options available at either 2.66 GHz or 2.93 GHz, with a starting price of $4,999. All models are expected to begin shipping in August.
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