Apple unleashes new Xserve, Mac Pro

By Staff Writers on 09 January 2008

Tags: apple | mac pro | macworld 2008 us | xserve | memory | ati | new | come | hold | double

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Just a week before Macworld, Apple has unveiled a Mac Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture. Apple said its two Intel 45-nanometre Quad-Core Xeon processors running up to 3.2GHz will double the power of its predecessor.

The new Mac will possess a 1600MHz front-side bus and up to 32GB of 800MHz memory. It comes with an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card with 256MB of video memory.

The standard 8-core Mac Pro will cost AU$3,999.

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the_man
09/02/2008 08:52 PM

32gb RAM, 8 30-inch displays, 4tb HDD.... And $4000 for the basline. I am going to switch to Mac this year... But I might have to get an iMac.

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