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08-08-2006, 11:14 AM
Keynote at the latest WWDC announced the replacment for the PowerMac G5.
to be called the Mac Pro.
Aesthetically it is the same machine as its predecessor but on the inside it’s a different monster.
In it’s basic form it has two 64bit Dual Core Intel Xeon that run at 2.66 GHz.
These processors can be upgraded to 3GHz as a Build-to-order (BTO) option.
Indeed, Apple seemed to tout the BTO route quite vigorously (4,976,640 possible configurations don’t you know…), which is good considering there is only one pre-built configuration (created so that the Mac Pro could be sold in retail stores no doubt).
# Two 2.66GHz Dual Core Intel Xeon processors upgradeable to 3GHz
# 4mb shared cache per processor
# 1.33Ghz dual independent frontside buses
# 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 fully-buffered ECC memory expandable up to 16GB
# NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM configurable to ATI Radeon X1900 XT or Quadro FX 4500 (512 MB VRAM)
# 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
# 16x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
pretty beefy, i guess its will just start coming down to how much the kit will cost.
but pretty hot specs
to be called the Mac Pro.
Aesthetically it is the same machine as its predecessor but on the inside it’s a different monster.
In it’s basic form it has two 64bit Dual Core Intel Xeon that run at 2.66 GHz.
These processors can be upgraded to 3GHz as a Build-to-order (BTO) option.
Indeed, Apple seemed to tout the BTO route quite vigorously (4,976,640 possible configurations don’t you know…), which is good considering there is only one pre-built configuration (created so that the Mac Pro could be sold in retail stores no doubt).
# Two 2.66GHz Dual Core Intel Xeon processors upgradeable to 3GHz
# 4mb shared cache per processor
# 1.33Ghz dual independent frontside buses
# 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 fully-buffered ECC memory expandable up to 16GB
# NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM configurable to ATI Radeon X1900 XT or Quadro FX 4500 (512 MB VRAM)
# 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7200-rpm hard drive
# 16x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
pretty beefy, i guess its will just start coming down to how much the kit will cost.
but pretty hot specs