In general, the Mac Pro has been well received in the press. The combination of high performance, reasonable expandability, very quiet operation and superb mechanical design makes it routinely appear as the comparison system against which other systems are measured. The Xeon platform is, however, Intel's "high end" system and not aimed at more general purpose use. Nevertheless, current-generation Xeons are priced competitively with their high-end desktop platforms, allowing Apple to sell a very powerful system at price points that are considered quite competitive, even by reviewers who do not normally review Apple systems
Apple updated Mac Pro in July 2010 (Available in Aug 2010) with the options of up to 12 processing cores, up to four optional 512GB solid state drives and ATI Radeon HD 5770/5870 graphics.
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This Mac Pro is probably 8x faster than the PowerMac at most tasks, and its case design is lovely. The way PCI cards snap into and out of place without screws, the easy accessibility of the DIMM slots on a pull-out card, and the ability to add and remove drives without cables, all reflect Apple's obsession with details ... Read More Read Pro Review
6 Core Mac Pro 3.33GHz - Z0LF - Originally $3,699
* July, 2010 Model
* #One 3.33GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere
* 3GB memory
* 1TB hard drive
* 18x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 Configurable options at the Apple Store
4 Core Mac Pro 3.2GHz - Z0LF - Originally $2,899
* July, 2010 Model
* One 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor
* 3GB memory
* 1TB hard drive
* 18x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 Configurable options at the Apple Store
4 Core Mac Pro 2.8GHz - MC560LL/A - Originally $2,499
* July, 2010 Model
* One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor
* 3GB memory
* 1TB hard drive
* 18x double-layer SuperDrive
* ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB GDDR5 Configurable options at the Apple Store
Mac Pro One 2.66GHz Quad-Core - MB871LL/A - Originally $2,499
* 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (One )
* 3GB memory
* 640GB 7200-rpm hard drive
* 18x SuperDrive
* NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB memory Configurable options at the Apple Store User Reviews
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