Apple today unveiled the world’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro.
• Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5300 series “Clovertown” processors
• Intel Core microarchitecture
• 8MB of L2 cache per processor (16MB total; each pair of cores shares 4MB)
• 128-bit SSE3 vector engine
• 64-bit data paths and registers
• Energy efficiency optimization
• 1.33GHz, 64-bit dual independent frontside buses
Apple’s Mac Pro is shipping today with the standard prebuilt configuration, including two 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors and priced at $US2,499, through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.
Changing the standard processors for two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon adds a rather economical $1498 extra. For example, taking the pre-built base unit and maxing out the processors results in just US$3,997:
• Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
• 1GB (2 x 512MB)
• 250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
• NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB (single-link DVI/dual-link DVI)
• One 16x SuperDrive
• Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse – U.S. English
• Mac OS X – U.S. English
More info here.
MacDailyNews Take: For when you absolutely, positively have to sequence the entire human genome before lunch.
WOW!
Now where is my 16GB Nano?!? 🙁
Great! Now where’s the big cat??
Wow! 1st time…1st Post.
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well that was unexpected (happening today… not at all)
Speaking of Duo Core; did you ever fart so hard you ended up in another zip code?
Only for North America? WTF!!!
Now if I can convince my company to upgrade from our dual-core G5s.
Now, if we can order it with R600 GPU from ATi then I am sold.
MDN word: top
As is new TOP Mac
“Only for North America? WTF!!!”
Available in Japan
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http://www.apple.com/jp/macpro/
Can anyone tell me what I can do with that kind of power?
Anyone?
The new display prices are a joke!
The same thing we do every night….Try to take over the world!
@ American in Japan: nope that is the quad
But it’s Wednesday! NOOOooOoOooOooooooOOOOOOOO!
daaaaaaaaaamn.
I was slightly worried they were going to update something on the MacBook Pro since I just got mine yesterday.
weird, no uk and Europe 8core release.
maybe supply is short and apple is focusing on there main markets.
@Mark L – give it too me… i’ll find something to do with your new 8core mac pro
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@ MarkL
I will use it to control my “Death Star”. It keeps crashing with my Dell under Vista.
Motion 2, FCP 5 HD, Divx Crush, Halo Combat Evolved…
What, no Blue-Ray?
Is this the first-ever 3GHz Mac?
If only I didn’t have to pay off my student loans, then I would get one. And I woud max it out, coming to a grand total of $16,000!
what Ed said…”no Blue Ray”
The reason the UK and Europe are not geting the Octo-core is that they leaked information a couple of weeks ago. This is punishment. They have to wait two weeks now.
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@MarkL
In Excel 2007 my financial models take 1 hour to calc with 1-core, 30 minutes with 2-cores, 15 minutes with 4-core, and would only take 7.5 mins with 8-core.
My daily time saving would be significant.
Fingers crossed that Excel 2008 for Mac is also multi-core.