mack usersyearningfor a newMac Profinally have their wish — Apple on Monday quietly released an update to the tower Mac , almost two yearsafter its last update . And the Price of the young Mac Pros have not shift from the previous mannequin .
Apple offers two standard conformation of the Mac Pro . The $ 2499 theoretical account have a 3.2GHz quad - core Xeon W3565 C.P.U. , which is able of a f number of 3.46GHz using Turbo Boost . The processor also supports Hyper - Threading for up to eight practical core , and has 8 megabit of L3 cache . The $ 3799 model has two 2.4GHz six - core Xeon E5645 processors , with Turbo Boost execution up to 2.67GHz . The E5645 also has Hyper - Threading ( 24 virtual core group ) and 12 MB of L3 hoard .
The $ 2499 Mac Pro has 6 GB of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM , while the $ 3499 Mac Pro has 12 GB of 1333MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM . Both Mac Pro model come with a 7200 - revolutions per minute 1 TB hard drive , with the three other hard drive alcove open for customization . For video , the Mac Pro comes standard with a 1 GB ATI Radeon HD 5770 PCI Express cards . The 5770 has two Mini DisplayPorts and a threefold - inter-group communication DVI port .
The previous $ 2499 modeling had a 2.8GHz quadruplet - core Xeon W3530 mainframe with 3 GB of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM , a 1 TB tough drive and a 1 GB ATI Radeon HD 5770 computer graphic card . The old $ 3499 poser had two 2.4GHz space - core Xeon E5620 processors with 6 GB of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM , a 1 TB hard drive and a 1 GB ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics wit .
Build - to - ordination ( BTO ) option for the $ 2499 Mac Pro admit a 3.33GHz six - core Xeon processor for an additional $ 500 . The $ 3499 Mac Pro has choice for a twain of 2.66GHz six - core Xeon C.P.U. ( $ 1200 ) or two 3.06GHz six - core Xeon processors ( $ 2400 ) .
Apple also updated its Mac Pro Server . The updated variation has the same 3.2GHz quad - core Xeon W3565 processor as the $ 2499 Mac Pro , but the Server includes two 1 TB hard drives , 8 GB of RAM , and OS X Lion Server . It is $ 2999 .
The Mac Pro update was n’t mentioned during theWWDC keynote , but Apple updated the Mac Proproduct pagesoon after the keynote conclude . Overall , the update to the Mac Pro is a relatively minor one — a speed bump and increase in RAM . Not only did the computer memory and video stay the same as in the late models liberate in July 2010 , but Apple did n’t see the Mac Pro primed for Thunderbolt , which is on every other Mac . The Mac Pro still apply USB 2.0 ports instead of USB 3.0 , which made its debut in the newMacBook AirandMacBook Pro .
