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As predicted, Apple has unveiled a new line of towers for the Mac faithful, and as we speculated last month, it's all about the dual Woodcrest. The transition to Intel has made its stop at the PowerMac station, and more than the name is changing.
Calling it the high-end machine "customers have dreamed of," Steve Jobs said that the new "Mac Pro" towers will sport Xeon chipsets for Intel's new dual-core Xeon 5100 at speeds of up to 3GHz at launch (2.0, 2.66 and 3.0GHz across the spectrum). All models will ship with two physical CPUs, meaning two Xeons per tower. A dual 2.66GHz Xeon 5100 box with 1GB of RAM, an NIVIDIA GeForce 7300GT (256MB of RAM) and a 16x SuperDrive will cost $2499. Citing the oft-made claim that Apple computers are pricey, Jobs called it a "myth" and said that similar machines from Dell could run almost $1,000 more.
Jobs described the new towers as being significantly more powerful than the previous G5-based offerings, saying that they were 1.6 to 2.1 times faster than the G5 quad. As usual, the exact nature of the benchmark used was not clear.
He also touted the interior of the case, which has been redesigned for the new architecture. The towers now have room for four hard drives (or up to 2 TB of storage), 4 PCIe slots including an extra-wide slot for graphics, and there's even room for a second optical drive. Interestingly, the exterior of the enclosure remains the same despite endless rumors stating that it would change. The new towers will also support up to 16GB of RAM.
Jobs also said that there will be an ATI Radeon X19000 XT upgrade soon. Additionally, the towers include Bluetooth and Airport.
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Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor
Ushering in a new era of outstanding performance  and completing the Mac transition to Intel processors at the same time  the new Mac Pro introduces the 64-bit Dual-Core Intel Xeon “Woodcrest†processor to the Mac lineup. Running at up to 3GHz, it’s a state-of-the-art processor that  from day one  makes the Mac Pro one of the fastest desktop computers on the planet.
Just look at this... http://images.apple.com/macpro/galler...ro04_20060807.jpg
3Ghz, 2TB Storage, 4 Drive Bays, Dual Core Xeon 3GhZ Processor... Its the new MacPro announced to day.
You can also have up to 16GB RAM. New insides; insert drives without the use of tools - just snap them into place. But the 2499U$ comes with 256mb RAM! I think it should come with 512mb at least.. or 1gb why not, but Macs RAM is always pricey.
2.6 GHz Xeon, Geforce 7300 GT (256 MB VRAM), SuperDrive: US$2499. The previous fastest Power Mac was US$800 more.
I have always been a dual OS user, but the Mac Pro is just really expensive; despite its dual Xeon prodessors 3Ghz (up from a CoreDuo)... it would be an amazing gaming computer too... but You can build a PC for alot less; whatever people say, Macs are alot more expensive for the consumer (us); to be honest I dont need the power; the Dell equivalent of the MacPro is actually more expensive however; but it is ready built (of course), and not much can meet the MacPro spec for a desktop computer
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Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh that is so awesome. That thing is going to be really fast.
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