Apple unveils new Mac Pro featuring Quad 64-bit Xeon processors

Apple unveiled the new Mac Pro, a quad Xeon, 64-bit desktop workstation
featuring two new Dual Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3.0 GHz and a
new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of the Power
Mac G5 Quad. With advanced performance, greater expansion, higher performance
graphics options and unprecedented customization, the newly designed Mac Pro is
the ideal system for the most demanding user. The introduction of the Mac Pro
marks the completion of a rapid and seamless transition for Apple, with this,
the entire Mac family is now using Intel's latest processors.

“Apple has successfully completed the transition and started using Intel
processors in just seven months,” said Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple.

The new Mac Pro features the new Dual Core Intel Xeon 5100 series processor
based on the Intel Core micro architecture, delivering breakthrough performance
and power efficiency. The new Mac Pro is twice as fast as the Power Mac G5 Quad
running industry standard benchmarks and features two Dual Core Intel Xeon
processors running up to 3.0 GHz, each with 4MB of shared L2 cache and
independent 1.33 GHz front-side buses. With 667 MHz DDR2 fully-buffered memory,
the Mac Pro also boasts a 256-bit wide memory architecture for amazing
bandwidth.

With more than 4.9 million possible configurations, the Mac Pro delivers
unprecedented customization to meet even the most demanding performance,
expansion and storage needs. The newly redesigned Mac Pro features all new,
direct attach storage solution for cable free, snap installation of up to four
500GB Serial ATA hard drives for 2TB of internal storage. Every Mac Pro includes
three full-length PCI Express expansion slots and one double-wide PCI Express
graphics slot to support high-powered, double-wide graphics cards without
sacrificing multiple slots. Providing quick and convenient access to connect the
most popular external devices, the front panel of the Mac Pro includes a
FireWire 800 port, a FireWire 400 port and two USB 2.0 ports with additional
FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and three USB 2.0 ports on the back panel. Mac Pro
also includes dual Gigabit ethernet ports, optical digital input and output,
analog audio input and output, and optional built-in support for AirPort Extreme
and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.

Every Mac Pro comes standard with the Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB of
video memory, providing built-in support for dual-displays and Apple's 30”
cinema HD display. The ATI Radeon X1900 XT and the Nvidia Quadro FX 4500, both
with 512MB of video memory are available as build to order options and provide
built-in support for up to two 30” Apple cinema HD displays. The Quadro FX
4500 also includes a stereo 3D port to connect goggles for stereo-in-a-window
applications and is ideal for the most demanding animation, special effects and
scientific visualization applications. The Mac Pro supports up to four PCI
Express graphics cards to drive up to eight displays at once for advanced
visualization and large display walls.

The latest release of the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X
version 10.4.7 Tiger, comes with every new Mac Pro, including Safari, Mail, iCal
and iChat AV, running natively. Tiger includes an innovative software
translation technology called Rosetta that lets customers run most Mac OS X
PowerPC applications seamlessly. Intel-based Mac customers have more than 3,000
universal applications to choose from including all of Apple's own consumer
and professional applications. Universal Mac software includes versions of Xsan,
a high performance, enterprise class Storage Area Network (SAN) file system and
Mac OS X Server, Apple's award-winning server operating system.