Mac Pro

The Mac Pro is a workstation computer from Apple. From 2006 to 2012 models had the " tower case " and were by the user himself with RAM modules, hard drives, PCI Express cards (graphics, controllers, etc. ), optical storage easily expandable. Externally, the casing was made ​​of aluminum with those of the previous Power Mac G5 almost identical.

The Mac Pro was first introduced on August 7, 2006 Apple's WWDC and comes with two Intel Xeon processors. Due to the then new Core2 -based Intel architecture was the first Mac Pro, according to Apple marketing is about twice as fast as the previous generation of Macs, which was based on the PowerPC architecture.

On 8 January 2008, a further revision of the Mac Pro with i5400X chipset and Xeon 5400 CPUs was introduced. Two years later, on August 9, 2010, followed by a development with one or two Intel Xeon processors based on the Nehalem and Westmere architecture. The last update of the Mac Pro was conducted June 11, 2012, this version has up to two Intel Xeon E5645 processors.

As of March 1, 2013, Apple sold in Europe, the Mac Pro to temporarily stop because the device according to Apple, the revised IEC Standard 60950-1 is not satisfied and a change to the fans of the Mac Pros would be necessary for the sale.

On June 10, 2013 Apple introduced a new Mac Pro. Instead of the tower form the unit now has the form of a significantly smaller black aluminum cylinder. The hardware is the user unlike in the past hardly extensible. The new device has been available since December 2013.

Equipment

Processor

Every Mac Pro has a 64- bit Intel Xeon main processor ( CPU) of the Series E5 ( multi core processor). Equipment options are:

  • Quad - core processor, 3.7 GHz with 10 MB L3 cache,
  • 6- core processor, 3.5 GHz with 12 MB L3 cache,
  • 8 -core processor, 3.0 GHz with 25 MB L3 cache or
  • 12 - core processor, 2.7 GHz with 30 MB L3 cache.

RAM

The Mac Pro uses DDR3 RAM with 1866 MHz and an Error Correction Code ( ECC). The standard features of the Mac Pro looks depending on the model before 12 GB or 16 GB of RAM based on the four available slots for up to 64 GB ( supported by Apple limit ) can be expanded. Apple supports a maximum memory capacity of 64GB in the form of four 16- GB modules. Since the spring of 2014 third-party ( Transcend, Other World Computing (OWC ) ) are, however, also modules with a capacity of 32 GB available, so that the maximum memory increases to a total of 128 GB.

Graphic

Standard features include dual - graphics card from AMD FirePro D300, each with 2048 MB of GDDR5 video memory. On the graphics cards up to six 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt displays or up to 3 - 4K displays can be attached due to its 6 Thunderboltanschlusses. In addition, an HDMI port is available.

Apple also offers an additional charge the following graphics cards: Dual AMD FirePro D500 with 3072 MB of graphics memory and dual AMD FirePro D700 with 6144 MB of graphics memory. The graphics cards are interchangeable since the Mac Pro model 2013 is no longer your responsibility.

Hard disk

In the Mac Pro model 2013 only PCIe -based flash memory is used as a mass storage or system memory. By default, 256 GB for disposal. Optionally, you can also choose 512 GB or 1 TB. The flash memory is one of the few parts that can still be changed by the user at the latest Mac Pro.

Optical Drives

Since the Mac Pro 2013 no optical drive more is installed.

Connections

  • Line Out ( Combined optical digital audio output / analog headphone output, 3.5 mm jack)
  • Line In ( 3.5mm )
  • 4 x USB 3.0
  • 6 × Thunderbolt 2
  • 2 x Gigabit Ethernet RJ- 45 network connection
  • HDMI 1.4 Ultra - HD
  • Bluetooth 4.0
  • WLAN ( 802.11ac, compatible with IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n )

Software

  • OS X Mavericks
  • ILife '13 ( includes iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand)
  • Pages, Keynote, Numbers
Transcend Information Pages (word processor) Keynote (presentation software) Numbers (spreadsheet)
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