This evening, Apple introduced the all-new Mac Pro, returning to the field of extremely powerful workstations. What does the news, which has been expected for several years, bring?
- the new Mac Pro is modular, along with easy access to individual components
- the frame has two handles of steel, from which the entire chassis is also made
- Inside there is up to 28-core Intel Xeon processor with TDP up to 300W and massive cooling
- 6 channels for 2933 MHz DDR4 memory with a capacity of up to 1,5 TB
- 8 internal PCI-e slots (3 single-slot and 5 double-slot)
- a pair of built-ins 10Gbit network cards
- A combination of external USB-C and USB-A 3.0 slots, together with a 3,5 mm audio connector
- modular GPU connection with passive cooling (MPX Module)
- GPU modules start at Radeon RX 580 up to Radeon Pro Vega II Duo
- when quad graphics chips
- the possibility of involving others, specifically focused expansion cards, such as Afterburner, which is aimed at professional video editing (up to three 8K previews)
- Mac Pro has 1W source
- cooling is taken care of four large fans
- Mac Pro can be equipped wheels, for easy transfer
- they participated in the development big players behind most of the most used multimedia and professional products and applications (Adobe, RED, Autodesk, unity, Pixar, Unreal, etc.)
- basic configuration with 8-core processor, RX 580 Pro and 32GB RAM and 256GB SSD will cost 6 thousand dollars, will be available in the fall
- Apple is planning a version for rack storage
- more information they will appear gradually, still during this evening
Will it be for a mortgage in the applicable report?
In the basic configuration, it didn't have to be expensive either. Why is a 1400W power source for an 8-core xeon and basic graphics? It will probably only be available at Apple service if there is a T2 chip.
I was hoping they might switch to AMD processors. 12-core Ryzen will cost 499 euros, and there will also be a 16-core option. Threadrippers will probably have 32 cores and Epycy has already announced 64 cores.
Intel rules!