Like all Macs, the Mac Pro (8-Core) has a one-year warranty with a measly 90-day tech phone support. ECC RAM may be required if your projects mandate a minimum spec level for your workstation-for example, if safety is a critical factor, as when you’re running a CAD program to design an airplane-because it’s said to produce more reliable results. The system enlists speedy 1,066-MHz DDR3 memory with ECC (error correcting code). Hence for tasks like video editing and running 3D-rendering software, which hit the processors and memory hard, the Mac Pro is one of the most powerful workstations out there. The Mac Pro’s Xeon processors’ memory architecture is similar to that of Intel Core i7-powered systems, where the processors are connected directly to the memory instead of having to go through a front-side bus (FSB) controller first. These make the system capable of processing up to 16 streams of data simultaneously. The newest Mac Pro has a pair of 45nm Nehalem-based Xeon 5500 processors with Hyper-Threading. It can all be accessed and serviced while the system is upright, a boon for your organization’s IT folks. The eight-core Mac Pro is eminently customizable when you order it through the Apple Store, and upgrades are a cinch with slide-out drive trays, tool-less PCIe-card installation, and a tray that pops out to let you install RAM and access the CPUs. It may even forestall upgrade jealousy (at least outwardly) among your fellow artists with lesser systems, since the eight-core Mac Pro under your desk looks just like their systems. Granted, the Mac Pro has two optical drives while the Power Mac only has one, but the overall appearance is the same.
The Mac Pro (8-Core) comes in an aluminum chassis visually similar to the one we first saw in the Power Mac G5 in 2003. Is it for you? If you’re part of a select group, maybe. The system is built around a pair of 45nm Intel Xeon processors, bringing a total of eight cores to work on your project. It looks like a typical professional Mac, but the interior for the new 2009 model is totally updated. The Apple Mac Pro (8-Core) priced at $3,499, is an aluminum behemoth made for developers, musicians, artists and designers who depend on being able to turn around their projects before you can say "WYSIWIG."
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