Apple intros quad 64-bit Mac Pro, Xserve
Apple has announed the Mac Pro (pictured left) with two dual-core Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" processors at up to 3GHz. That's a total of four cores for a supremely powerful 64-bit workstation, supposedly twice as fast as it's G5 predecessor.
The system accommodates up to 2TB of storage, 16GB of RAM, two SuperDrives (that can be used simultaneously) and up to four GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards or optionally ATI Radeon X1900 XT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 cards are available.
Wow. You're going to have to be doing some serious stuff with one of these to even touch the sides.
The new Xserves come similarly equipped with two dual-core Xeon processors at up 3GHz, for that happy quad-core feeling. With up to 2.25TB storage, two eight-lane PCI Express slots, dual onboard Gigabit Ethernet, a combo drive and a claimed 5x performance boost over the Xserve G5 that all fits in a 1U rackmount, this is a killer server.
What more can you say, I think the specs speak for themselves, these are some seriously powerful, industry-leading computers. We'll see in due course when people start doing some benchmarks.
Check out the Apple site for the full details:
Mac Pro
Xserve
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