Fancy an 8-core Apple?

The megahertz race turned into the gigahertz race and now it's turned into the core race. How many processing cores can you fit into one computer? The latest from Apple is 8.

The new 8-core Mac Pro has two 3GHz quad-core processors from Intel that are currently exclusive to Apple. That makes it one of the most powerful desktops money can buy.

The quad-core option is still available as well in 2GHz, 2.66GHz or 3GHz options. It's also just as configurable, with over 33 million possible combinations, including up to 3TB of storage and 16GB of RAM.

These are not your run-of-the-mill computers for home emailing and web surfing though, they are for serious professionals that require the most powerful machines possible. For example, it's easy to spec one of these up with everything and have it come out at 7 or 8 thousand pounds.

So if HD video editing or something equally CPU taxing is your game, you need one of these. For the rest of us, I think an iMac will do ;-)