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Apple Mac Pro - the superfast computer

Apple announced a new computer today. It is the fastest Mac ever. It sounds like one of the fastest personal computers ever.

It does not go at one gigahertz. The slowest speed it comes in is 2 GHz. The fastest speed? 3 GHz!!

How many processors? It has a Dual-Core Intel Xeon CPU. Oh, wait - it has TWO Dual-Core Intel Xeon CPUs. That is a total of 4 processors!

It hods up to 2 TB (terrabytes) of storage. You can put 4 500 GB drivers in it, or something like that.

Not only that, it is a 64-bit system. Not a little 1990s 32-bit system. No, sir. It's the real deal - a 64-bit system fit for the 2000s.

It sounds like the sort of a system power users and server shoppers would want to have hanging around their computer area.

Oh, one more thing. How much RAM can it hold? It can hold up to 16 GB of RAM!

Apple:

Quad Core. Up to 3GHz.
Every Mac Pro in the lineup features two of the newest Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors. Two dual-cores. One powerful quad workstation.

People used to complain Macs were some of the slowest computers around. Are they slow now? No!

People used to complain Macs were too expensive. Are they expensive now? No!

People used to complain Macs were incompatible with Intel. Are they incompatible with Intel now? No!

Apple has made the computers that the whiners were whining for. And they are still Macs. They can still run Macintosh software.

posted by John Collins @ 9:15 PM