72 MACWORLD FEBRUARY 2020
FEATURE MAC PROT
he Mac Pro (go.macworld.com/
pr0m) is Apple’s workstation. It’s
designed for professionals who
need a powerful and flexible
machine, and is ideal for applications that
use as many processing cores as possible—
video-editing applications, image-editing
software, 3D programs, and the like.
The Mac Pro is getting a revival of
sorts. The company released a brand-new,
redesigned Mac Pro in December 2019,
after years of stagnation with the previous,
cylindrical Mac Pro.
Apple doesn’t offer standard
configuration choices for the Mac Pro. It’s
really meant to be customized by the
customer. To give you an idea of where
pricing starts: if you configure the Mac Pro
with the base components, it’s $5,999.
Learn more about the Mac Pro by reading
about its main features below.PROCESSOR
Apple uses Intel Xeon W processors,
starting with a 3.5GHz 8-core CPU. Apple
also offers 12-, 16-, 24-, and 28-core
processors.MEMORY
The Mac Pro uses DDR4 ECC memory,
and has 12 DIMM slots. However, the
memory configurations that Apple offers
don’t always fill all of the slots.
Here’s what Apple offers:
> 32GB (four 8GB DIMMs)
> 48GB (six 8GB DIMMs
> 96GB (six 16GB DIMMs)
> 192GB (six 32GB DIMMs)
> 384GB (six 64GB DIMMs)
> 768GB (six 128GB DIMMs
or 12 64GB DIMMs)
> 1.5TB (12 128GB DIMMs; for
models with a 24-core or 28-core
processor)GRAPHICS
The Mac Pro has room for two
graphics cards. Apple has three
different AMD cards from which to
choose.