Building a supercomputer to appease the
world’s most advanced developers, graphic
artists, filmmakers and photographers was never
going to be easy, but Apple pulled it off in 2006
with the Mac Pro. Now, 13 years later, Apple has
reinvented one of its most powerful computers
and introduced a whole host of features, far
beyond expectations. This week, we lift the
lid on the new Mac Pro, an extreme high-end
computer reinventing the desktop PC...
NEXT-LEVEL POWER
It’s rare for Apple to sandwich in new hardware
announcements between software unveils
at its WWDC conference, but this year was
different. With an auditorium packed full of
devoted iOS and macOS developers, it was
the perfect opportunity for Apple to show
off a completely overhauled, breakthrough
Mac Pro, designed to push the limits of what a
Mac can do and empower developers, artists,
filmmakers, photographers, and gamers to take
their creativity to the next level. After a short
video introduction voiced by Jony Ive in
typical Apple style, the company showed off
the stunning new workstation on the stage, to
audible gasps from the crowd.
The new computer is Apple’s most advanced to
date, featuring Xeon processors up to 28 cores,
a new high-performance memory system with
a massive 1.5TB capacity, eight PCIe expansion
slots and a new graphics architecture designed
to accommodate the world’s most advanced
graphics cards. Apple’s new flagship desktop
tower was designed for customers who demand
the ultimate in performance, whether they’re
rendering videos in production, playing virtual