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August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - pRICE cUBE - 08-07-2018
https://www.cultofmac.com/496016/apple-history-mac-pro-launch/
August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro, a high-end desktop computer that complete’s the company’s transition to Intel processors.
Built for computation-heavy tasks like 3D rendering and professional audio and video editing, the quad-core, 64-bit Mac Pro serves as a replacement for the Power Mac G5 (from which it borrows its aluminum “cheese grater” design).
“Apple has successfully completed the transition to using Intel processors in just seven months — 210 days to be exact,” said Steve Jobs in a press release. “And what better product to complete it with than the new Mac Pro, the workstation Mac users have been dreaming about?”
Twin dual-core Intel Xeon 2.0, 2.66 or 3.0 GHz processors. powered the Mac Pro “Quad Core” tower. Apple said the new Mac brought twice the performance of the machine it replaced, with more internal storage, too. (The Power Mac G5’s internal design centered on cooling down its excessively hot processors.)
The Mac Pro’s Intel Xeon processors ran much cooler. That freed Apple to put space previously earmarked for a cooling system to alternate use. While the Power Mac G5 could accommodate only two Serial ATA drives, the Mac Pro housed up to four.
Re: August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - mikebw - 08-07-2018
How long until they bring it back in
Re: August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - hal - 08-07-2018
'twas a glorious day!
Re: August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - bfd - 08-07-2018
Early 2009 still cranking away here. When, oh when, will crAPPLE come up with a suitable replacement???
Re: August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - Will Collier - 08-07-2018
That was when I jumped ship to the USS Hackintosh. Sold my Dualie 1.8 G5 tower and never looked back.
Re: August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - archipirata - 08-08-2018
I ran my Mac Pro 1.1 for 9 years, it was a great machine. Upgraded hard drives, video card and ram over those years which kept it fairly speedy. Only gave it up when it was no longer supported by software I needed.
Re: August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - rz - 08-08-2018
bfd wrote:
Early 2009 still cranking away here. When, oh when, will crAPPLE come up with a suitable replacement???
They did. In 2012. Mine is a 12-core. I got 7.5 years out of my 2008 Pro. Hoping to get at least that much or more out of my 2012. It has a USB 3 card and a video card that runs two 4K monitors in it. Six hard drives (4 in drive bays, one in 2nd optical bay, one (SSD) on OWC PCI card). Only "modern" thing lacking is thunderbolt.
Re: August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - S. Pupp - 08-08-2018
2006 LEADER!
Re: August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - JPK - 08-09-2018
Still have a 1.1
Maxed ram, 4 2tb drives, upgraded video card.
Still does what I need it to.
How many 2006 Dell or HPs are still ticking? Not many, I bet.
JPK
Re: August 7, 2006: Apple unleashes the Mac Pro - JPK - 08-10-2018
Still have a 1.1
Maxed ram, 4 2tb drives, upgraded video card.
Still does what I need it to.
How many 2006 Dell or HPs are still ticking? Not many, I bet.
JPK