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Massive 12-core Mac Performance

Apple's astounding Mac Pro 12-Core 2.66GHz is a member of Apple's most powerful family of computers yet. Boasting a pair of 6-Core Intel Xeon "Westmere" processors for seriously beefed-up performance, the Mac Pro 12-Core 2.66GHz accesses information between cores more efficiently than ever before. Plus, with its huge 1TB hard drive - and three more internal drive bays for expansion - along with 6GB of installed memory (expandable up to a whopping 32GB), four FireWire 800 ports, and five USB 2.0 ports, you'll have a powerhouse CPU that's up to even the most demanding professional audio tasks.

Many 6-Core processors are composed of two separate dies, which means some cached data has to travel outside the processor to get from core to core - an inefficient way to access information. The Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Westmere" processor changes all of that. This processor's single-die 64-bit architecture makes 12MB of fully shared L3 cache readily available to each of the four processor cores. The results are fast access to cache data and greater application performance. Combine that with the other technological advances, and you get a Mac Pro that's up to 1.5x faster than the previous generation.

The Mac Pro gives you Turbo Boost, a dynamic performance technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload. If you're using an application that doesn't need every core, Turbo Boost shuts off the idle cores while simultaneously increasing the speed of the active ones.

All-new high-performance graphics cards from AMD make the Mac Pro 12-Core 2.66GHz's graphics technology faster than before. Perfect for motion graphics, 3D modeling, rendering, or animation, the ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory comes standard.

There are plenty of places to connect external devices to your Mac Pro 12-Core 2.66GHz. You'll find two FireWire 800 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, and a headphone minijack right up front - where it's more convenient to connect storage multimedia devices as well as high-speed peripherals. And there are even more ports on the back: three USB 2.0, two FireWire 800, optical audio input and output, analog audio input and output, and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.

The Mac Pro 12-Core 2.66GHz's graphics card features two display ports for maximum workspace flexibility. A Mini DisplayPort connects to the new 24" Apple LED Cinema Display with ease, while the onboard dual-link DVI port connects to any other DVI display.

This Mac Pro comes with four 3.5" internal hard drive bays for an enormous amount of internal storage - up to 4TB when you install four 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s drives. Each bay provides its own independent 3Gb/s channel for fast access to data. Plus, thanks to the cable-free direct-attach installation system, adding (or replacing) hard drives is a surprisingly simple process.

The redesigned interior of the Mac Pro 12-Core 2.66GHz feels like the well-organized workstation it is - no rat's nest of components here. You don't need to turn the system on its side or struggle to reach into awkward spaces to make changes. Just remove the side panel for instant, easy access to everything. You can slide out the processor tray to add memory, slide out hard drive bays to add storage, or slide a simple bar to change up to four expansion cards at once.

Snow Leopard is to the new Mac Pro what a skilled driver is to a car with a powerful engine - a perfect match. Since the entire operating system is 64-bit ready, you can take full advantage of the 64-bit architecture of the 6-Core Intel Xeon "Westmere" processors inside this Mac Pro 12-Core 2.66GHz .

Apple Mac Pro 12-Core 2.66GHz Computer Features at a Glance:

• Twin 2.66GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon "Westmere" processors
  
• Next-generation Intel microarchitecture
  
• Snow Leopard operating system
  
• 8MB of fully shared L3 cache
  
• Integrated memory controller
  
• Turbo Boost dynamic performance
  
• 128-bit SSE4 SIMD engine
  
• 64-bit data paths and registers
  
• Optimized for energy efficiency
  
• 6GB (six 1GB DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM
  
• 8 memory slots supporting up to 32GB of main memory using 4GB DIMMs (not included)
  
• 1TB hard drive
  
• 18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD-R DL/DVD-RW/CD-RW)
  
• ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory, PCI Express 2.0, Mini DisplayPort, and dual-link DVI port
  
• 2 independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
  
• Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)
  
• 4 FireWire 800 ports (2 on front panel, 2 on back panel)
  
• 5 USB 2.0 ports (2 on front panel, 3 on back panel)
  
• 2 USB 2.0 ports on included keyboard
  
• Front-panel headphone minijack and internal speaker
  
• Optical digital audio input and output TOSLINK ports
  
• Analog stereo line-level input and output minijacks
  
• 3 open full-length PCI Express expansion slots (1 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, 2 PCI Express 2.0 x4 slots)

In the box

• Mac Pro
  
• Power cord
  
• Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad and Magic Mouse
  
• USB keyboard extension cable
  
• Install/restore DVDs
  
• Printed and electronic documentation

The Apple Mac Pro 12-Core 2.66GHz gives you astounding power and blazing speed!

Specification Detail Operating System Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard CPU 2 x 2.66GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon "Westmere" Processors Graphics/Video ATI Radeon HD 5770 w/1GB of GDDR5 Memory Memory - Included 6GB (Six x 1GB) of 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM Memory - Max Eight slots support up to 32GB Storage - Included 1TB Serial ATA Hard Drive Storage - Expanded 3 x 3.5" SATA Bays Available (Four Total) Optical Drive Slot-loading 18x SuperDrive FireWire Port 4 x FW 800 (Two/Front, Two/Back) USB Ports 5 x USB 2.0 (Two/Front, Three/Back), 2 x USB 2.0 on Keyboard PCI Slots 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16, 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x4 Card Slots No Card Slot Video Ports 2 x Mini DisplayPort, 1 x Dual-link DVI Port Other Ports/Slots No Additional Ports/Slots Ethernet Yes WiFi Yes Audio Inupts 1 x 1/8", 1 x Digital Toslink Audio Outputs 1 x 1/8" (Headphone/Front), 1 x 1.8" (Back), 1 x Digital Toslink, Multichannel Through Mini DisplayPort Included Display Display Not Included Included Keyboard Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad Included Mouse Magic Mouse Height 20.1" Width 8.1" Depth 18.7" Weight 41.2 lbs. Manufacturer Part Number Z0LG

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