Unparalleled Mac Power!

The Apple Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core is a member of Apple's most powerful family of computers yet. Boasting all-new "Nehalem" processors for seriously beefed up performance, the Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core accesses information between cores more efficiently than ever before. Plus, with a massive 640GB hard drive - and three more internal drive bays for expansion - along with 6GB of installed memory (expandable up to 32GB), four FireWire 800 ports, and five USB 2.0 ports, you'll have a powerhouse companion for your demanding professional audio work, with the Apple Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core.

Apple Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core Computer at a Glance:

• The "Nehalem" processor advantage
  
• Turbo boost gives you power when - and where - you need it
  
• Video performance - it's in the cards
  
• Plenty of front and back I/O
  
• Supports dual displays, expandable to support up to eight
  
• Massive storage
  
• Expansion made easy
  
• 64-bit Leopard power

The "Nehalem" processor advantage
Many quad-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 "Nehalem" processor changes all of that - and the Apple Mac Pro 2.26GHz has two of them. The Nehalem's single-die, 64-bit architecture makes 8MB of fully shared L3 cache readily available to each of the four processor cores. The result is 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 1.9x faster than the previous generation.

Turbo boost gives you power when - and where - you need it
The new Mac Pro introduces 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, up to 3.33GHz on a 2.93GHz Mac Pro.

Video performance - it's in the cards
All-new high-performance graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA make the Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core's graphics technology faster than before. Perfect for motion graphics, 3D modeling, rendering, or animation, the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory comes standard - and provides up to 2.9x the performance of previous Mac Pro standard graphics cards.

Plenty of front and back I/O
There are plenty of places to connect external devices to your Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core. 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, and high-speed peripherals. And, there are even more ports on the back: three USB 2.0, two FireWire 800, optical audio in and out, analog audio in and out, and dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Supports dual displays, expandable to support up to eight
The Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core's graphics card features two display ports, for maximum workspace flexibility. A Mini DisplayPort connects the new 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Display with ease, while the onboard dual-link DVI port connects to any other DVI display. And, with support for up to four NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 cards, you can connect more displays - up to eight total.

Massive storage
The Mac Pro comes with four 3.5-inch 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.

Expansion made easy
The redesigned interior of the new Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core 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.

64-bit Snow Leopard power
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 Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Nehalem" processors inside the new Mac Pro. Add to that the fact that the Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core is expandable up to 32GB of memory, and the performance of Leopard is even better than before. And, because Leopard supports 64-bit and 32-bit applications, you don't need a new set of devices or drivers.

Apple Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core Computer Features:

• Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors
  
• Next-generation Intel microarchitecture
  
• Snow Leopard operating system (OS X 10.6)
  
• 8MB of fully shared L3 cache per processor
  
• Integrated memory controller
  
• Turbo Boost dynamic performance (up to 3.33GHz on 8-core 2.93GHz system)
  
• Hyper-Threading technology for up to 16 virtual cores
  
• 128-bit SSE4 SIMD engine
  
• 64-bit data paths and registers
  
• Optimized for energy efficiency
  
• 6GB (six 1GB DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM
  
• Eight memory slots (four per processor) supporting up to 32GB of main memory using 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB DIMMs
  
• 640GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  
• 18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD-R DL/DVD-RW/CD-RW)
  
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, PCI Express 2.0, one Mini DisplayPort, and one dual-link DVI port
  
• Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
  
• Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)
  
• Four FireWire 800 ports (two on front panel, two on back panel)
  
• Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)
  
• Two USB 2.0 ports on included keyboard
  
• Front-panel headphone mini-jack and internal speaker
  
• Optical digital audio input and output TOSLINK ports
  
• Analog stereo line-level input and output mini-jacks
  
• Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots (one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, two PCI Express 2.0 x4 slots)

In the box:

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

The Apple Mac Pro 2.26GHz 8-core offers up serious performance for demanding audio applications!

Specification Detail Power Requirements 100-120v, 200 - 240v

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