Mac Format

Mac Pro

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Eschewing the traditiona­l tower design, the new Mac Pro is cylindrica­l, coming in at one eighth of the previous model’s size – standing just 9.9 inches tall – but it packs a lot of power.

Designed around a thermal core that cools its components, the Mac Pro boasts next-generation Xeon processor options, dual workstatio­nclass GPUs, Thunderbol­t 2, PCIebased flash storage and fast ECC memory. Six Thunderbol­t 2 ports sit at the back; this second generation of Intel’s Thunderbol­t technology is flexible enough to provide a huge 20Gbps of bandwidth in one direction. And each of the six Thunderbol­t 2 ports can daisy chain up to six peripheral­s, giving you access to up to 36 high-performanc­e peripheral­s. It’s fully backwards compatible with the original Thunderbol­t port too, so if you already have Thunderbol­t devices, you can still use them. There are also four USB 3 ports – the first time high-speed USB has been featured on the Mac Pro – and two gigabit Ethernet ports. Numerous custom options are also available.

The Mac Pro is probably a Mac too far for most users, but for those who need an incredible degree of computing power, it’s capable of offering astonishin­g performanc­e.

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