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Apple succeeds the trashcan with a cheese grater Mac Pro

The 2019 Mac Pro starts at $5,999 (or about ₹4 lakh)
  • It runs a 28-core Intel Xeon W processor paired with 1.5TB RAM and can accommodate up to four AMD Radeon Pro Vega II graphics cards
  • Apple's new Mac Pro is displayed during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California. (Reuters)Premium
    Apple's new Mac Pro is displayed during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California. (Reuters)

    At its annual developers' conference held at San Jose, California, Apple announced the all-new 2019 Mac Pro—a professional-grade workstation. While the kind of configuration you want solely depends on the amount of money you are willing to splurge (starting at $5,999 or about 4 lakh), the level of customisability it claims to offer is unseen on a workstation offering from any other maker.

    Here's putting the specs of a top-trim 2019 Mac Pro into perspective:

    ■ 28-core Intel Xeon W chipset clocked at 2.5GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz

    ■ 4 x AMD Radeon Pro Vega II graphics processing units

    ■ Apple Pro Display XDR Monitor with 6k resolution

    ■ 4TB SSD, 1.5TB of DDR4 ECC RAM

    Apple says the computer is powerful enough to run three streams of raw 8K video. And it doesn't end there—because you have equally amusing I/O options as well.

    According to TechCrunch, it’s full of PCI express slots—4 double-wide, for expansion cards, 4 normal-width for smaller stuff, and one dedicated to an I/O shield with Thunderbolt, USB-A style connectors, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

    The design of the new Mac Pro is also a major talking point, from memes and puns point of view.

    In order to cool the power-hungry internals, the cabinet has perforations to ensure better airflow. The three large fans sitting at the front underneath the perforation blow air to cool down the system at the rate of 300 cubic feet per minute. They also give it a look that resembles a kitchen implement—a cheese grater. Apple is perhaps the only company who could pull off replacing a trashcan with a cheese grater.

    The 2013 'trashcan' Mac Pro
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    The 2013 'trashcan' Mac Pro

    It is also designed in a way that there are no compromises on customisability. You can twist the handle on the top of the outer cheese grater to reveal the innards. You can then add, subtract or tweak the components of your choice to suit your computing needs.

    While Apple has announced the starting price of this mammoth of a device (again, 4 lakh), the price of the top-of-the-line model (which can have different levels of ostentation, given you can plug in up to four XDR monitors whose stands cost $1,000 a pop) hasn't been announced. Further, it is also unclear how much some individual components (like the Radeon Pro Vega II) would cost.

    In a report, TheVerge calculated the cost of buying such a machine and came up with a figure of at least $35,000 (about 24.2 lakh).

    While the Mac Pro isn't a significant revenue generator for the company, it’s a device that keeps Apple's important and influential customers loyal. It's also one of those Apple products with the highest lifespans. It is made to cater to the needs of developers, video editors, photographers and other pro users whose livings depend on creating high-quality content.

    With inputs from Bloomberg.


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    Published: 04 Jun 2019, 11:55 AM IST
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