The all-new Mac Pro has landed

December 18th, 2013

 

When the new Mac Pro was first announced this past June at the WWDC (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference), our Director of Business Development Nick Gold wrote an in-depth review titled, “The New Mac Pro – An Expected Surprise.”

And our excitement has just continued to grow. Here again is a review of the impressive specs:

The all-new Mac Pro features the latest Intel Xeon processors, dual workstation-class GPUs, PCIe-based flash storage and ultra-fast ECC memory.

Designed around an innovative unified thermal core, the all-new Mac Pro packs unprecedented performance into an aluminum enclosure that is just 9.9-inches tall and one-eighth the volume of the previous generation. Mac Pro features 4-core, 6-core, 8-core or 12-core Intel Xeon processors running at Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.9 GHz and two workstation-class AMD FirePro GPUs that deliver up to eight times the graphics performance of the previous generation Mac Pro.

PCIe-based flash storage delivers sequential read speeds up to 10 times faster than conventional desktop hard drives, and ECC DDR3 gives the new Mac Pro up to 60GBps of memory bandwidth for seamlessly editing full-resolution 4K video while simultaneously rendering effects in the background.

With an incredible six Thunderbolt 2 ports, each with up to 20Gbps of bandwidth per device, the new Mac Pro completely redefines desktop expandability with support for up to 36 high-performance peripherals, including the latest 4K displays.

Get the New Mac Pro from your trusted IT-centric media systems integrator, Chesapeake Systems. We know that every system is unique. Rely on our expertise and years of experience to get you the ideal configuration for your workflow.

Pricing & Availability
The Mac Pro is available with a 3.7 GHz quad-core Intel Xeon E5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.9 GHz, dual AMD FirePro D300 GPUs with 2GB of VRAM each, 12GB of memory, and 256GB of PCIe-based flash storage starting at $2,999 (US); and with a 3.5 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon E5 processor with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.9 GHz, dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3GB of VRAM each, 16GB of memory, and 256GB of PCIe-based flash storage starting at $3,999 (US).

Configure-to-order options include faster 8-core or 12-core Intel Xeon E5 processors, AMD FirePro D700 GPUs with 6GB of VRAM, up to 64GB of memory, and up to 1TB of PCIe-based flash storage.

Ready to buy?  Further questions?  Contact Nick Gold or Merrel Davis at ProSales@chesa.com.

And we invite you to listen to our podcast episode, “Breaking Down the Options for the New Mac Pro” from our popular podcast series, The Workflow Show. In this program, Nick and Merrel discuss the factors you should keep in mind when considering adding this powerful computer to your digital video workflow.

 

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