{"id":32759,"date":"2014-02-05T13:10:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T18:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=32759"},"modified":"2014-02-05T13:21:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T18:21:01","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-mac-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-mac-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About the New Mac Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mac Pro Roundup! We’ve pulled together a ton of resources to get you up to speed on Apple’s new top of the line computer.<\/h2>\n

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If you’re like me, you’re eyeing up the new Mac Pro<\/strong> with a mix of child-like glee and technical questioning. If you’re still wondering if it’s worth the money<\/strong> then this round up of Mac Pro reviews<\/strong>, test runs, benchmarks and opinions will hopefully give you all the answers you’re looking for.<\/p>\n

Quick Facts about the Mac Pro<\/h2>\n

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For a quick summary of the Mac Pro check out Macworld’s 90 second review in the video above. If you want to know more nuts and bolts details about the Mac Pro you can head on over to Apple’s\u00a0exceptionally sleek looking official site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On launch day Studio Daily posted 10 tips about the Mac Pro<\/a> which offers a pretty good summary too. It has more recently been confirmed by OWC (via Macrumors<\/a>) that the CPU on the Mac Pro motherboard is in fact removable, and therefore upgradeable.<\/p>\n

Oh and if you hadn’t noticed, it’s actually pretty small<\/a>… 9.9 inches (25 cm) tall to be precise.<\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Image from MacWorld<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Mac Pro Reviews<\/h2>\n

All the major tech sites have written up reviews of the Mac Pro. As this is a roundup I won’t repeat them all here but here is a decent selection of the best the web has to offer.<\/p>\n

AnandTech probably wins points for the most comprehensive review of the new Mac Pro<\/strong> in this 15-part review. There really isn’t a nook or cranny these guys haven’t covered. So if that’s the kind of depth you’re looking for, read this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new Mac Pro offers an option for those users whose workloads can benefit from having more cores, memory and GPU performance. The latest version of Final Cut Pro as well as the rest of Apple\u2019s professional apps do a great job of splitting their work across multiple CPU cores. Even simple tasks like importing photos into iPhoto or Lightroom is extremely well threaded these days. It\u2019s in these workloads where a 6, 8 or 12-core Mac Pro can offer a healthy performance advantage.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n