Mac Pro(Mid 2010)

Background

Introduced in July 2010, The Mac Pro (Mid 2010) improved processor speed and GPU performance over the previous Mac Pro (Early 2009). It came in two highly-customizable configurations: The Quad-Core model included a 4-core 2.8 GHz Intel Xeon 3500-series processor, 3 GB of RAM, a 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive, and 1 GB of VRAM, for $2499 U.S. (3.2 GHz 4-core "Bloomfield" or 3.33 GHz 6-core "Gulftown" processors and up to 16 GB of RAM were available as Built-to-order options). The 8-core model included two 4-core 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon 5600-series processors, 6 GB of RAM, a 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive, and 1 GB of VRAM, for $3499 U.S. (2x2.66 and 2x2.93 GHz 6-core "Gulftown" processors and up to 32 GB of RAM were available as built-to-order options). Built-to-order options for both models included up to 8 TB of storage (via four hard drive bays), an additional ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card, an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card, a second 18x SuperDrive, and RAID and Fibre Channel PCI Express cards.