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I ran two Thunderbolt Displays plus a 21-inch iMac, as well as a Wacom 13HD through the HDMI port, and Apple’s premium machine didn’t even break a sweat.

The Mac Pro has some unique abilities that you won’t find in any other Mac, including the ability to power up to six Thunderbolt displays at once. Remember, this is the baseline, entry-level version without any customization options, so it’s the bottom of what you can expect in terms of performance. And again, nary a peep from the Mac Pro itself.įor the super nerdy, you can check out the Geekbench scores of the new Mac Pro we tested here and here.

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I had to pinch myself to prove that I wasn’t dreaming after it took fewer than 10 seconds to render and publish the final edit of a 1080p video a little over two minutes long. On the Mac Pro, FCP X ran like a dream, rendering and publishing in the blink of an eye. It’s for audio producers, creating the next hit album using Logic Pro X and low latency, high bandwidth I/O external devices.įor me, Final Cut Pro was bound to be the wrench that would otherwise throw my existing Mac setup some trouble. It’s aimed at the most demanding photographers, working in extreme resolutions and doing batch processing on huge files.

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To be honest, it’ll be hard to go back even for everyday tasks like browsing the web and importing pics to iPhoto.īut that’s not what the Mac Pro is for: It’s a professional machine designed to help filmmakers create elaborate graphics, 3D animations and feature-length films. Whether it’s the Xeon processor or the super-fast PCIe-based SSD or those dual workstation GPUs, everything seems slightly but impossibly faster than on any other Mac, even the most recent iMac and Retina MacBook Pros. Performanceįor the layperson or everyday computer user, the new Mac Pro will seem like a thought-based computer, where virtually every input action you can think of results in immediate response. It breathes a light exhaust of air through the top, too, which is actually a nice refresher if you’ve been slaving away in Final Cut Pro all day. In testing, I couldn’t hear it unless I put my ear up close, and even then it’s a relatively quiet hum, not even close to the fracas my Retina MacBook Pro makes when it’s doing heavy lifting. This, combined with the unique thermal core Apple has created, makes for an incredibly small, quiet professional workstation machine. But the real modularity comes via the external I/O: Thunderbolt 2 can theoretically display 4K video while simultaneously transferring it thanks to a unified 20 Gbit/s throughput rate, and there are six ports on the back, combined with four for USB 3.0.

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But the outer shell slides off easily once you’ve unlocked it, and you get full access to the RAM bays (upgradeable to a maximum of 64GB via four 16GB modules), as well as to the SSD units (which, while Apple-specific, are upgradeable too) and the GPUs (also theoretically replaceable with future Apple-specific hardware). You won’t be swapping 3.5mm HDDs out of bays, for instance. The modularity of the new Mac Pro is not the same as it was with the older versions.

Apple might not be as fond of the so-called ‘moonshot’ as competitors like Google, but it gives great immediate futurism with the Mac Pro in terms of both design and performance. It’s the modern monolith of desktop computing, and indeed it does harken forward to a future age where the amazing engineering contained within is required for your everyday computing needs.Īs it stands, of course, the computer housed within that sleek black shell will obliterate any task thrown at it by all but the most extreme and demanding of professionals. The aluminum surface is cool to the touch, reflective without being shiny, and – somehow – astoundingly reassuring. But when you actually have one sitting on your desk, it’s a very different story. It’s been compared to Darth Vader’s iconic look from the original Star Wars movies, and in a less flattering light, called the “trash can” Mac. It’s like having an exhibit from an industrial design museum in your house.įew would argue that Apple’s design for the Mac Pro isn’t unique.

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