The new Mac Pro.  If your desktop is broken, this is the best way to fix it.  Buy a new Mac.  Of all the advice we can give for fixing your desktop this is the best way.  8 Cores, 4 PCI Express 2.0 slots, Up to 4 TB of storage, Up to 32GB of Ram.  Apple is naming this machine the fasted Mac ever.  And to top it off it’s “Green” – BFR-free, PVC-free, Recyclable aluminum, Energy Star etc. etc…  More after the jump.

From Apple.com:

Processing

• 8-core: Two 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5500 series processors
• Quad-core: One 2.66GHz or 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor
• Next-generation Intel microarchitecture
  • 8MB of fully shared L3 cache per processor
  • Integrated memory controller
  • Turbo Boost dynamic performance (up to 3.33GHz on 8-core 2.93GHz system)
  • Hyper-Threading technology for up to 16 virtual cores
  • 128-bit SSE4 SIMD engine
  • 64-bit data paths and registers
  • Optimized for energy efficiency

Graphics and displays

Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot with one of the following graphics cards installed:

• NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, PCI Express 2.0, one Mini DisplayPort, and one dual-link DVI port
• ATI Radeon HD 4870 with 512MB of GDDR5 memory, PCI Express 2.0, one Mini DisplayPort, and one dual-link DVI port

Communications

• Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
• Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)
• Optional AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi card with 802.11n² (based on an IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible

Storage

• Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels; four internal hard drive carriers included
• Up to 4TB of internal storage³ in hard drive bays 1 through 4 using hard drives in the following capacities:
  • 640GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
  • 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 32MB cache
  • Optional Mac Pro RAID Card with 512MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup
  • 18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

Connections and audio

• Four FireWire 800 ports (two on front panel, two on back panel)
• Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)
• Two USB 2.0 ports on included keyboard
• Front-panel headphone minijack and internal speaker
• Optical digital audio input and output TOSLINK ports
• Analog stereo line-level input and output minijacks

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