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Film and Video

Any project in any format

No matter what the format — DV, SD, HDV, HD or even film — the Mac Pro gives film and video professionals the freedom and power to create studio-quality, award-winning projects.

  • With two multi-core Intel Xeon processors, Mac Pro systems speed up editing and enhance multistream and multicamera production using Final Cut Pro. In addition to supporting more simultaneous streams and real-time effects, they also accelerate video processing and rendering.
  • High-performance PCI Express graphics cards — such as the ATI Radeon X1900 XT or the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 — boost motion graphics and animation performance in such applications as Motion, Maya, modo and Aperture.
  • Thanks to its double-wide PCI Express graphics slot, Mac Pro lets you enjoy workstation graphics performance and still have three open PCI Express expansion slots 1. Install the latest cards from AJA Video and Blackmagic Design (for video acquisition and playback) or an Apple Fibre Channel card (for connecting to Xserve RAID or an Xsan storage area network).
  • Install up to four 750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drives for up to 3TB of internal storage and stripe them together using Mac OS X RAID for fast access to all of your digital media files.
  • Mac Pro provides two optical drive bays. One comes filled with a 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support. Adding an optional second SuperDrive makes it easy to author commercial-grade DVDs in record time using DVD Studio Pro.
  • A workflow based on Mac OS X and QuickTime provides the flexibility to author in any format, while XML extensibility allows project sharing between applications.
Final Cut Pro DV rendering

Final Cut Pro Rendering Results

Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.4x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.3x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Digital video (DV) rendering

Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using pre-production Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Final Cut Pro. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Final Cut Pro DV encoding

Final Cut Pro Encoding Results

Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.4x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.3x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Digital video (DV) MPEG-2 encoding

Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using pre-production Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Final Cut Pro. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Final Cut Pro HDV rendering

Final Cut Pro Rendering Results

Up to 1.3x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.3x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.2x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  High definition video (HDV—1080i60) rendering

Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using pre-production Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Final Cut Pro. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Final Cut Pro HDV encoding

Final Cut Pro Encoding Results

Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.4x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.4x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  High definition video (HDV—1080i60) MPEG-2 encoding

Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using pre-production Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Final Cut Pro. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

3D modelling, animation and rendering

Innovative 3D effects are an integral part of today’s video, TV, DVD and film production. 3D artists use the Mac Pro and modelling and animation applications such as Maya, modo and Cinema 4D (all available as Universal applications for Intel-based Macs) to create stunning visual effects.

modo 203 3D rendering

modo 203 Rendering Results

Up to 3.1x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro 8-core Xeon 3.0GHz
3.1x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.9x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.8x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  3D rendering

Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using pre-production 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units, shipping 2.66GHz and 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units, and shipping 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of modo. Test files = BathFaucet.lxo and Couch.lxo. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Maya 8.5 3D rendering

Maya 8.5 / Mental Ray Rendering Results

Up to 2.6x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro 8-core Xeon 3.0GHz
2.6x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.4x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.2x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Mental Ray 3D rendering

Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using pre-production 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units, shipping 2.66GHz and 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units, and shipping 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Test file = Benchmark_Maya.mb from http://www.zoorender.com/benchmark/.

Cinebench 9.5 Rendering test

Cinebench 9.5 Results

Up to 2x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro 8-core Xeon 3.0GHz
2.0x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.3x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.2x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Multiple-processor rendering test

Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using pre-production 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units, shipping 2.66GHz and 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units, and shipping 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Film and Video

Xsan for Video Workflows

Mac Pro is the perfect client for Xsan, Apple’s enterprise-class storage area network (SAN) solution. Xsan provides concurrent access to terabytes of storage on centralised Xserve RAID volumes from multiple computers — providing the high performance required by individual editors, as well as the stability and security valued by network administrators.

An Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express card can connect Mac Pro to Xserve RAID and an Xsan network. Built-in dual Gigabit Ethernet ports and the double-wide PCI Express graphics slot on Mac Pro free up slots for specialised cards such as a PCI Express video I/O card or an audio DSP or I/O card for sound editing.

For more information on the Xsan video workflow, visit www.apple.com/uk/xsan.

Recommended Mac Pro Film and Video Workstation

  • Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors
  • 4GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory
  • ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card
  • One 250GB and three 750GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drives
  • 16x SuperDrive

Recommended Mac Pro 3D Modelling, Animation and Rendering Workstation

  • Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors
  • 4GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory
  • ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card
  • 250GB and 750GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drives
  • 16x SuperDrive

Music and Audio

Create without limits

Innovative tools for the Mac platform — such as Logic Pro, Logic Express, Soundtrack Pro, Digidesign Pro Tools, MOTU Digital Performer, Ableton Live, Native Instruments and Waves — provide composers and sound designers with a wealth of software for capturing every inspiration. With Mac Pro, there’s even more power available to compose, record, edit, mix and perform.

  • The two multi-core Intel Xeon processors in Mac Pro let you synthesize more instruments and apply more effects than ever before.
  • Up to 16GB of fast 667MHz fully buffered memory provides ample memory bandwidth to compose using an unprecedented number of tracks.
  • Up to 3TB of internal hard drive space supports the local storage of massive amounts of audio files — ready and waiting at your fingertips.
  • Three full-length PCI Express expansion slots support state-of-the-art audio DSP and I/O solutions, such as those from Digidesign and Apogee.
  • Built-in optical digital and analogue stereo audio ports support both new and legacy hardware, and convenient FireWire and USB ports allow connection to virtually any audio, MIDI and storage devices.
  • Dual-display support in every Mac Pro graphics card provides added screen real estate — perfect for spreading out application windows, tool palettes and timelines.
Logic Pro Platinum Verb reverb

Logic Pro 7.2.2 Results

Up to 1.8x improvement compared to Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.8x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.6x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Number of concurrently playing Platinum Verb reverb plug-ins

Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using pre-production Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Logic Pro. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Logic Pro Sculpture modelling

Logic Pro 7.2.2 Results

Up to 1.8x improvement compared to Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.8x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.7x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Number of concurrently playing Sculpture modelling synths

Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using pre-production Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Mac Pro testing conducted with a beta version of Logic Pro. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Soundtrack ProCommon tasks

Soundtrack Pro 1.1 Results

Up to 1.6x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.6x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.4x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Common application tasks

Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using pre-production Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Music and Audio

Audio in Mac OS X

Mac OS X integrates a range of audio technologies into a modern platform, delivering stunning audio quality from 24kHz to 192kHz, outstanding performance, and ease of use for musicians, composers, sound designers and audio editors. The Audio Units plug-in architecture allows plug-ins to be used across Mac OS X audio applications. Apple supplies several Audio Units in Mac OS X, including one that adjusts timing without affecting pitch and a matched pair that streams audio over a network.

Also integrated are MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) Services for increased stability and performance, as well as Audio MIDI Setup for managing MIDI needs and defining a systemwide MIDI configuration that’s available to all applications.

Recommended Mac Pro Music and Audio Workstation

  • Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core or Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors
  • 4GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card
  • Two 500GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drives
  • 16x SuperDrive

“Our customers will be totally energised by the power of the Mac Pro. It’s optimally suited for serious audio processing — effects plug-ins and software virtual instruments will thrive on this machine.”
- Dave Lebolt, General Manager, Digidesign

Science and Technical Computing

Faster time to discovery

The Mac Pro workstation lets scientific researchers visualise data beautifully, analyse data efficiently and achieve results quickly. Whether it’s 3D molecular modelling with PyMOL, searching for DNA alignments with HMMER, or modelling equations with Mathematica, scientific insights arrive faster with Mac Pro.

  • With up to eight 64-bit Intel Xeon processor cores and an enhanced 128-bit SSE3 vector engine, you’ll see dramatic acceleration of the most processor-intensive scientific applications, such as HMMER, BioConductor and VIDA.
  • Up to 16GB of fast 667MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered memory makes light work of enormous tasks and data sets.
  • The optional NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 workstation graphics card supports such advanced scientific visualisation applications as stereo 3D visualisation in a window 2 — perfect for complex 3D stereo data analysis applications such as PyMOL.
  • With four PCI Express slots, you can install up to four graphics cards to drive an array of up to eight Apple Cinema Displays for large visualisation projects and display walls 3.
  • PCI Express expansion supports Apple’s Fibre Channel cards for connecting to high-speed external storage such as Apple’s Xserve RAID and the latest scientific data collection devices.
  • UNIX-based Mac OS X lets you run complex scientific applications and command-line tools alongside essential productivity applications, such as Microsoft Excel — all on the same computer and operating system.
PyMOL Wizard Benchmark

PyMOL .99 Results

Up to 1.9x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro 8-core Xeon 3.0GHz
1.9x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.4x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.3x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Wizard Benchmark CPU-based tests

Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using pre-production 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units, shipping 2.66GHz and 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units, and shipping 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Results are based on ray trace-based tests from the built-in PyMOL Wizard Benchmark, modified for 4 threads for the quad-core systems and 8 threads for the 8-core system. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

OsiriX Volume and surface render

OsiriX 2.4 Results

Up to 1.4x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.4x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.3x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Volume and surface render

Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using pre-production Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Test file = DICOM sample image set MANIX. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Mathematica MathematicaMark5.2

Mathematica 5.2.2 Personal Grid Edition Results

Up to 1.8x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro 8-core Xeon 3.0GHz
1.8x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.5x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.4x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  MathematicaMark5.2

Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using pre-production 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units, shipping 2.66GHz and 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units, and shipping 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Xcode Build project

Xcode 2.3 Results

Up to 1.8x faster builds than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.8x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.7x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Build project

Testing conducted by Apple in July 2006 using pre-production Mac Pro units and shipping Power Mac G5 Quad units. Results based on build time of AdiumX 0.89. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Linpack Single-precision

Linpack Results

Up to 2.3x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro 8-core Xeon 3.0GHz
2.3x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.4x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.3x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Single-precision results

Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using pre-production 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units, shipping 2.66GHz and 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units, and shipping 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. All systems were configured with 4 gigabytes of RAM. Results based on the 1000s and 1000d Linpack benchmarks available from www.netlib.org/benchmark using the Accelerate Framework and a matrix size of 20,000. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.

Linpack Double-precision

Linpack Results

Up to 2.2x faster than Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro 8-core Xeon 3.0GHz
2.2x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.4x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.3x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline  Double-precision results
  • Testing conducted by Apple in March 2007 using pre-production 3.0GHz 8-core Mac Pro units, shipping 2.66GHz and 3.0GHz quad-core Mac Pro units, and shipping 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad units. All systems were configured with 4 gigabytes of RAM. Results based on the 1000s and 1000d Linpack benchmarks available from www.netlib.org/benchmark using the Accelerate Framework and a matrix size of 16,000. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Pro.
Science and Technical Computing

Scientific Visualisation and Stereo 3D

In fields such as molecular modelling, genomics, computational chemistry, GIS or medical imaging, scientists depend on advanced graphics and visualisation to extract meaning from their data sets. In some cases, they need to visualise more data than a conventional planar display can present. By turning to stereoscopic technologies, researchers can add another dimension to the data they’re visualising, helping them investigate extremely large data sets — such as protein interactions — or extremely complex data — such as a detailed aerial photograph.

To view such an added dimension on CRT displays, researchers using Mac Pro can employ the optional NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card, which features a stereo 3D graphics port, enabling the use of stereo 3D goggles (such as those available from Stereo Graphics Corporation). Stereo-in-a-window support in Mac OS X further enhances visualisation, letting researchers interact with their data in real time — to control the model, edit data, or make notations — while viewing the rest of their workflow seamlessly in 2D windows 3.

Recommended Mac Pro Science Workstation

  • Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors
  • 4GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory
  • NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card
  • 250GB and 500GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drives
  • 16x SuperDrive

“Apple continues to bring the best hardware for science and engineering to market in record time.”
- Theodore Gray, Cofounder, Wolfram Research

Design and Print

Perfect 2D, 3D and colour

Whether you design for print or for the web, you can realise your ideas as fast as you can conjure them with Mac Pro and industry-standard tools such as Photoshop and QuarkXPress. Both QuarkXPress 7 and Adobe’s new Creative Suite 3 are Universal applications, delivering 100 percent native performance on the Intel-based Mac Pro. And, with Rosetta improvements in Mac OS X v10.4.8, Photoshop CS2 performance on today’s Mac Pro has taken a leap ahead.

  • Mac Pro systems with two multi-core Intel Xeon processors crunch through huge images and layouts. They also let you work with multiple applications, generate PDFs and print in the background. All simultaneously and without interrupting your creative process.
  • Up to 16GB of 667MHz DDR2 ECC fully buffered memory enables fast manipulation of massive media files.
  • Every Mac Pro supports dual displays and extended desktop mode, allowing you to maximise your viewable screen real estate.
  • Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet, high-speed I/O, and additional front I/O ports provide both high-bandwidth and convenient connections to networks, printers, scanners, cameras and storage devices.
  • The Quartz graphics engine in Mac OS X renders breathtaking content across mediums, while ColorSync ensures perfect colour from capture to edit to output. Mac OS X Tiger also includes Automator, which simplifies the automation of repetitive tasks to streamline workflow.
Photoshop CS2 vs Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3GHz

Photoshop CS2 Results Outstanding Rosetta performance

45-filter function test Performance compared to 2.3GHz Power Mac G5 Dual

Mac Pro Quad 3.0GHz Xeon
8% faster 
Mac Pro Quad 2.66GHz Xeon
As fast as 
Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3GHz G5
Baseline 
  • Testing conducted by Apple in September 2006 using shipping units and a pre-release version of Mac OS X v10.4.8. File size = 400MB, system memory = 4GB.
Photoshop CS2 vs Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz

Photoshop CS2 Results Outstanding Rosetta performance

45-filter function test Performance compared to 2.5GHz Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad 3.0GHz Xeon
77% the performance of 
Power Mac G5 Quad 2.5GHz G5
Baseline 
  • Testing conducted by Apple in September 2006 using shipping units and a pre-release version of Mac OS X v10.4.8. File size = 400MB, system memory = 4 GB.
Photoshop CS2vs Power Mac G4

Photoshop CS2 Workflow Results

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz is 48% faster than Power Mac G4

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.48x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
1.30x 
Power Mac G4 Dual G4 1.25GHz
Baseline 
  • Testing conducted by Pfeiffer Consulting in November 2006 using shipping units and Mac OS X v10.4.8. File size = 50MB, 100MB, 200MB, 400MB; system memory = 4GB.
Photoshop CS2 vs Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3GHz

Photoshop CS2 Workflow Results

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz is 8% faster than 2.3GHz Power Mac G5 Dual

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
1.08x 
Mac Pro Quad Xeon 2.66GHz
.95x 
Power Mac G5 Dual G5 2.3GHz
Baseline 
  • Testing conducted by Pfeiffer Consulting in November 2006 using shipping units and Mac OS X v10.4.8. File size = 50MB, 100MB, 200MB, 400MB; system memory = 4GB.
Photoshop CS2 vs Power Mac G5 Quad

Photoshop CS2 Workflow Results

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz is 96% as fast as Power Mac G5 Quad

Mac Pro Quad Xeon 3.0GHz
.96x 
Power Mac G5 Quad G5 2.5GHz
Baseline 
  • Testing conducted by Pfeiffer Consulting in November 2006 using shipping units and Mac OS X v10.4.8. File size = 50MB, 100MB, 200MB, 400MB; system memory = 4GB.
Design and Print

Professional Colour Management

Mac Pro, Mac OS X Tiger and an Apple Cinema Display let designers implement an entirely digital, colour-managed workflow — improving the quality of printed output while saving time and money. Apple’s groundbreaking ColorSync technology, based on the International Color Consortium (ICC) standard for colour management, is built into every phase of a Mac-based design workflow. From capture to edit to output, colour translates accurately from one device to another.

Apple Cinema Displays work as a virtual colour palette, with advanced panel technology for flicker-free viewing and twice the brightness, sharpness and contrast of a CRT. A calibration device from X-Rite can be used to calibrate the Apple Cinema Display, resulting in consistent colour proofs, reduced express shipping expenses and fewer proofing cycles.

For more information about how colour management in Mac OS X can enhance workflow and improve final output, visit www.apple.com/uk/pro/color.

Recommended Mac Pro Design and Print Workstation

  • Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core or Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors
  • 4GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics card
  • 250GB and 500GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drives
  • 16x SuperDrive

Photography

Shoot RAW?

Then you’ll want to focus your attention on the blazing-fast, highly expandable Mac Pro. To dramatically accelerate your digital imaging workflow, pair a Mac Pro with Aperture, the all-in-one post-production tool for photography professionals.

  • Two multi-core Intel Xeon processors deliver ample speed to display your large RAW files. Instantly and as large as screen real estate permits.
  • By upgrading to a high-performance graphics card, you can make the most of OpenGL-accelerated applications such as Aperture.
  • Four hard drive bays give you options. Stripe your drives in a RAID 0 array to build an extra-large volume of up to 3TB. Or pair two drives in a RAID 1 array for redundant reliability and instant backups.
  • Work large. Thanks to built-in support for the 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display, you can edit, compare, rate, organise and adjust images full screen in Aperture. And because Mac Pro supports two displays, you can compare multiple images at once to find your selects faster.
  • Integrated dual Gigabit Ethernet and high-speed I/O provide high-bandwidth and convenient connections to networks, printers, scanners, cameras and storage devices.
Photography

Working with a Big Canvas

So many images, so little time. When it comes to the demanding task of reviewing hundreds — or thousands — of images and identifying your best work, nothing beats having a truly large canvas on which to make your selects. Like the canvas provided by a pair of big, beautiful Apple Cinema Displays.

Because both Aperture and Mac Pro were designed with multiple displays in mind, you have numerous options for building your perfect photographic workstation. With the ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card, for example, you can connect two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays and have a canvas that’s practically life size.

Recommended Mac Pro Photographer’s Workstation

  • Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors
  • 4GB 667MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM memory
  • ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card
  • One 250GB and two 500GB SATA 3Gb/s hard drives
  • 16x SuperDrive
  1. PCI Express slots are not compatible with PCI or PCI-X expansion cards.
  2. Stereo-in-a-window requires an NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card, a CRT display and stereo goggles (sold separately). The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card can be installed in the double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express slot, leaving the adjacent PCI Express slot available for another PCI Express expansion card.
  3. To support up to eight 20-inch or 23-inch Apple Cinema Displays, install up to three additional NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics cards.