{"id":83283,"date":"2017-07-04T16:37:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T05:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/apple-deliver-the-most-powerful-desktop-on-this-planet\/"},"modified":"2017-07-04T16:37:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T05:37:13","slug":"apple-deliver-the-most-powerful-desktop-on-this-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/2017\/07\/04\/apple-deliver-the-most-powerful-desktop-on-this-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Deliver The Most Powerful Desktop On This Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Australia is offering what must be pretty close to the most powerful desktop PC on the planet: a version of its Mac Pro tower model with two 3GHz Xeon &#8220;Clovertown&#8221; quad-core processors from Intel.<P>Apple Australia is offering what must be pretty close to the most powerful desktop PC on the planet: a version of its Mac Pro tower model with two 3GHz Xeon &#8220;Clovertown&#8221; quad-core processors from Intel.<\/P><P>That means the Pro effectively has eight microprocessor engines: double the number in existing Mac Pro models and more than any other brand-name PC as far as CDN can ascertain.<\/P><P>Not many software programs can spread across eight engines, but certain tasks such as 3D modelling should benefit immensely.<\/P><P>&#8220;We considered this to be a platform for software developers to prepare new versions of their applications in the future,&#8221; an Apple US spokeswoman, said.<\/P><P>The more basic Mac Pro, with two dual-core Woodcrest Xeons (four engines in all) is still available, starting at $3999. Stepping up to the dual<BR>quad-core model will set you back $6428 rrp, before you start adding memory (you can specify up to 16 gigabytes, along with up to three terabytes of hard disk storage).<\/P><P>Apple Oz has also announced price cuts of $250-400 on its flat-panel Cinema Displays. A 20in screen, previously $1150, now goes for $899; a 23in drops from $1599 to $1399; and the flagship 30in monster is down from $3199 to $2798. &#8211; David Frith<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Australia is offering what must be pretty close to the most powerful desktop PC on the planet: a version of its Mac Pro tower model with two 3GHz Xeon &#8220;Clovertown&#8221; quad-core processors from Intel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-archive","category-hardware","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Apple Deliver The Most Powerful Desktop On This Planet - 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