{"id":89883,"date":"1999-12-31T00:18:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/apple-reveals-small-black-round-beast\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:18:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:18:00","slug":"apple-reveals-small-black-round-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/apple-reveals-small-black-round-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Reveals Small Black Round Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When D Link moved to a round black router recently observers were sceptical about the design now Apple has jumped on the ideal with the revealing of a new round &#8220;canister&#8221; shaped Mac Book Pro that&#8217;s tipped to set a trend for new PC design.<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: small;\">1\/8th &nbsp;the size of the previous model, it has all new 12-core (E5) Intel Xeon processors, dual AMD-provided FirePro workstation graphics, new PCIe flash storage, new faster RAM, PCI Express gen 3 support and the ability to use up to three 4K-quality displays, and external outputs.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"Center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"500\" height=\"288\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/news.smarthouse.com.au\/resources\/articleimages\/nigvgszf_embeded_image_1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\">The circular beast that was revealed at the Apple World Wide Developers Conference in the USA will go on sale later this year<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;Kept secret until today the new PC will be assembled in the United States. 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There are also separate audio in and out ports and an HDMI (v1.4) port.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"Left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"255\" height=\"267\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/news.smarthouse.com.au\/resources\/articleimages\/nigvgszf_embeded_image_2.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\">Electronista said that during the sneak preview, Apple VP Phil Schiller said that a future update of Final Cut Pro X will be available that fully supports the new graphics system, allowing editors to work on multiple (up to three) 4K displays if needed.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\">The entire top rim of the machine is a handle for easy transport, and relies on a single extruded aluminium &#8220;thermal core&#8221; that uses augmented convention cooling, but which also employs a single, larger fan that pulls air upwards &#8212; maintaining Apple&#8217;s penchant for nearly-silent operation.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\" size=\"2\">The device is 9.9 inches tall and is 6.6 inches wide, and uses 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0. 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