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Apple Mac Pro 2.66 GHz Dual Intel Xeon Desktop

  • Mac OS X
  • 250 GB Hard Drive
  • 1 GB RAM
  • Dual-Layer DVD±RW Drive
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (32 reviews)
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    cnet.com

    • Product Rating: 4 star(s) Apple Mac Pro Dual-Core Xeon 5150 2.66 GHz
      by Online Shopper
    • Pros: Attractive exterior, innovative interior; great value for the baseline configuration; strong multicore CPU performance.
    • Cons: Configuration options are not as comprehensive as Dell's; weak support plan.
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    anandtech.com

    • Apple's Mac Pro - Upgrading CPUs, Memory & Running XP
      by Anand Lal Shimpi
    • Comments:
      In our final part of our Mac Pro coverage we look at its upgradability and performance under Windows XP. ...
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    cnet.com.au

    • Product Rating: 4 star(s) Apple Mac Pro Preview - PCs
      by Rich Brown, CNET.com
    • Pros: Attractive exterior, Innovative interior, Great value for the baseline configuration, Strong multicore CPU performance
    • Cons: Configuration options are not as comprehensive as Dell's, Weak support plan
    • Comments:
      Apple's Mac Pro has design innovations that we hope will cross over to other systems. Its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class, and it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your config options, especially fo...
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    asia.cnet.com

    • The unofficial eight-core Apple Mac Pro
      by Daniel A. Begun
    • Comments:
      We likely violated our Mac Pro's warranty, but we just had to see what the Apple Mac Pro could do when populated with a pair of Intel's brand-new, quad-core Xeon 5355 processors. ...
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    pcpro.co.uk

    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) Apple Mac Pro
      by David Fearon
    • Comments:
      The original Mac Pro was the first dual-Xeon workstation reviewed in PC Pro, in issue 146, and was at the time the fastest PC we'd seen. ...
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    Professional review from

    pcmag.com

    • Product Rating: 4 star(s) Apple Mac Pro (Intel Conroe chipset)
      by Joel Santo Domingo
    • Pros: Microsoft Windows- and Mac OS X-compatible (with Boot Camp). Quad-core performance. Approaches Native PPC performance, even with older apps. Ordering system simplified. PCIe slots galore support multiple monitors with extra graphics cards. Easy to service
    • Cons: Windows support isn't quite there yet (still beta). Stratospheric pricing as configured. ECC DDR2 memory is expensive.
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    Professional review from

    pcauthority.com.au

    • Product Rating: 5 star(s) Apple Mac Pro
      by David Fearon
    • Comments:
      Beautifully engineered and constructed, the Mac Pro is also the fastest PC we(tm)ve ever seen by some margin. ...
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    Professional review from

    zdnet.com

    • Product Rating: 4 star(s) Apple Mac Pro Dual-Core Xeon 5150 2.66 GHz
      by Rich Brown
    • Pros: Attractive exterior, innovative interior; great value for the baseline configuration; strong multicore CPU performance.
    • Cons: Configuration options are not as comprehensive as Dell's; weak support plan.
    • Comments:
      Professional designers, digital media hobbyists, and those simply into great design: meet your new lust object. Apple's new Mac Pro ($2,499 for the base model) is a winner on multiple levels. From the outside, it looks great--far more put together than an...
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    Professional review from

    zdnet.com.au

    • Apple Mac Pro
      by Rich Brown
    • Comments:
      Apple announced the Apple Mac Pro, the Intel Xeon-based replacement for the Power Mac G5 at it's recent Worldwide Developers Conference. ...
    • Read full review at zdnet.com.au
     

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