Apple Releases Two New Products During CES Week
01.08.08 - 11:35am
Apple usually reserves their new products for the MacWorld Exposition coming up next week, but this year they let two products out a week early releasing them instead during the famed CES convention in Las Vegas.
The new Xserve server and a new Mac Pro computer were both announced yesterday with shipping of the products beginning today, Tuesday.
Apple says the new 1U rachmount Xserve is twice the speed of the previous Xserve. It features a high-bandwidth hardware, dual independent 1600 MHz front side buses and expanded memory up to 32GB of 800MHz memory. This increases the memory over the Xserve’s predecessor by 64 percent. The bandwidth is four times the old and also supports the latest high-bandwidth expansion cards. Included as well is built-in accelerated graphics compilable with a 23-inch Apple Cinema Display. Pricing for the new Xserve begins at $2,999.
The new Mac Pro is also twice as fast as the old featuring two Intel Quad-Core Xeon 5400 series processors for a total of eight processor cores. Speed is the main feature with advanced Xeon architecture, 1600MHz dual independent front-side buses and 800 MHz of memory. New high-performance graphic cards from ATI and NVIDIA offer 3D and intensive graphic applications with all cards supporting up to two 30-inch Apple Cinema HD displays. Storage can go up to 4TN with cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays made for easy installation. Pricing for the Mac Pro begins at $2,799.
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