#2012 mac desktop price pro#
While the Retina Pro and the latest MacBook Airs sport new MagSafe 2 connectors, the 13-inch Pro (along with its 15-inch sibling) still has the last-gen version. Most of those connections, including Gigabit Ethernet, Thunderbolt and the SDXC card slot, are crammed on the left edge of the machine, with the slot-loading optical drive occupying the right side. The latest system ships with two USB 3.0 sockets (up from USB 2.0), but otherwise you're looking at a very familiar selection of ports. Those who salivated when Apple revealed the Retina model's 0.71-inch-thick, 4.46-pound body may be unimpressed by this guy's slightly beefier profile, but the Pro looks as polished as ever, and is definitely compact enough that toting it around shouldn't be an issue. The dimensions and weight also remain unchanged: the 13-inch version tips in at 4.5 pounds and measures 0.95 inches thick, while the new 15-inch Pro weighs 5.6 pounds. Granted, if you search hard enough, you’re bound to find something cheaper.The latest MacBook Pros look nearly identical to their 2011 predecessors, with the same aluminum, unibody construction, backlit, island-style keyboard and glass trackpad. The lowest price we’ve seen is $1,999 in the US by a considerable margin. Still, our review unit was a custom build, thereby ramping the price up to $8,099/£6,579/AU$10,229).Įither way, you can find a Mac Pro from secondhand retailers for significantly cheaper. The two Mac Pro models you can buy right now will set you back $2,999/£2,499/AU$3,999 and $3,999/£3,299/AUD $5,299, respectively from Apple. The Mac Pro that we reviewed back in 2014 has a 3GHz, eight-core Xeon E5 coupled with a pair of AMD FirePro D700 GPUs, 64GB of RAM and 1TB of PCIe-based flash storage.
Memory is industry-standard, so can be user-upgraded. Likewise, the processor (a Xeon E5) starts at a quad-core 3.7GHz, but it can be upgraded as high as a 12-core 2.7GHz chip. Off the shelf, these are Dual AMD FirePro D300 or D500 cards, but you can custom-configure them up to D700 GPUs with 6GB of GDDR5 VRAM on the Apple Online Store.
#2012 mac desktop price Bluetooth#
For wireless connectivity, there's 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0.Įvery system ships with dual GPUs. There's also a HDMI port and two Gigabit Ethernet sockets, but don't expect an SD card reader. You can, of course, use Mini DisplayPort monitors in a Thunderbolt port, and with adapters (sold separately), you can also connect your old FireWire peripherals. As up to six Thunderbolt peripherals can be daisy-chained to each port, the Mac Pro can support up to 36 Thunderbolt devices at once. These are based on the Thunderbolt 2 protocol, which combines the two 10Gbs channels offered by first-generation Thunderbolt into one 20Gbs bi-directional channel, making it ideal for streaming large amounts of data, such as 4K video.
There are four high-speed USB 3.0 ports, and six – yes, six – Thunderbolt ports. Most of the Mac Pro's main expansion options are geared around external peripherals, so it has an excellent range of data ports. Leave it still for a few seconds, and the light fades to off again. Even if the Mac Pro isn't currently powered up, the ports are lit so you can plug in or disconnect peripherals. Turn the Mac Pro to get at the expansion ports around the back (as far as a cylindrical casing can be said to have a 'back'), and they all light up. The 2013 Mac Pro is designed to be used on top of your desk, not underneath it, and its quiet running, attractive casing and minimal footprint means it's welcome to do just that.Ī single fan ensures (almost) silent runningĪpple is known for its delightful design features, and the new Mac Pro is no exception. Naturally, this means it runs very quietly. It draws air through the base and out through the top of the casing, over the heat sink that stretches from the top of the Mac Pro to the bottom. Where the previous Mac Pro had eight separate fans, the most recent Mac Pro only has one. SpecificationĪt the heart of the new Mac Pro is the thermal core, a unified heat sink around which the processor board and two graphics processor boards are attached. If you still use CDs and DVDs, you'll have to invest in a USB SuperDrive or similar external disc drive. Equally unsurprisingly, there's no optical drive. Unsurprisingly given its compact size and the way Macs have developed over the last few years, storage is solid state. At the same time, its two AMD FirePro GPUs deliver up to eight times the graphical performance of the previous-generation Mac Pros, though to be fair, when the 2012 Mac Pro went off sale in 2013 due to an amended EU safety regulation, the graphics card it offered was already well out of date.