Apple Mac Pro Specifications Page - Comparing The August 2006 Quad Core And April, 2007 - 8 Core Intel Xeon Mac Pros To The October 2005 G5 Power Macs
The table below shows the major specifications and features for Apple's August 2006 and April 2007Mac Pros and October 2005 Power Macs. Different configurations for the Power Macs are based on Apple's Online Store. Vendor's configurations may vary. Configurations and prices reflect that of the machines when they were introduced
Support for digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200 pixels; dual-link DVI ports support up to 2560 by 1600 pixels
Support for analog resultions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels
One single-link DVI port
One dual-link DVI port
DVI to VGA adapter included
Double-wide 16-lane PCI Express graphics slot
Dual display support for extended desktop and video mirroring modes
Support for up to eight displays
300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards
Expansion
Slots
Four independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free, direct attach hard drive bays;
One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive
Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots
Configurable bandwidth that mechanically supports 16-lane cards
Expansion slot for optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card
Four independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free, direct attach hard drive bays;
One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive
Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots
Configurable bandwidth that mechanically supports 16-lane cards
Expansion slot for optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card
Four independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free, direct attach hard drive bays;
One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive
Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots
Configurable bandwidth that mechanically supports 16-lane cards
Expansion slot for optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card
Four independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free, direct attach hard drive bays;
One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive
Three open full-length PCI Express expansion slots
Configurable bandwidth that mechanically supports 16-lane cards
Expansion slot for optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card
Hard Drive
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200-rpm, 8MB cache
Optical Drive
16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Writes DVD-R discs at 16x
Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 6x
Reads DVDs at up to 16x
Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 24x Reads CDs at up to 32x
16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Writes DVD-R discs at 16x
Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 6x
Reads DVDs at up to 16x
Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 24x Reads CDs at up to 32x
16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Writes DVD-R discs at 16x
Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 6x
Reads DVDs at up to 16x
Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 24x Reads CDs at up to 32x
16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Writes DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed
Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 8x speed
Reads DVDs at up to 16x speed
Writes CD-R discs up to 32x speed
Writes CD-RW discs at up to 24x speed
Reads CDs at up to 32x speed
Communication
Optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card
Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
Optional external Apple USB Modem
Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps
Optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card
Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
Optional external Apple USB Modem
Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps
Optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card
Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
Optional external Apple USB Modem
Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps
Optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme Card
Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
Optional external Apple USB Modem
Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mbps
Connectivity
Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)
Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors
Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks
Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)
Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors
Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks
Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)
Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors
Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks
Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel)
Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel)
Optical digital audio input and output Toslink connectors
Stereo analog line level input and line level output minijacks
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The table below shows the major specifications and features for Apple's August 2006 and April 2007Mac Pros and October 2005 Power Macs. Different configurations for the Power Macs are based on Apple's