Mac Pro is the successor to PowerMac G5 and when Apple launched its new flagship earlier this month it was the final stage of its transition to Intel’s processor architecture. Mac Pro is the first system that uses Intel’s Core architecture, but it is not the regular desktop version we’ve heard so much about, but the server model; the Xeon 5100 series. This is so that Apple can offer systems with dual processors and dual-core technology, and thus up to four physical processor cores. At Ars Technica they’ve now published one of the first tests with Apple’s new flagship and they walk you through everything from the design of the chassis to the performance of the system and compare Mac Pro to its predecessor PowerMac G5 throughout the review.
Overall they seem very pleased with Apple’s latest creation and the only thing they oppose is the graphics card that in the default configuration is based upon NVIDIA’s GeForce 7300GT circuit. A bit weak when you consider the rest of the hardware found in the system. But still, Apple has done well when moving on to Intel’s processor platform and exactly how well you can find out by reading Ars Technica’s review of Mac Pro.
