Developers: | Apple |
Last Release Date: | December, 2019 |
Technology: | Office equipment |
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2019
the Price of the maximum Mac Pro configuration in Russia exceeds 4 million rubles
On December 19, 2019 the Apple company started sales of the updated Mac Pro in Russia. It is the most expensive computer in assortment of the American producer — its price can exceed 4 million rubles when choosing of the most technically advanced version.
In the Russian online store Apple the configurator for new Mac Pro appeared. In the maximum complete set which costs over 4.3 million rubles two graphic Radeon Pro Vega II accelerators with 2 modules of memory of HBM2 on 32 Gbytes on everyone, the solid state drive on 8 Tbyte and the Afterburner Apple accelerator are available 28-core Intel Xeon processor W with clock rate of 2.5 GHz (acceleration of Turbo Boost to 4.4 GHz), 1.5 Tbyte of RAM of DDR4 ECC (12 modules on 128 Gbytes).
It is also in addition possible to set castors for convenient transportation of the device (for 32,544 rubles) and to purchase a computer mouse of Magic Mouse 2 and the Magic Trackpad 2 trackpad (+ 13,108 rubles) and the preset software of Final Cut Pro X (+ 22,990 rubles) and Logic Pro X ( +14,990 rubles).
The most expensive option in Mac Pro is connected with OZU: installation 1.5 Tbyte instead of basic 32 Gbytes costs additional 2 million rubles.
If to select all most expensive options from a configurator, then Mac Pro costs 4.36 million rubles (the prices are relevant for December 20, 2019). And it belongs to the equipment with vertical placement at which basic cost is 449,990 rubles. The Rekovy version with horizontal orientation will be offered at the price from 489,990 rubles.
If desired the buyer can purchase the new computer Pro Display XDR monitor. Its basic version of the gadget will cost 379,990 rubles, the model with a covering from nanotexture and a support will cost 529,980 rubles.[1]
The beginning of sales of the updated Mac Pro — the most expensive computer of Apple
On December 10, 2019 sales of the most expensive computer of Apple — Mac Pro started. In the maximum configuration it will cost buyers $52,599 (more than 3.3 million rubles). The basic version costs $5999.
The prices are published in the American online store Apple. On the Russian website of the company of the price list by December 11, 2019 is not present, but it is known that in the basic version the workstation will cost 450 thousand rubles.
The cheapest Mac Pro option includes eight-nuclear processor Intel Xeon W, 32 Gbytes of RAM, the solid state drive on 256 Gbytes and the video card Radeon Pro 580X.
When adding the 28-core chip the cost of a product grows by $7 thousand. Use of the dual graphic Radeon Pro Vega II Duo accelerator with four modules of HBM memory on 32 Gbytes adds $10.8 thousand more to the price label. The additional PCIe-accelerator of Afterburner Apple undertaking decoding of ProRes and ProRes RAW of video codecs in Final Cut Pro X costs $2 thousand.
Persons interested to set maximum the possible amount of OZU — 1.5 Tbyte — will have to pay in addition $25 thousand. Application of SSD of extreme capacity (4 Tbyte) will cost additional 4 Tbyte. Later Apple will add a feature for use of drives on 8 Tbyte.
Mac Pro is delivered with a mouse of Magic Mouse 2 who can be replaced with the Magic Trackpad 2 trackpad for $50. It should be added it to a set to a mouse $150. For $400 to the device it is possible to purchase castors for convenient movement of the computer on the premises.
For Mac Pro the separate monitor therefore Apple at the same time began sales of such device — Pro Display XDR with the 32-inch Retina 6K display is necessary. In Russia the prices such: 379,990 or 449,990 rubles for the monitor and 79,990 rubles for a support. It is in addition possible to purchase the mounting VESA adapter for $199 or 15,990 rubles.[2]
The announcement of the updated Mac Pro
On June 3, 2019 Apple provided the updated Mac Pro workstation for the first time from the 2013th. The main emphasis in innovation was put on high performance.
Are provided 28-core server processor Intel Xeon W, 1.5 Tbyte of RAM in the form of 12 modules in the maximum configuration of the computer, two solid state drives with an amount of 4 Tbyte and pair of graphic Radeon Pro Vega II Duo accelerators (are equivalent to four normal video cards Radeon Pro Vega II). Performance of a graphic system can reach 56 TFLOPS.
In the device eight expansion slots PCI Express are established that it is twice more in comparison with Mac Pro of the previous generation. The module of the graphic MPX Module Apple expansion is equipped with the built-in support of Thunderbolt and port of a power supply with a power more than 500 W — for the first time among graphics cards. MPX Module is cooled with an internal system of cooling of Mac Pro that ensuring silent system operation.
In new Mac Pro Afterburner payment with the programmable integrated microcircuit capable to decode up to 6.3 billion pixels per second is for the first time applied. Thanks to Afterburner it is possible to mount video high quality directly in regular formats of video cameras, without using intermediate formats and to decode up to three flows of video 8K of ProRes RAW and up to 12 flows of video 4K of ProRes RAW in real time almost without intermediate workflows.
Mac Pro is the most powerful and expensive computer of Apple by the beginning of June, 2019. Its cost begins with $6 thousand. This configuration includes 32 Gbytes of RAM, the 8-core Intel Xeon chip, the Radeon Pro 580X and SSD video adapter on 256 Gbytes.
By the time of the announcement of a product of Apple did not report how much the maximum complete sets of the workstation will cost. Observers of The Verge studied the prices of the equipment which offers Apple in Mac Pro, and came to a conclusion that the cost of the PC can quite reach $45 thousand (nearly 3 million rubles at the rate of for June 3, 2019). New Mac Pro will go on sale in the fall.[3]