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Review summary: Apple's 8-core monster looks like it means business

Pros: Massively powerful, Superb performance, Reasonably good value

Cons: You're unlikely to need so much grunt

Verdict: However, as we mentioned earlier, no matter how large, unwieldy and awkward the Photoshop benchmark is, it's still far from pushing the 8-Core Mac Pro

Review summary: The ceiling has just been raised at the top end of the Mac line interms of raw processing power. Although we knew the 8-core Mac Pro was imminent, in true Apple fashion its launch was anything but predictable

Pros: Blazingly fast, Great value for money, Runs quietly, Extremely Configurable, Expanded hard drive capacity, Superb internal engineering

Verdict: The cheapest and fastest 8-core workstation is an absolute joy, especially when you're working with 3D software

Review summary: The tower is the same design as before and contains the same impressive basic specification

Pros: Blazingly fast, Great value for money, Runs quietly, Extremely Configurable, Expanded hard drive capacity, Superb internal engineering

Verdict: It's a beautiful piece of engineering, all easy to access and tinker with thanks to such joys as tool-less installation of PCI graphics cards and screw-less hard drive sleds. Anyone could change around the components

Review summary: - Apple might have dropped the word "Computers" from its company name, but that hasn't stopped the company making them. The latest is the MacPro, the company's desktop model. We lived with the new computer for almost a month. So were we reluctant to ...

Pros: Powerful, impressive, great styling

Cons: Expensive, large, no screen included

Verdict: It might be just shy of £5000 and not really be able to play games, but this is a workhorse that any creative bod will be proud of

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: Beautifully engineered and constructed, the Mac Pro is also the fastest PC we(tm)ve ever seen by some margin.