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Review summary: Apple's new Mac Pro ($7,578 direct, $8,577 with a 23-inch widescreen LCD monitor), the latest professional Macintosh desktop to emerge from the company's Cupertino, California, stables, sure is a workhorse. All Mac Pros are now "quad core," with two ...

Pros: Microsoft Windows- and Mac OS X-compatible (with Boot Camp). Quad-core performance. Approaches Native PPC performance, even with older apps. Ordering system simplified. PCIe slots galore support multiple monitors with extra graphics cards. Easy to ...

Cons: Windows support isn't quite there yet (still beta). Stratospheric pricing as configured. ECC DDR2 memory is expensive

Verdict: Mac-using professionals who've been holding their breath for 9 months can finally exhale. The new Intel Xeon-powered Apple Mac Pro is a worthy successor to the Power Mac G5 and its variants.

Pros: Attractive exterior, innovative interior ; great value for the baseline configuration ; strong multi-core CPU performance

Cons: Configuration options are not as comprehensive as Dell's ; weak support plan

Verdict: Apple's Mac Pro has great design innovations and its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class -- it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your configuration options, especially for 3D design. But otherwise, ...

Review summary: Apple's Mac Pro has design innovations that we hope will cross over to other systems. Its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class, and it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your configuration options, ...

Pros: Attractive exterior, innovative interior, Great value for the baseline configuration, Strong multi-core CPU performance

Cons: Configuration options are not as comprehensive as Dell's, Weak support plan

Pros: Attractive exterior, innovative interior ; great value for the baseline configuration ; strong multicore CPU performance

Cons: Configuration options are not as comprehensive as Dell's ; weak support plan

Verdict: Apple's Mac Pro has design innovations that we hope will cross over to other systems. Its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class, and it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your config options, ...

Review summary: Professional designers, digital media hobbyists, and those simply into great design: meet your new lust object. Apple's new Mac Pro ($2,499 for the base model) is a winner on multiple levels. From the outside, it looks great--far more put together ...

Pros: Attractive exterior, innovative interior ; great value for the baseline configuration ; strong multicore CPU performance

Cons: Configuration options are not as comprehensive as Dell's ; weak support plan

Verdict: Apple's Mac Pro has design innovations that we hope will cross over to other systems. Its performance is as strong as you'd expect for a system in its class, and it's priced right, too. You might need more flexibility in your config options, ...