MacOS X 10.6 is preinstalled on a 512GB solid state disk (SSD). It comes equipped with a staggering 12GB of RAM and not one, but two six-core 2.93GHz Xeon X5670 processors.
Given its status as Apple's most powerful Mac, we weren't surprised to discover that Apple had sent us a review unit with an incredibly high-powered specification. The Mac Pro, on the other hand, is a tower computer that's designed to be easily upgradeable and its specifications can be endlessly customised if you order it from Apple's online store. Most of Apple's computers have a very locked-down design with a limited choice of specification options.
It's a workstation designed for seriously demanding tasks, such as page design, production-level video or photo editing and CAD work. As its name suggests, the Mac Pro is Apple's high-end desktop computer.
