Analysis of the new August 2010 Mac Pro

My preliminary report is now published on the August 2010 Mac Pro, announced by Apple today. Details will be steadily added. Read my report.

As soon as the new model actually is available for sale (August), and can be obtained, I’ll be adding an in-depth performance analysis and comparison.

My initial focus will be comparing the existing 3.33Ghz quad-core Mac Pro Nehalem to the new 3.33GHz hexacore Mac Pro.

Note the “starting at” prices. I expect that the most useful machine, the 3.33Ghz hexacore, will be priced at about $3700, perhaps more. The 12-core 2.93GHz model is likely to come in at $6000 or so. Those are best guesses of course.