Apple Unveiled Penryn Mac Pros And Xserves

Apple refreshed its Mac Pro and Xserve line today with Intel's new Penryn CPU. Mac Pro standard configuration now comes with two Quad-Core Intel Xeons running at 2.8Ghz. All Mac Pros is equipped with ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB graphics card. The base configuration for Mac Pro starts at $2799.

The standard 8-core Mac Pro, retailed at $2,799 (US), includes:

- 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors with dual-independent 1600 MHz front side buses;

- 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC fully-buffered DIMM memory, expandable up to 32GB;

- ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory;

- 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm;

- 16x SuperDrive(TM) with double-layer support (DVD+/-R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW);

- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 slots and two PCI Express slots;

- Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; and

- ships with Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse.

Apple also revised the Xserve today with the same architecture. Xserve standard configuration, with a suggested retail price of $2,999 (US), includes:

- A single 64-bit 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Xeon processor with 12MB of L2 cache and a 1600 Mhz front side bus;

- 2GB of 800 MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMM RAM, expandable up to 32GB;

- A single 80GB SATA Apple Drive Module;

- 2 x Gigabit Ethernet on-board;

- Internal graphics;

- 2 x FireWire(R) 800 and three USB 2.0 ports; and

- An unlimited client license for Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard.

[via macrumors]