The updated Mac Pro was just one of the many refreshed products announced today by Apple. They’ve taken an amazing machine and turned it into a monster. It’s like Beauty and the Beast all in one package. The most obvious updates were the new Intel Xeon “Nehalem” processor and the NVIDIA graphics card.

Oops, seems like someone screwed up big time. According to AppleInsider, a reseller has accidentally revealed that the new chip, codenamed Harpertown, will feature speeds ranging from 2.0GHz all the way to 3.16GHz. These chips are destined for the future Mac Pro, but its currently unclear which models Apple will actually select. The specifications show more »

Trying to decide between a quad-core or eight-core Mac Pro? MacWorld recently ran a multitude of benchmarks on both machines, showing slight gains in applications like Adobe Photoshop CS3, Cinema 4D and Compressor. The quad-core machine did stand its ground in the iMovie and Unreal Tournament 2004 tests, but more intriguing is the Power Mac more »