On August the 7th Apple unveiled the new Mac Pro, a quad Xeon, 64-bit desktop workstation featuring two new Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3.0 GHz and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of the previous top of the range Mac, the Power Mac G5 Quad.

With advanced performance, greater expansion, higher performance graphics options high levels of possible customisation, the newly designed Mac Pro is targeted at professional users. The introduction of the Mac Pro marks the completion of a rapid transition for Apple, with the entire Mac family now using Intel’s latest processors.
The new Mac Pro features the new Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 series processor based on the revolutionary Intel Core microarchitecture, delivering hugely increased performance and power efficiency. The new Mac Pro is up to twice as fast as the Power Mac G5 Quad running industry standard benchmarks and features two Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3.0 GHz. With 667 MHz DDR2 fully-buffered memory, the Mac Pro also boasts a significant increase in memory performance.
With more than 4.9 million possible configurations, the Mac Pro delivers enough customisation to meet even the most demanding performance, expansion and storage needs. The newly redesigned Mac Pro features an all new, direct attach storage solution for cable free, snap in installation of up to four 500GB Serial ATA hard drives for a total of 2TB of internal storage—the most ever on a Mac—and support for two optical drives to simultaneously read and/or write to CDs and DVDs. Every Mac Pro includes three full-length PCI Express expansion slots and one double-wide PCI Express graphics slot to support high-powered, double-wide graphics cards, such as the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500, which allows users the view stereo 3D images with the addition of special goggles.
Now the only thing holding back a significant number of Mac users from upgrading is the lack of suitable software available for the new processors. Expect Adobe to ship its new versions within 9 months.