The Apple Mac Pro is a personal computer that was designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple from 2006 to 2008 as part of the Mac Pro computers. The computer has been introduced on August 7, 2006, and its price started at $2199.
The all-new Mac Pro features a 2 GHz / 2.66 GHz or 3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5100 series processor, 1 GB of RAM, 250 GB hard drive, 16x DVD-R/CD-RW “SuperDrive” and 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT graphics in the base model.
This Mac Pro has been discontinued on January 8, 2008.
Today Mac Pro is 17 years old!
Mac Pro Release Date and Original Price
| Introduced | August 7, 2006 |
| Discontinued | January 8, 2008 |
| Model Identifier | MacPro1,1 |
| Model Number | A1186 |
| EMC | 2113 |
| Order Number | MA356LL/A |
| Original Price | $2,199 $2,499 $3,299 |
| Colors | Aluminum |
| Weight | 42.4 Ibs. 19.232 KG |
| Dimensions | 20.1” H x 8.1” W x 18.7” D 51.05 cm H x 20.57 cm W x 47.49 cm D |
Tech Specs
Processor
| Processor | Intel Xeon 5130 (2 GHz) Intel Xeon 5150 (2.66 GHz) Intel Xeon 5160 (3 GHz) |
| Processor Speed | Quad 2 GHz (2x Dual-Core) Quad 2.66 GHz (2x Dual-Core) Quad 3 GHz (2x Dual-Core) |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
| Number of Cores | 4 (2x Dual-Core) |
| System Bus | Dual 1.33 GHz |
| Cache | 4 MB shared L2 per processor (8 MB in total) |
Storage & Media
| Storage | 160 GB 7200 rpm 250 GB 7200 rpm 500 GB 7200 rpm 750 GB 7200 rpm |
| Media | 1 – 16x DVD-R/CD-RW “SuperDrive” |
Memory
| Built-in Memory | 1 GB |
| Maximum Memory | 16 GB (Apple) 32 GB (Actual) |
| Memory Slots | 8 – PC2-5300 240-pin DDR2 ECC or NECC SDRAM 667 MHz |
| Interleaving Support | Yes |
Display
| Built-in Display | None |
Graphics
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 ATI Radeon X1900 XT |
| Graphics Memory | 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT) 512 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500, ATI Radeon X1900 XT) |
| Display Connection | 1 – DVI and 1 – dual-link DVI (NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT) 1 – dual-link DVI and 1 – Stereo 3D port (NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500) 2 – dual-link DVI (ATI Radeon X1900 XT) |
| Display Modes | Dual display extended and video mirroring |
Expansion
| Expansion Slots | 4 – PCI Express |
| Bays | 4 – Internal 3.5″ Serial ATA drive bays 2 – Optical drive bay |
| Hard Drive Interface | 4 – 3 Gbps Serial ATA (SATA) controllers |
| Optical Drive Interface | 2 – Ultra ATA/100 |
| Internal RAID | Mac Pro RAID Card with 256 MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup (Optional) |
Connections
| Ethernet | 2 – 10/100/1000BASE-T ports (support for jumbo frames) |
| Modem | Apple USB Modem MA03AZ/A (optional) |
| Wi-Fi | AirPort Extreme Card 802.11b/g (optional) |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (optional) |
| USB | 5 – 480 Mbps (USB 2.0) |
| FireWire | 2 – 400 Mbps 2 – 800 Mbps |
| Audio In | 1 – 3.5-mm analog input jack 1 – optical S/PDIF (Toslink) input |
| Audio Out | 2 – 3.5-mm analog output jack 1 – optical S/PDIF (Toslink) output 1 – Built-in speaker |
| Display | 1 – DVI and 1 – dual-link DVI (NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT) 1 – dual-link DVI and 1 – Stereo 3D port (NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500) 2 – dual-link DVI (ATI Radeon X1900 XT) |
Software
| Original OS | Mac OS X 10.4.7 |
| Later OS | Mac OS X 10.4.8 Mac OS X 10.4.9 Mac OS X 10.4.10 Mac OS X 10.5 |
| Maximum OS | Mac OS X 10.7.5 |
| Firmware | Intel Extensible Firmware Interface |
| Bundled Software | Mac OS X 10.4 iLife ’06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand) Comic Life Omni Outliner Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive iWork ’06 (30-day trial) FileMaker Pro 8.5 trial |
Keyboard and Mouse
| Peripherals | Apple Keyboard Apple Mighty Mouse |
Power
| Backup Battery | 3 V CR2032 Lithium (922-6476) |
| Maximum Continuous Power | Unknown |
| Line Voltage | 100 – 125 V AC or 200 – 240 V AC |
References:
Apple Support – Mac Pro: Technical Specifications
