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Sep 12 2007

Mac bloggers get excited when Apple Online Store goes down. Apple unveils Logic Studio

If you were up at the crack of “way to early” this morning and check the Mac blogs, you would have seen a handful of them getting all excited that Apple’s Online Store was down and that Apple was most certainly going to be announcing something awesome… well…

logicstudio box 20070912 184746 Mac bloggers get excited when Apple Online Store goes down. Apple unveils Logic StudioApple today unveiled Logic Studio, a comprehensive suite of tools that gives musicians what they need to create, produce and perform in the studio and on the stage for just USD$499. Logic Studio features Logic Pro 8, a new upgrade that combines a new interface with Logic’s sound quality and timing, and introduces MainStage, a new live performance application that turns the Mac into a streamlined live rig. Logic Studio also includes Soundtrack Pro 2, Apple’s professional audio post production software; Studio Instruments, made up of 40 pristine quality instruments; Studio Effects, with 80 professional effect plug-ins; a vast Studio Sound Library; and a set of production utilities.

Logic Studio is now available for a suggested retail price of USD$499 through the Apple Online Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Registered Logic Pro 7 users can upgrade to Logic Studio for USD$199. Customers who purchased Logic Pro 7 on or after August 1, 2007 are eligible for a free upgrade to Logic Studio (USD$9.95 shipping & handling). Full system requirements and more information on Logic Studio including a list of certified, compatible hardware and software, can be found on its product page.

So that’s what the disappearing Online Store was all about.

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Aug 7 2006

New Mac Pros featuring Quad 64-bit Xeon processors

209388939 d52b4aab01 m New Mac Pros featuring Quad 64 bit Xeon processorsHere is the official word from Apple following the WWDC keynote address regarding the new Mac Pro desktop computers:

Apple today 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 Power Mac G5 Quad (Based on estimated results of industry-standard SPECint and SPECfp rate tests. SPEC is a registered trademark of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC); see www.apple.com/macpro for more information.). With advanced performance, greater expansion, higher performance graphics options and unprecedented customization, the newly designed Mac Pro is the ideal system for the most demanding user. The introduction of the Mac Pro marks the completion of a rapid and seamless transition for Apple, with the entire Mac family now using Intel’s latest processors.

209388938 f7b373770f m New Mac Pros featuring Quad 64 bit Xeon processorsThe Mac Pro is shipping today with the standard prebuilt configuration, including two 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors and priced at USD$2,499, through the Apple Online Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.

The Mac Pro, with a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US), includes:

  • two 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors;

  • 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 fully-buffered ECC memory expandable up to 16GB;
  • NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT with 256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM;
  • 250GB Serial ATA (3Gb/s) hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
  • 16x SuperDrive(TM) with double-layer support (DVD+R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW);
  • four PCI Express slots: one double-wide graphics slot and three full-length expansion slots; and
  • ships with Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.

In addition to the standard configuration, the Mac Pro offers more than 4.9 million build-to-order options including: two 2.0 GHz or 3.0 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors; up to 16GB of 667 MHz DDR2 fully-buffered ECC memory; up to four 500GB Serial ATA hard drives running at 7200 rpm; up to two 16x SuperDrives with double-layer support; ATI Radeon X1900 XT and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics cards, both with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM; AirPort Extreme module, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR module; Apple USB Modem; Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple wireless Mighty Mouse; Mac OS X Server Tiger; Apple Xsan; and Apple Fibre Channel PCI Express Card. Complete build-to-order options and pricing are available at www.apple.com/macpro.
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