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alaTest.com
Editors' rating: 92
Summary: alaTest has collected and analyzed 653 reviews of Apple Mac Pro (Intel Xeon Quad Core, 2006) from international magazines and websites. Experts rate this product 81/100 and users 89/100. Comparing these reviews to 66198 other Desktops reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 92/100 = Excellent.
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computerarts.co.uk
Editors' rating: 80
Summary: The Mac Pro delivers exceptional computing power, so upgrading is worthwhile if you use Universal applications, such as Final Cut Pro, Cinema 4D or QuarkXPress 7, alongside software such as Adobe's Creative Suite
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stuff.tv
Editors' rating: 100
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digitalartsonline.co.uk
Editors' rating: 70
Summary: Thankfully Apple has kept the Mac Pro's own design the same, as it includes some excellent internal systems, including removable RAM trays and push-in hard drives that make adding more memory or hard drives very easy indeed
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igizmo.co.uk
Editors' rating: 60
Summary: With Apple systems sporting the same inner components as every other desktop PC, the Mac Pro has to work hard to distinguish. Reach into almost any other desktop case and you're all but guaranteed to catch a painful burr on the way out. The Mac Pro is ...
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applesource.com.au
Summary: Our Quake 4 test is not exactly apples-to-apples because our Windows test bed used a GeForce 7600 GT 3D card, which has faster clock speeds than the Mac Pro's GeForce 7300 GT. We don't feel that bad about the disparity, though, because the next step ...
CNET editors' buying advice
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Desktops computer processors
The central processor (CPU) is the heart of any computer system and the best test as to whether a desktop computer or notebook fits your needs. The trouble is, processor names like Athlon and Celeron are as undescriptive as system names like Latitude and Pavilion. Here's a quick guide to see which chip is a fit:
| Manufacturer | Processor name | Processing power | Designed use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel | Core i7 | Very high | Gaming and graphics |
| AMD | Phenom | Very high | Gaming and graphics |
| Intel | Core 2 Quad | Very high | Gaming and graphics |
| AMD | Athlon | High | Mainstream |
| Intel | Core 2 Duo | High | Mainstream |
| AMD | Sempron | Medium | Entry level |
| Intel | Celeron | Medium | Entry level |
| Intel | Pentium Dual Core | Medium | Entry level |
| Intel | Atom | Low | Small form factor desktop |
| Via | C7-M | Low | Small form factor desktop |
| Intel | Pentium | Low | Budget |
| AMD | Opteron | Very high | Server |
| Intel | Xeon | Very high | Server |
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