I can't just go buy a thunderbolt PCI-E expansion card, slap it in my 2012 mac pro and call it a day. Its a graphical connector as much as it is a data connector, like a USB connection meaning, we can't really make thunderbolt backwards compatible. Thunderbolt unfortunately is not quite like every connector. The one con I, and no one can get around is Thunderbolt. With this convo stirring again, and the new cylinder mac pro's still coming in around $56,000 and a sold kidney, I felt like I still have made the right choice.for now. I've found the conversation re-surfacing with many computer owners about 'what should I get? Is this to outdated? Is buying something 5 years old smart?', ya know, that normal kind of stuff. Out the door, even with a warranty, I got the machine for under 2,000 dollars! That price even includes upgrading to 2 solid state hard drives! A server configuration was also made available, with 8 GB of RAM and dual 1 TB 7200 RPM hard disks.Recently I purchased a computer I had been waiting to get my hands on for quite a while the 5,1 2012 Mac Pro 12 core with 96GB of RAM. Built-to-order options included 2x2.66 or 2x3.06 GHz 6-core processors, up to 64 GB of RAM, up to 8 TB of storage (via four hard drive bays), an additional ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card, an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card, a second 18x SuperDrive, and Dual- and Quad-channel Fibre Channel PCI Express cards. The 12-Core model also came in a single, highly-customizable configuration, which included two 6-core 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon 'Westmere-EP' processors, 12 GB of RAM, a 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive, and 1 GB of VRAM, for $3499. A server configuration was also made available, with 8 GB of RAM and dual 1 TB 7200 RPM hard disks. Built-to-order options included a 3.33 GHz 6-core 'Westmere-EP' processor, up to 32 GB of RAM, up to 8 TB of storage (via four hard drive bays), an additional ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphics card, an ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card, a second 18x SuperDrive, and Dual- and Quad-channel Fibre Channel PCI Express cards.

The Quad-Core model came in a single highly-customizable configuration, with a quad-core 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon 3500-series processor, 6 GB of RAM, a 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive, and 1 GB of VRAM, for $2499. Introduced in June 2012, The Mac Pro (Mid 2012) improved processor speed and GPU performance over the previous Mac Pro (Mid 2010).

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