August 7, 2006: on this day, Apple releases the high-performance Mac Pro desktop computer, with which the company completes the transition to Intel processors.
The Mac Pro succeeded the Power Mac G5 and was built for demanding computing tasks such as 3D rendering and professional audio and video editing, while retaining its predecessor’s aluminum “cheese grater” design.
“Apple has successfully completed the transition to Intel processors in just seven months, and created the new Mac Pro that users have dreamed of,” Steve Jobs said in a press release.
Mac Pro Intel Xeon processors ran much cooler, allowing Apple to free up space previously reserved for the cooling system and accommodate up to four Serial ATA drives.
The Mac Pro had five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire ports. The standard Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT graphics processor could be supplemented with three more. In addition, users could choose their own monitors.
Software issues
However, not everything about the Mac Pro turned out to be perfect. The computer comes with a perfectly working Mac OS X Tiger. However, some software packages, such as the Adobe Creative Suite used by many professionals, did not work natively on Intel Macs.
As a result, some programs on the Mac Pro could only work through Apple Rosetta, which converted PowerPC commands into understandable code for Intel, which significantly reduced the speed of work. Although the problems were fixed over time, the first users were not immediately able to experience the full benefits of the new computer.
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