New Mac Pro SA pricing, launch window
Apple’s new Mac Pro desktop workstation PC has been confirmed for South Africa, with local pricing on the quad core model expected to start at R38,999.
A spokesperson for Core Group, official distributor of Apple products in South Africa, has told MyBroadband that they can’t say exactly when the Mac Pro will launch in South Africa yet, but are hoping to have it in market during the first quarter of 2014.
The Mac Pro was first unveiled at Apple’s developer conference during June 2013, with Apple later announcing it would launch before the end of 2013.
It went on sale overseas on 19 December 2013 in two customisable variants.
The quad-core model has the following specifications:
- 3.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5 processor;
- 12GB 1866MHz DDR3 ECC memory;
- Dual AMD FirePro D300 with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM each;
- 256GB PCIe-based flash storage; and
- RRP: R38,999 (Core), $2,999 (Apple, excludes sales tax).
The 6-core model has the following specifications:
- 3.5GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5 processor;
- 16GB 1866MHz DDR3 ECC memory;
- Dual AMD FirePro D500 with 3GB GDDR5 VRAM each;
- 256GB PCIe-based flash storage; and
- RRP: R50,999 (Core), $3,999 (Apple, excludes sales tax).
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