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Introduced: August 7, 2006
Terminated: January 8, 2008 |
Logic Board
Standard Processor:
- Standard Configuration:
- 2 x Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5150
- Build-to-Order Option:
- 2 x Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5365
(first offered April 4, 2007)
Other Details:
- 4 MB shared L2 cache per processor
- 128-bit SSE3 vector engine
- 64-bit data paths and registers
- Lower power optimization
Processor Speed:
- Standard Configuration (MA356LL/A):
2 x 2.66 GHz
- Build-to-Order Option:
2 x 2.0 GHz (Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5130)
- Build-to-Order Option:
2 x 3.0 GHz (Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5160)
- Build-to-Order Option:
2 x 3.0 GHz (Quad-Core Intel Xeon X5365)

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Frontside Bus Speed:
- 1.33 GHz, 64-bit dual independent
frontside buses
Expansion Slots:
- Three open full-length PCI
Express expansion slots
- Configurable bandwidth that mechanically
supports 16-lane cards
- 300W combined max for all PCI
Express slots
Expansion Bays:
- Four independent 3 Gb/s Serial ATA cable-free,
direct attach hard drive bays; four internal hard drive carriers
included
- One open optical drive bay for optional
second SuperDrive
Battery:
3.6V Lithium

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Memory
RAM Type:
- 667 MHz DDR2 ECC fully-buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) memory,
Up to 256-bit wide memory architecture
RAM Slots:
8 FB-DIMM slots on two memory riser cards
(4 slots per card)
Min - Max RAM:
1 GB - 16 GB
Onboard RAM:
none
RAM Sizes:
- Standard Configuration (MA356LL/A):
1 GB (2 x 512 MB)
- Build-to-Order Option:
2 GB (4 x 512 MB)
- Build-to-Order Option:
4 GB (4 x 1 GB)
- Build-to-Order Option:
8 GB (8 x 1 GB)
- Build-to-Order Option:
8 GB (4 x 2 GB)
- Build-to-Order Option:
16 GB (8 x 2 GB)
Ports
USB:
5 x USB 2.0 (2 front, 3 rear)
FireWire:
- 2 x 400-Mbps (1 front, 1 rear)
- 2 x 800-Mbps (1 front, 1 rear)
Communications:
- Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet
(RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
- Optional AirPort Extreme wireless
networking
- Optional Bluetooth 2.0+Enhanced Data
Rate (EDR) up to 3 Mbps
- Optional external Apple USB Modem
(RJ-11)
Audio:
- Front-panel headphone minijack and
speaker
- Optical digital audio input and output
Toslink ports
- Analog stereo line-level input and output
minijacks
Graphics Support
Standard Configuration (MA356LL/A):
- Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256 MB single-link
DVI/Dual-link DVI
Build-to-Order Options:
- ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB
(2x dual-link DVI)
- Nvidia Quadro FX 4500 512 MB,
Stereo 3D (2 x dual-link DVI)
- 2 x Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256 MB
- 3 x Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256 MB
- 4 x Nvidia GeForce 7300GT 256 MB
Other Details:
- Double-wide 16-lane PCI Express
graphics slot
- 300W for up to four PCI Express
graphics cards
- Support for up to eight
displays
- Support for digital resolutions up to
1920 x 1200 pixels; dual-link DVI ports support up to
2560 x 600 pixels
- Support for analog resultions up to
2048 x 1536 pixels
- DVI to VGA Adapter included
- Dual-display support for extended
desktop and video mirroring modes
Storage
Optical Drive:
- 16x SuperDrive with double-layer support
(DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW); Writes DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed;
Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 6x speed; Reads DVDs at up to
16x speed; Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 24x speed;
Reads CDs at up to 32x speed
Internal Hard Drive:
250 GB Serial ATA (3Gb/s); 7200 rpm;
8 MB cache
Build-to-Order Options:
- Hard Drive Bay 1
- 160 GB Serial ATA 3 Gb/s;
7200-rpm; 8 MB cache
- 500 GB Serial ATA 3 Gb/s;
7200-rpm; 8 MB cache
- Hard Drive Bay 2
- 500 GB Serial ATA 3 Gb/s;
7200-rpm; 8 MB cache
- Hard Drive Bay 3
- 500 GB Serial ATA 3 Gb/s;
7200-rpm; 8 MB cache
- Hard Drive Bay 4
- 500 GB Serial ATA 3 Gb/s;
7200-rpm; 8 MB cache
Operating System
Original OS:
x v10.4.7 (Tiger)
Compatible MacOS:
X v10.4.7 (Tiger)
X v10.5 (Leopard)
Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard) requires:
- Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5,
or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
- 512 MB of memory
- 9 GB of available disk space
- Some features require a compatible Internet
service provider; fees may apply
- Some features require Apple's MobileMe (.Mac)
service; fees apply
For additional information on
operating systems:
See this article
Miscellaneous
Model No.:
MA356LL/A
Form Factor:
Mac Pro
Dimensions (Inches):
20.1 H x 8.1 W x 18.7 D
Average Weight (lbs):
42.4
Original Price:
- Standard Configuration
(2 x 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Xeon): $2499 US
- Build-to-Order Option
(2 x 2.0 GHz Dual-Core Xeon): $2200 US
- Build-to-Order Option
(2 x 3.0 GHz Dual-Core Xeon): $3199 US
- Build-to-Order Option
(2 x 3.0 GHz Quad-Core Xeon): $3997 US

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Comments
This model originally shipped with Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger (included Spotlight,
Dashboard, Mail, iChat AV, Safari, QuickTime, iCal, and other software);
iLife '06 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, iWeb, GarageBand);
Comic Life; Omni Outliner; Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive,
iWork '06 (30-day trial), FileMaker Pro 3.5 trial; 90 days of free
telephone support and a one-year limited warranty.
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