First Mac Pro Review Units Out in the Wild

With the new Mac Pro beginning online orders today, review units have begun to arrive at select publications. The Verge is one of the first to show off their unit, posting a short piece with some photos and first impressions.

The Verge Mac Pro

It's astonishingly reflective — I can see the screen clearly, and anyone who walks by is immediately recognizable — and it picks up fingerprints really easily. But it's beautiful, understated, and looks great on a desk next to the 4K Sharp monitor we've paired it with. It's particularly good-looking with its case off, exposing the Mac Pro's machinery, but the case is required to dissipate heat. You can't even use the Mac Pro with it off.

All the device's ports are on the back, bordered by a light that turns on and pulses when you spin the computer toward you. When you first turn it on, the fan kicks in, smelling a little like a new car at first. But we've been using it for a few minutes and it's quiet and cool, with little indication that it's even on in the first place. It's so unassuming and unadorned that you almost overlook it — that's a huge improvement from the big, boxy previous models.

The site promises benchmarks and further testing soon.


Orders for the new Mac Pro now have an estimated shipping time of February, after initially showing estimates of "by December 30".

Update: An unboxing video has been posted by FCP.co, while Engadget and CNET have also posted brief hands-on looks at the new Mac Pro.

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JS77 Avatar
153 months ago
I don't need one.








But my god do I want one!!
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keysofanxiety Avatar
153 months ago
I like it. It'll be a nice machine for many pros. But can I repeat my request for a headless desktop that uses desktop components, starts at $1000, and is very nicely configured for $1500?

Sounds perfect, I'll just give Tim Cook a call and see what he thin--

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unknown mr T Avatar
153 months ago
love how they roll a €10.000 dollar machine across the table :p
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tmroper Avatar
153 months ago
Okay, so it's very reflective and it rolls. Those specs have to be two firsts for a review of a workstation. For the more in-depth review, I hope they cover whether anything like a ping-pong ball can hover over it in the venting air flow.
Score: 28 Votes (Like | Disagree)
diddl14 Avatar
153 months ago
How difficult is it to paint the thing red?
(thinking about selling one on eBay...)
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WestonHarvey1 Avatar
153 months ago
Wait, you can buy a Mac Pro for only 10 euros? :eek:

Europeans are the reverse of the US on the use of commas and periods in numbers.
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