Mac Pro

Apple's professional workstation, introduced in 2006. Other Apple products also use the Pro designation (see MacBook, iMac and iPad). The current, second-generation Mac Pro, which debuted in 2013, is a dramatic departure from the first, as well as all other desktop computers. It is a cylinder with six to 16 Intel Xeon CPU cores, supporting up to 64GB of RAM, 1TB of solid state storage (SSD) and three 5K displays. Designed for video editing and rendering, it features dual AMD FirePro graphics processors (GPUs) with up to 6GB of dedicated memory. See Macintosh models, Mactel and Power Mac.

Mac Pro Cylinder

The 10" Mac Pro cylinder uses a thermal core and single fan. Air is drawn out through the top around the gargoyle (a personal addition).

Designed for External Expansion

All peripheral expansion is accomplished via USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt ports. Video editors would typically use external RAID storage arrays connected via Thunderbolt.

First-Generation Mac Pro

With up to 12 cores, the original Mac Pro was in a tower case powered by Intel x86 chips rather than PowerPC, Apple's previous CPU platform. It supported 64GB of RAM and had plenty of room for internal storage. It is shown here with Apple's coveted 30" monitor, later discontinued.

Coveted in the Past

Once top-drawer computers, used Mac Pros are retrofitted for their sturdy cases like these units at Dtown Tech in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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Schiller responded with a "no" before proceeding to say, "That's a whole other long discussion we can get into, but suffice it to say, it's not a big need of the Mac Pro customers that we're trying to address," as quoted by (https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/04/apple-pushes-the-reset-button-on-the-mac-pro/) TechCrunch . 

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Designed for customers who demand the ultimate in CPU performance for workflows like production rendering, playing hundreds of virtual instruments or simulating an app on a dozen iOS devices at once Mac Pro features powerful Xeon processors up to 28 cores, with 64 PCI Express lanes for tremendous performance and massive bandwidth.

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Last week, Apple filed a request with the US trade representative, saying certain components for its $6,000 Mac Pro desktop computer could only be sourced from China and should be exempt from US tariffs.

Apple will face tariffs on components imported from China: Trump

Apple has asked for waivers on tariffs for it Mac Pro.

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The Mac Pro used to be manufactured in the US from the past several years, but Apple last month moved production of the devices to China.

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is appealing to president Donald Trump to exclude from 25 percent tariffs some parts for its new $6,000 Mac Pro desktop computers imported from China.

Apple Pleads With Trump: Exclude Mac Pro Parts From Tariffs

Apple has asked the White House to exclude components that make up the upcoming Mac Pro high-end desktop computer from import tariffs, weeks after planning to shift production of the line to China from Texas, Bloomberg's Mark Niquette and Mark Gurman report.

Apple asks Trump admin for tariff relief on Mac Pro parts, Bloomberg says

will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, moving production of what had been its only major device assembled in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported.