Apple Reveals Redesigned Mac Pro Desktop Computer

Apple announced a completely new, powerful Mac Pro with a tube-like design at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco on Monday.

The new Mac Pro model design is a major departure from the old, mesh-like metal tower design that has stuck around since the Power Mac G5 days. The processor, graphics and memory are all built around a "unified thermal core" and housed in a sleek, black can-like structure that is one-eighth the volume of the previous generation.

While presenting the "sneak peak" of the new Mac Pro onstage at the Moscone Center, Apple executive Phil Schiller called the Mac Pro "revolutionary" and "radical." Professional video editors and graphics pros will likely rejoice over this long-awaited update to the high-end Mac desktop line. The new features include an Intel Xeon E5 processor that supports up to 12-cores, ECC memory with double the performance, PCIe flash storage, USB 3.0 ports and six Thunderbolt 2 ports with 20 Gbps speed. Thunderbolt 2 is backward compatible and boasts speeds that are 25 times faster than FireWire 800.