The Mac Pro first appeared on the market in 2006. Conceived as a workstation computer with a tower housing, it offers users numerous areas of application. For the current Mac Pro, the architecture of all internal components has been changed completely. The design is based on a central thermal nucleus, which has also led to a new use of form. To users, it has the appearance of an exclusive, geometric object with a very precisely defined, narrow housing made of high quality materials. Subsequent elaborate polishing and anodising give it a sensuous touch. At a height of only 25.1 cm and with a diameter of 16.7 cm, the Mac Pro is surprisingly compact. It will even have enough space on a small home-office desk, and it is also quiet and very light. The new holistic concept behind the Mac Pro combines very high performance with extreme speed. An innovative cooling system, a dual graphic card of desktop PC quality and newly developed Intel Xeon processors are part of the package. The intuitive control surface offers users access to convincing flash-drive storage functions. Based on an integrating approach, this has resulted in a Mac Pro that is an exciting computer archetype – a symbol of the new.