Apple's high-priced Mac Pro has already sold out, with the company now unable to supply units until February 2014 for orders placed from today.
The most dramatic refresh to the company's line of high-performance workstations since its introduction, the Mac Pro is undeniably eye-catching. Unlike the rectangular boxes of the past, the new Mac Pro has a cylindrical chassis - which places the processor and graphics cards against a central 'thermal core.' The result is a powerful system - the top-end model includes the option of a 12-core Intel Xeon E5 processor and two AMD Radeon D700 GPUs with 6GB of GDDR5 memory each - yet one that is claimed to be whisper-quiet and energy-efficient.
Despite the cheapest model starting at £2,499 - plus the cost of a keyboard and mouse, neither of which is supplied as standard - demand for the device has been high. Both the entry-level and top-end versions launched with a shipping date of late December, but just one day after being on general sale had seen the shipping date for new orders slip to February.
While this shows that Apple has sold through its initial inventory of the devices, the reason why is not yet clear: either the company has experienced higher-than-expected demand, or it is suffering from difficulties ramping production in its new Texas-based manufacturing facility. An Apple spokesperson has declined to provide sales figures, claiming simply that "demand for the all-new Mac Pro is great, and it will take time before supply catches up with demand."
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