Apple has released the new Mac Pro, Apple’s Intel-based successor to the Power Mac line. According to MacMerc:

Apple today unveiled the new Mac Pro, a quad Xeon, 64-bit desktop workstation featuring two new Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors running up to 3.0 GHz and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of the Power Mac G5 Quad.

Only one pre-built configuration of the Mac Pro is available today, starting at $2,499, but the Mac Pro is fully customizable via “more than 4.9 million build-to-order options”.