>>>http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/
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>>>Some serious workstation muscle, in an interesting physical design.
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>>Very interesting design - tho I'm not much into ascetics when it comes to computing :-}
>>Got the impression it was about two feet high until I got to the end. Only 6" diameter x 9" is certainly compact.....
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>Design-wise, maybe a distant descendent of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-1 :)

I'd imagine the design in both cases is driven by the need for good cooling. TBH, my previous reply was a bit of an understatement - I was thinking more in terms of a 40 gallon drum :-}