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The only thing that I dislike about this unit is I can't upgrade past OSX 10.7.5. I love the fact that my Mac Pro will virtually take anything that I throw at it & it will be supported for years to come. Although my server is running on 12gb of ram, I have not yet encountered an error during extensive recording & or mix sessions.
Although Apple says that this unit supports up to 16gb of ram, third party users have successfully upgraded to 32gb by using eight (8) 4gb ram modules. This machine is powered by two (2) Intel Xeon Dual core processors (Quad Core), which exhibit unprecedented computation that the older models pale in comparison to. Upon start up, I noticed a huge difference in boot speed. IMHO, I believe apple broke the mode when they introduced the Mac Pro series. After their maximum OS became no longer supported, I found myself again shopping for yet another apple computer. In my on going efforts to modernize my home recording studio, I have tried two (2) different apple servers. Great value, exquisite product, unparallel computation (OK, it's worth it, so more about the wallet than the ROI).
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If Apple ever embraces bluray, Mac Pro can be a Win PC killer! Stock video card is not impressive, even from 5 years ago - upgrading soon. Generates a little bit of heat - to be expected this thing is BIG. Getting under the hood can be a bit of a drag, requires a few extra steps that seem counterintuitive.
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Using Parallels Desktop 5.0 and can run OS X and Windows side-by-side.
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Software updates rock there are not 100+ options, when compared to the Win world.Ĭommunity support is impressive resources, resources, resources. Shipped with Leopard and had a seamless upgrade to Snow Leopard.ĭid I say it's fast! Handles multimedia tasks with ease and even equals or bests my much newer Win 7 Pro 64-bit PC. Whisper quiet, and much more so than my Powermac G5 dual 2.5ghz and any Win PC I've ever owned.Ĭompatible with a boatload of software, and no preference for Universal or Intel only SW.
It shipped with two 2.66ghz dual core Xeons (Quad core), 4 gigs of FB-DDR2 (8 x 512mb) and Nvidia 7300 GT 256mb video card. Purchased this used and its proven to be a great buy. There's still plenty of tread on these tires even as the machine moves on from the Applecare years to year 4 and hopefully many more to come. The options this Mac Pro gives you really make it a strong contender if you're looking for something that's a little cheaper than the brand new models. I just added a new SSD drive to the mix to be my start up drive and am pleased with the new speed. The great thing is you can add more RAM or faster/more hard drives to give these machines more life. You can't get that functionality from an iMac (even a brnad new Core i7 one)and that's one of the reasons I like this machine so much - its expandability. I also added a CompressHD Matrox card to speed up h.264 compression. I added a Matrox MX02 card to use this Mac Pro as an injest station for video production. I have installed a Sata card from OWC to use the extra Sata ports on the motherboard. I'm using my 2-2.66GHz Dual core Mac Pro as a second machine for rendering and doing some other crunching while I keep working on my main 2-2.8GHz Quad core Mac Pro. If you must have the newest and fastest these aren't for you. You can get something that's much faster, but these 1st gen Mac Pro's can still pull their considerable weight (40+ lbs). EEK! 3+ years old in computer terms is ancient. These machines are getting up there in age. I am a happy owner of the Dual Processor 2.66 Dual Core 1st generation Mac Pro (1,1).