If you need the power at any cost (all four of you that do), then your options are fairly clear here. They say it goes up to 32GB, but you have to buy a whole new set of chips to get there ($5000 from OWC), or pay Apple $6,100 extra for mediocre crap. Of course now, to buy an 8 core, you have to plug up 6 slots with overpriced, possibly low quality 1GB RAM modules, simply because Apple didn't feel they were making enough profit and wants to force you to buy more. The RAM was expensive as hell back then, but I still managed to pay half what I would from Apple and got a better brand. Of course I own a 2006 mac pro, but I've had to replace everything but the PSU, Mobo, processors, and case. Say what you will about "low quality PC's", they always tell you what's inside and who made it. There's a reason why they never tell you what brand components are included, even though Apple makes almost nothing in that box. The only thing quality is the case, PSU, mobo, and processors, the rest is as cheap as they can find. Also, their optical drives are crappy rebranded NEC (they call them "sony") too, but they sell them for $100 ( $25 here for a better drive). Now read this.Tell me that's a good deal.Īpple also routinely uses crappy hard drives and crappy RAM. I admit that part of it is novelty of something new - but I also wonder if the newer Mac Pros will be much better poised for the future (3-5 years) and will take much better advantage of SL.Īpple charges $300 for a 1 TB hard drive of varying quality. I'd be happy to move the HDs from the old machine to the new if it made sense.Īny ideas on how much the swap might cost? Any arguments in favor of or against making this switch? I'm intrigued by the ability of the new processors to run emulation (Fusion) faster. I'm a user of PHotoshop, Logic/Audacity, business apps, and VMWare Fusion (and getting into some video editing). Should I consider selling my current Mac Pro (if so, how much?) in favor of buying one of the new 2x2.26 Nehalem-based machines? I currently have 10GB RAM, 5x500GB HDs, wireless, and the NVIDIA 8800 GT in there. I've been happy with it but am intrigued by the idea of the newest Mac Pros. I purchased a Mac Pro 8-core (2 x 2.8 Quad-Core Xeon) in August 2008. ![]() Is now the time to sell "old" (August 08) Mac Pro to buy new one?
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