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I am a happy owner of the Dual Processor 2.66 Dual Core 1st generation Mac Pro (1,1). These machines are getting up there in age. EEK! 3+ years old in computer terms is ancient. You can get something that's much faster, but these 1st gen Mac Pro's can still pull their considerable weight (40+ lbs). If you must have the newest and fastest these aren't for you. 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. I have installed a Sata card from OWC to use the extra Sata ports on the motherboard. I added a Matrox MX02 card to use this Mac Pro as an injest station for video production. I also added a CompressHD Matrox card to speed up h.264 compression. 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. The great thing is you can add more RAM or faster/more hard drives to give these machines more life. I just added a new SSD drive to the mix to be my start up drive and am pleased with the new speed. 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. 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.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Purchased this used and its proven to be a great buy. 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. Pros: Build quality is world class. Whisper quiet, and much more so than my Powermac G5 dual 2.5ghz and any Win PC I've ever owned. Compatible with a boatload of software, and no preference for Universal or Intel only SW. Shipped with Leopard and had a seamless upgrade to Snow Leopard. Did I say it's fast! Handles multimedia tasks with ease and even equals or bests my much newer Win 7 Pro 64-bit PC. Can handle 32gb of ram. Software updates rock; there are not 100+ options, when compared to the Win world. Community support is impressive; resources, resources, resources. Using Parallels Desktop 5.0 and can run OS X and Windows side-by-side. Cons: Getting under the hood can be a bit of a drag, requires a few extra steps that seem counterintuitive. Generates a little bit of heat - to be expected; this thing is BIG. Stock video card is not impressive, even from 5 years ago - upgrading soon. Needs a couple more rear USB ports. If Apple ever embraces bluray, Mac Pro can be a Win PC killer! Pricey - ouch. (OK, it's worth it, so more about the wallet than the ROI).Vollständige Rezension lesen
In my on going efforts to modernize my home recording studio, I have tried two (2) different apple servers. After their maximum OS became no longer supported, I found myself again shopping for yet another apple computer. IMHO, I believe apple broke the mode when they introduced the Mac Pro series. Upon start up, I noticed a huge difference in boot speed. 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. 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. Although my server is running on 12gb of ram, I have not yet encountered an error during extensive recording & or mix sessions. 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. The only thing that I dislike about this unit is I can't upgrade past OSX 10.7.5. As a dedicated Pro Tools user, I don't see myself using anything past OSX 10.7 as (Lion) is not supported until after Pro Tools 10. Speaking of Pro Tools, I am able to utilize maximum track count in Pro Tools LE. In addition I can use three (3) plugins on each track & use just 10-15% of the processor, which leaves more than enough headroom. If I could go back into time, I would not change anything when I purchased this unit. In fact, I would have bought one 3 years ago. If you are looking for a great production machine, you're on a budget & you are into Apple computers, This is exactly what you need.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Bought this machine as both a backup for Windows 7 using MS Virtual machine. Upgraded video card & added some memory - 12GB total - tweaked the software a bit and added an SSD. Love being able to run both Windows 7 and OS X Leopard concurrently - great for testing new software and maintenance updates on both OSs. Good value and I am able to run all the graphics software quite well. Running 64bit OS on both sides is definetly a BIG plus!
Bought a computer to work smarter,not harder latley? I did, the Macintosh is a great OS for those that enjoy having a little creative freedom. It's compatibility ,and capacity have been unsurpassed. The good and bad and solutions, on the unit I got - Good news: 3 big hard-drives, lots of RAM, fairly quick pick-up or easy to learn OS and more ram can be added. Cross platform compatability on several programs and very User friendly. Connects to two Television Sets or Monitors as is. Bad news: No OS pre installed , along with a slightly damaged case and few USB ports (2 USB on front 3 on back) Solutions to the bad news: I knew it did not come with a pre installed OS, so I ordered one and had it waiting when the computer got to me , and happened to have a USB hub that solved the few USB issue.(2 usb ports also on mac keyboard I got a while back as well) As far as learning the new OS I installed ,it just works better on a MAC .Vollständige Rezension lesen
