To buy or not to buy, with the new Mac Pro's coming soon?
Hi all, This is my first ever "should I" post on MacRumors! On the Dutch http://www.onemorething.nl is news about an upcoming release of the New :apple: MP 2013 this month! Quote: Courage: Mac Pro can...
View ArticleNew timetable for Mac Pro 2013
Not sure why there isn't a thread on this already (or a macrumors story on it). Intel announced the release dates of the E5 and E7 Xeon processors today with those timeframes being Q3 and Q4 for the E5...
View ArticlePCI express and maxing throughput on 1,1 MP
Couple questions as I consider my current Mac pro 1,1 and potential future upgrade. Current 2 x 3.0 dual core, 12gb ram, ati 5770, apple raid card with 3 x 2TB raid 0, two ssd in lower optical bay ,...
View Article12gbs SSD in the next mac pro?
http://www.hgst.com/press-room/2013/...ve-data-growth There have been "too many" advancements in computing over the last week, all leading towards a 4K editing capable MacPro. The new thunderbolt,...
View ArticleAn Odd Occurrence Every Once in a While
So there I am working away, making the keyboard happy by clicking away at the keys and suddenly, my monitor just goes dark! I have the base Nvidia Gforce 120 (So it will get replaced in time but,...
View ArticleNew Xeons from Intel
Not sure if this was postes already. http://hothardware.com/News/Intel-Un...t-IDF-Beijing/
View ArticleJust bought a Mac pro 4.1
Hello All, I have just bought a second hand Mac pro 4.1, its in great shape with the following spec. 1 * 2.6gz 4 core 7GB ram in 1GB + 3 * 2GB 640GB HD + 2 * 1TB HD Nvidia GT120 What would you guys...
View ArticleProblems with large files Mac Pro 10.6
I have co-workers trying to open large image files 1.2GB+ and are having trouble with the programs crashing, they said they need to be this large because they are images for very large signed and need...
View ArticleMac Pro 5,1 GPU options
I'm a bit confused as to what will work in my MP 5,1. Currently running 5870 and gt120 and would like to upgrade my 5870, primary because of gaming on windows, but still have decent performance in OS X...
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CalDigit FASTA-6GU3
Hi, I've bought this card for my macpro (as the Orico not working properly), everything is great in USB3. I don't have any eSATA for testing the eSATA ports, but I'm concerning about the kext. Is this...
View Articlebackups, iscsi and hmmm - need some options...
Hi, My mac Pro has 3x 2TB disks in it currently striped into 1 6TB partition. Yes i know how dangerous this is... It's recently gone over 4TB and doesn't fit on my external backup disk anymore :( I've...
View Article128gb ram
Is anyone running 128GB of RAM? I understand that OS X will only use 96GB, however other OSs can see the entire 128GB. My concern is, if OS X sees 128 but can only utilize 96GB, will this lead to...
View ArticleMac Pro (Early 08) Cooling options
I have a Mac Pro early 08 and I was wondering what i could do to help with cooling. Any suggestions would help, aftermarket parts, thermal pastes... space is limited where my computer sits, its...
View ArticleMac pro 4.1 to 5.1 questions
Sorry if this has been covered a 100 times before but I have a few questions that hopefully somebody might be able to help with. 1) Does anybody have a simple guide to doing the upgrade? I have...
View ArticleActual numbers on power consumption differences between 4870/5770?
I have an octo-core 4,1 with the 4870 inside and an apartment with terrible air flow, so it's always at least 10F hotter than outside, even with the window wide open (there's a single window...
View Article4GB DIMMs in 4 core 2009 MP ?
I bought 2x4GB DIMMs for my workplace 2009 MP 4 core (4,1) and I discovered later that 4 core 2009 Mac Pros only support 2GB sticks and a total of 8GB. macsale's RAM chart is misleading -- it says...
View ArticleBest slots for 2x1GB + 2x4GB DIMMs?
What is the best DIMM configuration for 2 x 1GB sticks plus 2 x 4GB sticks, totalling 10GB. I have a MP 2009 (4,1) 4 core with four slots and can't seem to find out which slots are which channels and...
View ArticleMacbook pro powers off when I place my nexus 4 on the bottom left of the laptop
Hi, I have a 6 month old Macbook pro and a 1 month old Nexus 4 and this morning I encountered a really interesting problem and was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem. I was working on...
View ArticleHow the crash in PC sales impacts Mac Pro buying equation
I can't help but think I should take a step back and scan the horizon. I want to buy a new Mac Pro, but am still very open to switching over to a high end PC. And now the news that computer sales are...
View ArticleUpgrading for Mac Pro 3.1 to 5.1 (or 6.1)?
I have an Early 2008 Mac Pro 3.1 (2x2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon - 16GB RAM) and looking to upgrade to a more current model. Two questions: (1): I currently have (4) 1-TB internal Drives - one with...
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