mac pro

Has anyone placed one of these hard disks into a Mac Pro? IS it much noisier than a 7200 rpm disk? Do you notice any speed improvement in boot times, program loading times, etc?

I have a Mac Pro that was purchased in November of 2007 (I believe it's called the "early 2008 model", as opposed to the "first-gen Mac Pro"). I currently have the ATI Radeon X1900 card. I've been having issues (more and more over time and, according to reviews of the card, I'm not alone) and...

Hello guys. Will this beast work on my Mac Pro (Early 2008)? It does require two 6-pin power cables. http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductID=934325&source=ci2&srccode=cii_7240466&cpncode=23-4722522 Many thanks.

I need to purchase a new Mac, it has to be a Mac PRo as I need the PCIe slots. I jan afford the Quad Core just about, but Iw as thinking, after the warranty is out, could I theoretically upgrade the CPU by either obtaining the 3.2 or better still throw another one in to make an 8 core? Nasty...

Hi folks, The new Mac Pro only has 2GB of memory, and I'm going to need to up this for running FCS2 to a min. of 8GB. I was thinking about buying 2 x 4GB modules, but it appears that one 3rd party seller are advertising low density memory as being a selling point. Is this really a...

Hi, In Mac Pros what is this heatsink for ? What is under it is more to the point. Next question . . What is this socket for? It is below DIMM riser B in my Mac Pro. Thanks in advance. Sept. 2007 Dual Quad 3Ghz Mac Pro 9 Gig ATI X1900XT

My wife's new Mac Pro arrived today and the bottom rear "handle" (actually the "foot") is a bit dented in the middle. Looking in the box it appears the box took a hit there, munching the styrofoam a bit and denting the foot of the mac. It starts and runs fine as far as I can tell. I reported...

My Mac Pro manual says that the hard drives "must meets these specifications" - SATA 3GB/s (commonly called SATA II i believe). There's no mention of compatibility with SATA I - anyone know anything about that?

So I've been thinking about getting one of those new sexy Mac Pros with the Dual Quad-Core Xenons. But I find my self asking if I really need it. I'm curious just how the multiple cores will be used. Does a program have to specifically be able to take advantage of all 8 cores? Or are some...

It's a constant drone. Also its a bit of a hassle since i'm recording music. quad core 2x 3GHz Intel Xeon 4 GB 667 MHz DDR FB-DIMM ram. i keep the computer running most of the day, is that the reason why? my friend with a dual core mac pro seems to run nearly silent, and most of the...

I have a Mac Pro, Mac OS X 10.4.10, w/2 x 2.66GHz Dual-Core Xeon Processors, 2 GB (4 x 512MB) RAM, Western Digital Caviar SE16 500 GB 7200-rpm hard-drive, NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB video. I was working on an Excel spreadsheet with Entourage, iTunes and FireFox open in the background. I was...

Forgive me if these have been answered elsewhere - I searched but couldn't find anything. 1) The graphics cards can be updated - the Mac Pro has a graphics port and 3 PCI-Express ports AFAIK. But will it work with other cards? ie. let say I wanted a really great gaming system and bought two...

For a while I have been mulling over whether to get myself an iMac or a Mac Pro ... Recently I came across a discovery. Apple, on their website, lists the iMac and the Mac Pro as "Core 2 Duo", along with the specific speeds. HOWEVER, if you go to intel's website, there are different type of...

Hello, I am looking at my options for the Mac Pro. My plans are to buy from Apple a Mac Pro at student discount configured normally with the following exceptions: 2GHz processors 160GB Hard Drive My plans are to later acquire both another gigabyte of RAM and a superior graphics/video...

I just bought a Mac Pro. The keyboard that came with the system does not have a power button on it, like my previous Macs. Is there a way to turn the system on from the keyboard, or will I have to push the button on the front of the computer every time? I already found out that pressing the...

I'm looking into buying a new Mac Pro so that I can (1) get a Mac desktop, and (2) get rid of/replace my Dell PC, and have something more all-in-one. I've been drooling over the 3GHz model, but I finally got over that today, and the price difference hit me. 2.66GHz is not that far away from...

Does anyone know if all 5 USB ports are USB2 ports? And if so, are they all ports that work as a USB power outlet?

Question for those who may be knowledgable. Apple's Pro keyboard for the iMac G4 is quite nice. However, if you pour a coke into it - it's ruined forever it appears. Is there any place that sells the apple pro keyboard that doesn't run $70? It is my understanding that Microsoft's USB...