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Ol!ver said:
I'd be interested on knowing that too.
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I'm afraid its not for anything crazy! I do some video editing etc, but not much, I just got it for my everyday machine.

I work from home building websites all day every day. I wanted the best mac I could get (not incl custom builds) and the mac pro was the best.

1. Mac Mini - too weak
2. MacBook - too weak
3. Macbook Pro - powerful enough, but too noisy. Just booting up VMWare (needed to test sites in IE) and Photoshop makes the fans go crazy. Also, doing everyday work on a laptop isnt right imo
4. iMac - Lumbered with a 24" screen and no upgrades. I got a 30" and I intend to use it

That leaves the Mac Pro. Super fast, VERY VERY quiet (you have to hear it... if you know what I mean to belive it). And I always wanted a Mac Pro, have the cash, so waited for these new ones and voila!

So thats it really :)

p.s. Not got it for gaming at all... although Id love to chuck my 8800GTX in and test Crysis... which I will one day.
 
Aod said:
i can't believe that for £1700 they've lumbered you with a £60 graphics card!
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I don't care, thats the thing I was least worried about, its not a gaming machine for me.

I get 8 cores, 2gb of reasonable pace ram and OS X all wrapped up in the beautiful Mac Pro casing!

I wouldn;t exchange it for any crummy PC out there, and I mean ANY!.. Well, unless I could flog it and with the money buy the Mac Pro again and have extra cash :)
 
i understand that, for your usage, a HD2600 is completely fine, but i'd still at least expect an HD 2900 or something better for that price.

but hey, you've got 8 cores, go do something awesome! :D
 
what's the noise like on one of these mean machines?? PC towers are generally quite noisy, with mac notebooks being near silent are there towers silent too?
 
the PowerMac was designed very well. all the mac pro's and PowerMacs i've used (about 20) have been inaudible.
 
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MichaelHo said:
what's the noise like on one of these mean machines?? PC towers are generally quite noisy, with mac notebooks being near silent are there towers silent too?
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You can't hear it mate... its VERY quiet! Even when the fans kick in, its bearly audiable! Better than any pc Im sure of that!
 
Aod said:
i understand that, for your usage, a HD2600 is completely fine, but i'd still at least expect an HD 2900 or something better for that price.

but hey, you've got 8 cores, go do something awesome! :D
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Also I think the price of Mac Pros is pretty good. I mean, yes the graphics card is a bit pony, but you get all that other stuff, plus the quality of apple, OS X iLife and a keyboard and mouse... all for that dough.

A similar spec pc (although I've never seen a 8 core pc yet... but maybe thats me) would cost no less I don't think, and pc builds are quyite naff compared to Apple.

So imo the Mac Pros are well priced!
 
keogh said:
Also I think the price of Mac Pros is pretty good. I mean, yes the graphics card is a bit pony, but you get all that other stuff, plus the quality of apple, OS X iLife and a keyboard and mouse... all for that dough.

A similar spec pc (although I've never seen a 8 core pc yet... but maybe thats me) would cost no less I don't think, and pc builds are quyite naff compared to Apple.

So imo the Mac Pros are well priced!
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Thing is the Mac Pro really is a PC except it doesn't run windows. Don't get me wrong, I love it and I may yet buy one but the motherboard is an intel one with a chipset available in HP workstations also. The processors are standard intel Xeons as used in hundreds of workstations and servers. Build quality is good but so is HP build quality, I'd prefer the mac and it's very cheap for what you get but you've got to remember it's a workstation and should be compared to others...
 
Congratulations :)

I've had mine since July and it's probably the best piece of hardware I've ever bought :)

Heavy buggers aren't they? :p

Wait till you open the side, it just ooozes quality! Have fun :)
 
Phate said:
Congratulations :)

I've had mine since July and it's probably the best piece of hardware I've ever bought :)

Heavy buggers aren't they? :p

Wait till you open the side, it just ooozes quality! Have fun :)
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Been there already my friend, chucked a new HDD in it. I agree 100%, the insides are nearly better than the outside, so organised and easy to manage. The inside of my PC is all over the shop :)

Long live Apple Mac Pro's!
 
You suck keogh. My want for a Mac Pro grows with your every post!!

Post some more pictures or i'm adding you to my ignore list ;)
 
EVH said:
You suck keogh. My want for a Mac Pro grows with your every post!!

Post some more pictures or i'm adding you to my ignore list ;)
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Hmm I'm too busy using it constantly, you just can't leave the things alone when you have them. I'm soooo happy I have it, its the best thing in the whole wide world and nothing competes with it!... sorry thats not what you want to hear is it ;)

I'll try and get some internal shots when I get a bit of time, I have it in a enclosure with all the wires hidden down the back neatly, so getting it out for more images might be tricky, but I'll try my best!
 
Only a few weeks (two, possibly) after buying a new PC I'm considering selling up and getting one of these. :o

Does it run hot?

My current PC is just toasting my room into something of a sauna.

When are these next likely to be updated? I understand they only have been but I might just prolong the sale and see if I can possibly tie it in with an update.
 
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