Mac Pro - A Review
I wanted to share a few thoughts on this new work horse I invested in a few days ago, the new Mac Pro. This flavor is the top-o'-the-line model with a Dual Quad Core 3.2Ghz, 12MB Cache per CPU, 2GB RAM and two optical drives. It was pricey as all fuck, $4700 to be precise. May be a bit of a performance overkill perhaps, though I wanted to keep a lot of room for future applications so I took the plunge.
First of all, this is the nicest, best built desktop computer I ever used. I am no Mac-fanboy by any means, I used to have Windoze custom boxes since my first in 1995. The quality of build is incredible, the attention to detail is tremendous. Lots of I/O in front and back, 3 free SATA HDD frames that slide out and enable you to pop in up to 3TB of drives without attaching a single cable - you can do everything inside the case without using a screw driver AND without cutting your fingers to pieces. The black case in the background is a custom Silverstone case I built last year, despite it having a reputation of being a nice case, I still managed to cut open my fingers when I was installing hardware on its insides.
The Mac Pro comes with Leopard and iLife 08 pre-installed. The transition off my Macbook Pro (incl. applications, emails, passwords, accounts, every imaginable program setting) went flawless with a firewire 800 cable. I added another 2GB of RAM for good measure and got cracking. I mainly chose to move away from the Win platform for work because a. I do not use any special programs that are Win-only and b. because I feel that this is a much more secure platform to work on. Everything just feels more productive, mainly because of the OS. Network printers are added without hassle, any sort of hardware I plugged in worked right out of the box.
In my opinion, I feel like this machine is just going to get the work done without a hassle, I don't have to worry about stupid shit crashing on me and it is so beautifully quiet that it doesn't annoy during long hours behind the screen.
Definitely a thumbs up for this one. The basic configuration starts at $2799 if I am not mistaken. Sure, it's more expensive than a Dell, but when it comes to my business and the work place at which I spend 10 hours every day, I don't like to go cheap.
First of all, this is the nicest, best built desktop computer I ever used. I am no Mac-fanboy by any means, I used to have Windoze custom boxes since my first in 1995. The quality of build is incredible, the attention to detail is tremendous. Lots of I/O in front and back, 3 free SATA HDD frames that slide out and enable you to pop in up to 3TB of drives without attaching a single cable - you can do everything inside the case without using a screw driver AND without cutting your fingers to pieces. The black case in the background is a custom Silverstone case I built last year, despite it having a reputation of being a nice case, I still managed to cut open my fingers when I was installing hardware on its insides.
The Mac Pro comes with Leopard and iLife 08 pre-installed. The transition off my Macbook Pro (incl. applications, emails, passwords, accounts, every imaginable program setting) went flawless with a firewire 800 cable. I added another 2GB of RAM for good measure and got cracking. I mainly chose to move away from the Win platform for work because a. I do not use any special programs that are Win-only and b. because I feel that this is a much more secure platform to work on. Everything just feels more productive, mainly because of the OS. Network printers are added without hassle, any sort of hardware I plugged in worked right out of the box.
In my opinion, I feel like this machine is just going to get the work done without a hassle, I don't have to worry about stupid shit crashing on me and it is so beautifully quiet that it doesn't annoy during long hours behind the screen.
Definitely a thumbs up for this one. The basic configuration starts at $2799 if I am not mistaken. Sure, it's more expensive than a Dell, but when it comes to my business and the work place at which I spend 10 hours every day, I don't like to go cheap.
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