Mac Pro's Released

thebigsky · August 7, 2006

OK, so this is already being discussed in the Mac Advice sticky, well anyone ordered one yet?

wxwax · August 7, 2006

thebigsky wrote:

OK, so this is already being discussed in the Mac Advice sticky, well anyone ordered one yet?

Guess who?

nathan · August 8, 2006

wxwax wrote:

Guess who?

Me?

I know who you meant, but had to chime in for myself.

thebigsky · August 9, 2006

I'm so tempted, I can't decide whether to or not, I know in my head I don't really need it, my current PowerMac isn't slow but I'm such a sad techno nerd I'm not sure I can resist.

Good grief Mac's and 'L' lenses, my downfall.

JohnR · August 10, 2006

oh but I want one so badly!

But I'm going to wait as long as I can..and that means 1 year +. My Powermac is running just fine and I really can't justify upgrading at this time.

wxwax · August 10, 2006

Sadly, no word on a MacBook Pro chip or memory upgrade. :cry

thebigsky · August 14, 2006

I've just set photoshop to batch convert 20 images, I'm recording some live TV, playing some music on ITunes and using Google Earth whilst performing a merge to HDR in photomatix and typing this.

My system can't cope, I clearly need a new Mac Pro, I mean this is just unacceptable performance.

DavidTO · August 14, 2006

thebigsky wrote:

I've just set photoshop to batch convert 20 images, I'm recording some live TV, playing some music on ITunes and using Google Earth whilst performing a merge to HDR in photomatix and typing this.

My system can't cope, I clearly need a new Mac Pro, I mean this is just unacceptable performance.

That's good enough reason for me!

Andy · August 14, 2006

wxwax wrote:

Sadly, no word on a MacBook Pro chip or memory upgrade. :cry

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1965

wxwax · August 14, 2006

Andy wrote:

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1965

Thanks. New processor. No word on more capacity for memory. As David says, adding memory would make sense for a 64 bit processor. But it would also involve a redesign, maybe?

Poseidon · August 16, 2006

thebigsky wrote:

OK, so this is already being discussed in the Mac Advice sticky, well anyone ordered one yet?

Me too! Delivery date 8-22-06!

binghott · August 17, 2006

i just ordered my new mac pro last night, spent almost $3000. i got $180 off on the ipod i just ordered and a free canon photo printer. yay!

thebigsky · August 23, 2006

I'm still thinking about ordering a Mac Pro, however I'm not prepared to pay Apple's prices for RAM. I understand Crucial have withdrawn their Mac Pro compatible RAM due to overheating issues, apparently the stuff Apple installs has some pretty hefty heatsinks.

Has anyone installed 3rd party RAM in a Mac Pro without any problems?

Charlie

DavidTO · August 23, 2006

thebigsky wrote:

I'm still thinking about ordering a Mac Pro, however I'm not prepared to pay Apple's prices for RAM. I understand Crucial have withdrawn their Mac Pro compatible RAM due to overheating issues, apparently the stuff Apple installs has some pretty hefty heatsinks.

Has anyone installed 3rd party RAM in a Mac Pro without any problems?

Charlie

Andy has. He's gone till friday or saturday. Make sure he sees this and he can give you the details.

wxwax · August 23, 2006

DavidTO wrote:

Andy has. He's gone till friday or saturday. Make sure he sees this and he can give you the details.

After Crucial recalled his memory, he went aftermarket again?

DavidTO · August 23, 2006

wxwax wrote:

After Crucial recalled his memory, he went aftermarket again?

AFAIK, he's still using the Crucial mem.

wxwax · August 23, 2006

DavidTO wrote:

AFAIK, he's still using the Crucial mem.

Really? He said he had a recall notice waiting in the mail when he got home.

Poseidon · August 23, 2006

Mine came in!!! WOOT! This thing is FAST, and transfering files with a MAc from ont to another... Couldn't be any easier, just connect a firewire and BOOM all done, right down the desktop picture.

All the mail was moved, all the mail settings, everything... In about 30 minutes.

I have spent days trying to do that on a PC!

I too want to get more RAM, at least 1 more GB, but I will wait to see what happens with Crucial and Apple.

wxwax · August 23, 2006

DavidTO wrote:

AFAIK, he's still using the Crucial mem.

Here ya go.

DavidTO · August 23, 2006

wxwax wrote:

Here ya go.

But he never did it. It's in, causing no problems, and he figures he can always buy the heat sinks for less than getting the new memory.

wxwax · August 23, 2006

DavidTO wrote:

But he never did it. It's in, causing no problems, and he figures he can always buy the heat sinks for less than getting the new memory.

Ballsy.

Zoom Raider · August 23, 2006

Would anyone here own the MiniMac? Its specs are faster than even my WindowsXP tower, except for its hard-drive. My XP comp has an 80gig@7200rpm HD, while the $599 MiniMac has one that's 60gig@5400rpm. Wish Apple would stick a 120gig/7200rpm HD in the MiniMac. Maybe someday they will. I would like to see if I can get one by autumn - like in October.

Zoom Raider · August 23, 2006

Oh, and I forgot... Are Nikon D50s compatible with Macs?

Andy · August 23, 2006

DavidTO wrote:

But he never did it. It's in, causing no problems, and he figures he can always buy the heat sinks for less than getting the new memory.

And I probably won't install anything on top of the ram, either. It's working perfectly

Andy · August 23, 2006

wxwax wrote:

Ballsy.

It's not like anything will blow up or something like that. And Mac makes it so easy to see that your memory is running fine.

No big deal, really

Andy · August 23, 2006

Zoom Raider wrote:

Oh, and I forgot... Are Nikon D50s compatible with Macs?

Zoom Raider · August 23, 2006

Andy wrote:

Cool!

Thanks!

thebigsky · August 26, 2006

All things considered, I've decided to wait a bit longer, see how the memory situation pans out (plus inevitable price drops,) universal binaries from Adobe, the possibility of quad core processors and the fact that my current G5 still seems pretty quick (admittedly this has never stopped me in the past.)

Hopefully I can get my visits to the Apple Store, Mac Pro configure page down to two a day, at least I no longer enter my card details before pulling out, it's a tough addiction but it's not as bad as Lcholism.

binghott · August 27, 2006

i got my mac pro on friday and set it up immediately. going from a laptop to a mac pro with a 24" widescreen monitor is a bit of difference. unfortunately i didn't get to play with my mac much because i just had to pack it up last night because i'm leaving for college today.

what i've learned about my mac pro thus far:
it is beautiful, amazingly fast, incredibly heavy, and it grates cheese pretty well too!

THE TOUCH · October 13, 2006

New MBP running slow...
I just got a new MBP (2Ghz, 512MB) and it feels like everything has a delay, such as opening programs, switching to/from programs, scrolling through emails, etc.

For example, in Entourage, I just switched from "Mail" to "Address Book" and it took ~3 seconds to switch. Or, I just clicked on iTunes in the dock, which is already open, and it takes ~3 seconds to open the screen.

Does this sound like a problem? IMO, my 833Mhz was faster than this! Are the PowerPC programs eating up the speed?

Thanks!

Andy · October 13, 2006

THE TOUCH wrote:

I just got a new MBP (2Ghz, 512MB) and it feels like everything has a delay, such as opening programs, switching to/from programs, scrolling through emails, etc.

For example, in Entourage, I just switched from "Mail" to "Address Book" and it took ~3 seconds to switch. Or, I just clicked on iTunes in the dock, which is already open, and it takes ~3 seconds to open the screen.

Does this sound like a problem? IMO, my 833Mhz was faster than this! Are the PowerPC programs eating up the speed?

Thanks!

Dunno, PC or Mac, can't imagine only using 512mb ram with today's ram hungry programs.

Mac Pro's Released

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