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Posted by Luis Ortega on 04/17/07 21:56
Thanks, guys. The memory specific to the Mac Pro on Crucial's website is not
nearly as expensive as buying it up front at the Apple store when ordering a
Mac Pro. And 7200 rpm sata hard drives are much cheaper to buy on my own
than adding them to the initial purchase at the Apple store.
I would assume that these sort of components will be compatible and not any
harder to install than for a PC. or am I wrong to assume this?
"Smarty" <nobody@nobody.com> wrote in message
news:a7mdnVIujqtqorjbnZ2dnUVZ_uygnZ2d@adelphia.com...
>I agree with all of the answers, having done quite a bit of upgrading to my
>MacPro. I would suggest checking out the cost of extra memory for the
>MacPro. The memory is very specific to the MacPro and expensive. Also,
>installing a Windows XP drive under Parallels allows you to install it on
>any drive since it is a virtual hard disk image rather than a physical
>drive.
>
> Smarty
>
>
> "Tadeusz Krzeminski" <krzemien@onet.pl> wrote in message
> news:C24ADAE4.1E1BF%krzemien@onet.pl...
>> On 17-04-07 19:54, in article LR7Vh.1020$G64.841@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net,
>> "Luis
>> Ortega" <lortega@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I want to get a Mac Pro desktop and use FCP Studio 2, but all of my
>>> previous
>>> experience is on the PC side of computing. I normally build my own
>>> computers
>>> and have a fair amount of experience doing so, but I read that Macs are
>>> generally bought as is and should not be tampered with. I would
>>> appreciate
>>> some advice on what I can and can't do with a new Mac Pro.
>>
>> My answers will be rather short, but I've provided external links with
>> some
>> information at the end of my reply.
>>
>>> On a new Mac Pro that has two 2.66 dual core Intel zeons, 2 x 512 ram
>>> modules, and one 250 gig hard drive is it possible to add two 1 gig ram
>>> modules for a total of three gigs ram without any negative performance
>>> issues?
>>
>> IMHO yes. There are specific memory configurations that could
>> 'accelerate'
>> hardware a bit (or - to be exact - better utilize its resources).
>>
>>> Can I add extra sata hard drives that I used to have in a Pentium PC? I
>>> have
>>> a few 7200 rpm sata hard drives and also a keyboard with marked keys for
>>> video editing that I would like to add to the Mac Pro. Is it Ok to use
>>> other
>>> keyboards and hard drives without problems?
>>
>> In both cases the answer is positive. Of course it's a keyboard equipped
>> with USB cable?
>>
>>> Can I install Windows XP as a second operating system and some Windows
>>> software in addition to having the Mac operating system and FCP studio 2
>>> software? If so, could I read or use files created in Windows when in
>>> the
>>> Apple OS and vice versa?
>>
>> Yes. That can be easily done either using Boot Camp or Parallels Desktop,
>> CrossOver Mac or any other virtualization software.
>>
>>> If it's OK to have a Windows OS on the machine, would it be better to
>>> install it to a separate hard drive or the same one that the Mac OS is
>>> on?
>>
>> AFAIK you're supposed to have it on a system drive. But I'm not 100%
>> sure.
>>
>>> Can I use my flat panel Samsung display monitor on the Mac Pro or would
>>> I
>>> have to get an Apple monitor?
>>
>> You can use whatever display (DVI's the best) you want.
>>
>>> The Mac Pro doesn't seem to come with a lan card for connecting to my
>>> Virgin
>>> broadband service, and I don't want to use a wireless setup for various
>>> reasons. Does the Mac Pro actually have built in lan like on my current
>>> Asus
>>> motherboard or can I add a basic lan card on a PCI slot?
>>
>> Yes, it does.
>>
>>> Does the Mac Pro have a sound card or integrated sound that I could
>>> connect
>>> my current speakers to?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> Please refer to the following internet sites, there's a lot of
>> information
>> you need and it's really worth reading it:
>>
>> Apple's official website - http://www.apple.com/macpro/
>>
>> Mac Pro specifications - http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html
>>
>> Mac Pro review - http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macpro.ars
>>
>> Apple's Mac Pro - A True PowerMac Successor -
>> http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2816&p=1
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Pozdrawiam / Best regards
>>
>> Tadeusz Krzemiski
>>
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