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Posted by Smarty on 04/17/07 22:21
Absolutely right. Crucial's price of about $150 per gigabyte is indeed lower
than Apple's, and has thankfully been reduced quite a bit since the MacPro
was introduced last year (when I paid three times that price!).
The SATA drives are extremely easy to install. The MacPro case (unlike the
prior PowerMac Dual G5 case) is exceptionally well designed for
accessibility. There are 4 drive trays which slide out, automatically
aligning and mating the SATA connectors. You merely attach the drive to the
drawer with the 4 (Allen head) screws provided with each drawer. The MacPro
came with Western Digital in the boot drive, and I added two Seagate
Barracudas and another WD Caviar with no problems whatsoever.
Smarty
"Luis Ortega" <lortega@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:4obVh.914$M_3.301@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
> 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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