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A big step up
This review is from: Apple Mac Pro MB871LL/A Desktop (Personal Computers) I bought this Mac Pro to replace a PowerMac that was over seven years old, and which had fallen inadequate to handle my increasingly demanding digital image processing, and which was all but worthless at running Microsoft Windows.
This Mac Pro is probably 8x faster than the PowerMac at most tasks, and its case design is lovely. The way PCI cards snap into and out of place without screws, the ...
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Exceeded All Expectations
I bought this to replace a 4-year-old G5 (dual 2.7 Ghz).I push my Macs to the limit - the new one now has three video cards to support 5 monitors (way cheaper than even just 1 30 inch monitor), 16 Gb of memory, and 3 hard drives for a total of 2+ TB of space. I typically run 15 or more programs simultaneously (Word, Excel, Safari, Mail, Quicken, iTunes, a calendar program, a database, Crossover (to run a Windows based legal research engine), and more).
The new MacPro has been running ...
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03/24/2009
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Super Fast and Very Quiet
This review is from: Apple Mac Pro MB871LL/A Desktop (Personal Computers) I owned a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0 Ghz before the video card died. I use two cinema HD monitors and the AGP cards are hard to find for that older model. I am not a super power user so I seldom encode heavy duty video. I am a light user of Aperture and Photoshop. Trying to do light video and photo editing on my G5 was not painfully slow but the computer was showing its age. Typical tasks took a while; I woul...
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04/03/2009
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Don't ask for help at the Apple store if you buy from Amazon
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Apple Mac Pro MB871LL/A Desktop (Personal Computers) I bought my Mac Pro on Amazon and there are no configuration options when you buy here. It makes sense, it seems they are doing an economy of scales thing, and that's why you can get it for $200 less than from Apple. Since this Mac will be in my bedroom which doesn't have a router, I decide...
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10/01/2009
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All I expected and more
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) I've been a Mac user for many years and recently began doing a lot of 3D rendering and heavy duty graphics work. My current Macbook Pro has been great in every respect, but it falls short when doing any sort of heavy graphics work and I was using a quad-core windows (yes, I know) system to take on that job.
I finally decided to make a clean break from windows and purchased the ...
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Almost perfect pro machine
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Apple Mac Pro MB871LL/A Desktop (Personal Computers) I have to say this Mac Pro is very nice and speedy but there are some CONS to go with the PROS.
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1. Very fast. 4x faster at video encoding and CS4 with multiple hard drives installed and 8GB of ram compared to iMac line
2. 5 Hard drive bays with RAID support
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What's great about it: its a mac, and its intel
What's not so great: only customers with a little extra pocket change can think about this purchase
"ill try to make this as short as possible. i own a computer sales, repair, and modification shop where i live. until this year i refused to touch a mac. i also run a few small businesses online which require a decent sized media server i have set up in my home. until recently i'd been running an HP server tower i bought ...
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01/01/1901
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A great machine upgrade!
This review is from: Apple Mac Pro MB871LL/A Desktop (Personal Computers) This is a review from a general graphic design perspective: I had a dual 1.8 G5 that was showing it's age as far as speed went. I finally bit the bullet and bought this one.
I'm on a budget, so I got the standard config, stock video card, and added 2G of RAM for a total of 5 gigs. Surprisingly, you don't have to buy RAM in pairs for the machine, unlike the G5. If you install it in the wrong slot, i...
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09/09/2009
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Amazing Machine!
I recenty switched to Mac and I have to say that 80% of the Mac hype is true. This is by far the best designed computer I have ever owned. I have an octo-core model and it is also quite fast. This is my first Mac and I already know now I will sell my Pc Laptop to get a MacBook.
The cost of the machine is not expensive at all. Go build the same machine at Dell or any other PC manufacturer and you will see very little difference, usually around 2-400 bucks. This is not bad considering y...
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Long time PC power user falls in love with new Mac
This review is from: Apple Mac Pro MB871LL/A Desktop (Personal Computers) I have been a heavy user of personal computers since the original IBM PC came out in 1982. My needs gradually increased as the technology advanced and the capabilities of PCs improved. Lately, I've needed to switch from standard definition video editing to high definition. The dual Xeon processor HP workstation (X4000) that I had used for years was getting long in the tooth and couldn't handle the deman...
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09/06/2009
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