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Apple Mac Pro Desktop (Two 3.2 GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon Processors, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, 16x SuperDrive)
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One Great Mac Power!
(5 out of 5) by Reviewedia.com on Mar 3, 2008 (Madison, WI)This Mac Pro offers a lot of power. The Quad-core Xeon processors saids it all. There isn't any application out there this machine can't handle. Not only is it powerful, it is super duper quiet with enough storage space to satisfy anyone, 320GB minimum and upgradable. The quality of the machine is very durable. Most of the outer case is made of metal and semi-metal products. The silver casing looks awesome and gives you a luxury feel. Overall, this is one machine to scream for if you love Macs and love powerful machines.
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1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
fast, but
(5 out of 5) by Z. Mu on Jun 10, 2008 (New York)It is fast for general works, not so much when running APPL's motion. For that, you need a lot of RAM, a lot!
8 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
Initial problems gone, I'm loving it now. Would upgrade to 5 stars if I could.
(4 out of 5) by Cliff Addy on Feb 8, 2008UPDATE: I've now owned my new Mac Pro for a little over two months. I've been extremely pleased with it and have seen none of the problems I had with the first one I bought from another vendor. I changed out the keyboard for a Microsoft Natural wireless and the mouse for a Logitech Bluetooth wireless. It's great!
2nd Update: After 6 months in the Mac life, I'm so totally pleased. After 20 years in the PC world, I'm astounded at how THINGS JUST WORK. No weirdness, no conflicting drivers, no "gotta get version 8.2c228 of MS Whatzit Framework". And with VMWare Fusion, I can still run the occasional Windows program. We're converting our entire house and business over to Mac.
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I was in the market for an upgrade to my current Windows PC. I do a lot of digital photography and need serious horsepower. I was astounded at how inexpensive the Mac Pro was, considering the dual-quad processors and high-speed RAM.
I bought a Mac Pro from another vendor, because at the time Amazon didn't have them in stock. During the week I owned it, I really really loved it. Processing large batches of photos took less than 1/4 the time of my old Dell (dual-core 2.66). It was a little tough adjusting to the "Apple Way" of doing things, but overall things are easier on the Mac. Especially installing/uninstalling applications, trivially easy compared to a PC. And I really loved the way the machine didn't have all this stupid "trialware" clogging up the system.
One definite drawback of the Mac Pro is the horrible keyboard. It looks and feels like a super-low-end "chicklet" keyboard from the 1980s. It *is* super thin and stylish, but in this case it's a triumph of style over usefulness. If you do any significant typing and you're used to a nice ergonomic keyboard, you'll hate it. The "mighty" mouse is better, but (like the keyboard) the shape put unnatural stress on my wrist and it began to ache, like the old days of straight keyboards and flat mice.
Why did I write "when it works"? Well, after a week, I had to send my Mac Pro back. It was constantly locking up and only a hard power-cycle would reset it. From my subsequent reading, it appears that there are a lot of problem machines. I found dozens of other users with symptoms identical to mine. When I called Apple technical support and described the issue, they immediately told me to return it as a DOA, so they know there's a problem.
Hopefully, it was just a glitch of the early machines. Now that Amazon has more in stock, I'll be ordering one from them and see if they fixed the problem in later batches. Just that few days with the Mac Pro was great, I'm looking forward to getting another.
2nd Update: After 6 months in the Mac life, I'm so totally pleased. After 20 years in the PC world, I'm astounded at how THINGS JUST WORK. No weirdness, no conflicting drivers, no "gotta get version 8.2c228 of MS Whatzit Framework". And with VMWare Fusion, I can still run the occasional Windows program. We're converting our entire house and business over to Mac.
Original Review
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I was in the market for an upgrade to my current Windows PC. I do a lot of digital photography and need serious horsepower. I was astounded at how inexpensive the Mac Pro was, considering the dual-quad processors and high-speed RAM.
I bought a Mac Pro from another vendor, because at the time Amazon didn't have them in stock. During the week I owned it, I really really loved it. Processing large batches of photos took less than 1/4 the time of my old Dell (dual-core 2.66). It was a little tough adjusting to the "Apple Way" of doing things, but overall things are easier on the Mac. Especially installing/uninstalling applications, trivially easy compared to a PC. And I really loved the way the machine didn't have all this stupid "trialware" clogging up the system.
One definite drawback of the Mac Pro is the horrible keyboard. It looks and feels like a super-low-end "chicklet" keyboard from the 1980s. It *is* super thin and stylish, but in this case it's a triumph of style over usefulness. If you do any significant typing and you're used to a nice ergonomic keyboard, you'll hate it. The "mighty" mouse is better, but (like the keyboard) the shape put unnatural stress on my wrist and it began to ache, like the old days of straight keyboards and flat mice.
Why did I write "when it works"? Well, after a week, I had to send my Mac Pro back. It was constantly locking up and only a hard power-cycle would reset it. From my subsequent reading, it appears that there are a lot of problem machines. I found dozens of other users with symptoms identical to mine. When I called Apple technical support and described the issue, they immediately told me to return it as a DOA, so they know there's a problem.
Hopefully, it was just a glitch of the early machines. Now that Amazon has more in stock, I'll be ordering one from them and see if they fixed the problem in later batches. Just that few days with the Mac Pro was great, I'm looking forward to getting another.
3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
very nice, overpriced
(4 out of 5) by Johnny Dee on Nov 23, 2008 (San Francisco)The Appleheads are right: This is a great machine with a nice operating system. The Apple OS, though flawed, is better than MS, especially Vista.
The Appleheads are wrong: It is probably not worth double the price of a comparable PC. There are almost as many weird crashes and oddball things that don't work as with XP. One reason I got it was Vista is getting such a bad rap and XP will not be supported forever.
My bottom line: If prices were roughly equivalent (or if money is no object for you), I would recommend the Apple over the PC. As it is I am not so sure. I think Appleheads overstate the advantages. For the most part the advantages and disadvantages cancel each other, in my view, with a slight edge to Apple. Hopefully MS will get it together with Windows 7.
It would have been nice if Apple had licensed its operating system to other vendors. Their hardware is good, but not always the best out there. Most of their parts come from the same place as the PC parts. Some of their design concepts are useful and superior, others are just "look cool" nonsense. If other computer manufacturers could offer the Apple OS the competition would leave us all be better off.
The Appleheads are wrong: It is probably not worth double the price of a comparable PC. There are almost as many weird crashes and oddball things that don't work as with XP. One reason I got it was Vista is getting such a bad rap and XP will not be supported forever.
My bottom line: If prices were roughly equivalent (or if money is no object for you), I would recommend the Apple over the PC. As it is I am not so sure. I think Appleheads overstate the advantages. For the most part the advantages and disadvantages cancel each other, in my view, with a slight edge to Apple. Hopefully MS will get it together with Windows 7.
It would have been nice if Apple had licensed its operating system to other vendors. Their hardware is good, but not always the best out there. Most of their parts come from the same place as the PC parts. Some of their design concepts are useful and superior, others are just "look cool" nonsense. If other computer manufacturers could offer the Apple OS the competition would leave us all be better off.