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Purty Good Computer
Date: October 14, 2009
Written By:
Zini1955
From: Redondo Beach, CA
(read all my reviews)
Owned this Product for:
0-3 Months
Level of Expertise:
Expert
Mac of Choice:
Mac Pro
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Pros: build quality, design, Easy to Use/Setup, Fast/High Speed, features, quiet
Cons: Size & Weight, speakers
Well..I had a meltdown of my G4 Mirrored Drive Door ..the power supply failed after 5-6 years..so..time to up grade. So I did. I figured I'd go for the top..could have chosen a referb older model or something , but as Apple has no other new, upgradeable computer than the Mac Pro (good biz , I guess..) I needed this one, as I wanted to put my old drives in the new. Of course this computer will only accept SATA or something else drives..not the older ones..like I have. I had four drives in the G4 , only one will work in the Mac pro! Don't be a dummy like me ..DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST!! I found ALOT of my programs will not work on this new oh wow computer. AND my scanner is not supported either.. CS2?? Nope..Lightwave 8? Nope.. Several more as we go... SO...Read up and if you have a bunch of money and time...no worries!! But if you're like me and slow on the spending..well... open up the wallet as you need to let the moths out now!
Other than that...Mrs Lincoln....the computer is GREAT!! I did purchase an additional 1.5 Terabyte from Connection and it just slipped in the drive bay , I formatted it, and off and running! Came with 3 GB of RAM..great for me so far, but memory is so cheap these days..upgrade is not going to be a prob.
Very fast and clean as usual for Macs..I do recommend this machine for professionals..a bit overkill for the everyday user..but I like film editing (Final Cut old..nope!!) (gotta UPGRADE!!) so I want a fast machine...this is it..but I'll tell ya when the UPGRADES come in!!!
Do your HOMEWORK FIRST!!!!!
Go ahead..BUY IT!!! You deserve it!! You work hard!!! You'll be working forever anyway, so DO IT!!!!
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GREAT!
Date: September 22, 2009
Written By:
Loyal
From: Redwood City
(read all my reviews)
Owned this Product for:
0-3 Months
Level of Expertise:
Average
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Pros: build quality, design, Easy to Use/Setup, Fast/High Speed, features, quiet, Screen Display, size & weight, value for money
Cons: Size & Weight, speakers
I have owned this computer for less than a month and it's the best yet!
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Glad I waited
Date: August 7, 2009
Written By:
Macky
From: Washington, DC
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Owned this Product for:
0-3 Months
Level of Expertise:
Good
Mac of Choice:
any of them
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Pros: build quality, design, Easy to Use/Setup, Fast/High Speed, features, quiet, Screen Display, beautiful
Cons: pricey...
Finally upgraded from my faithful Quicksilver G4 to the new MacPro Intel Xeon Quad Core...and wow! Aside from a couple of minor "glitches" - needing to get Firewire 400 to Firewire 800 adapters - and some weirdness while transferring content (how many hours exactly does "less than a minute" mean????) things are great. And I can't believe how quiet this machine is. The new flat keyboard takes a bit of getting used to - no indents to stop your fingers from wandering and typomh...ahem, typing all kinds of nonsense. But once there, it feels great.
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