one of the CPU's on my 5 year old G5 died this week. the best price I can find on an integrated CPU & cooling unit is ~ $300. with labor it's gonna be $400+ to fix. it ain't worth it IMO. so I'm looking for a new machine. I'm looking at some used 8 core Mac Pro's on eBay I want to get one with a year or so of AppleCare left on it so I can feel confident it will be OK. most don't say & probably don't know which processor is in them. it's confusing 'cause I see a range of processor speeds including 2.26, 2.66, 2.8, 3, 3.2 etc. I use DP 7.2, Photoshop and Final Cut Pro. all on a regular basis. as it is I am going to have to buy new UAD cards as the 4 I have now are all PCI. fortunately my Adobe CS3 will still run on Snow Leopard and I have the latest MS Office so all that should be good to go. I figure 6 MB or RAM should be OK for now and I have a couple of 7200 RPM SATA drives from the old machine I will move over.
here is one machine I am considering: Apple Mac Pro 2.8GHz - 8 Cores, 18 months of Applecare | 16GB Ram | 750GB + 750GB HD | SuperDrive | Radeon HD 2600 | Bluetooth
$ 2,750
any particular suggestions? thanks...
gotta buy a new Mac
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bass, vocal, composer
I gave up GearLust for Lent...
http://www.soundsclever.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Scatterdust - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ-twe1LH2U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Inward Stroke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHUx82GzzE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Clever Sounds Recording Studio
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Mac Pro 8 core 3GHz, 7 GB RAM, FF800, Digital Performer 7.2, ISA428, ADL600, Distressor, ADAM-A7, Auratones, Ristola custom bass, lots of mics and other fun toys that keep me in debt!
Re: gotta buy a new Mac
Check out my sig - you'll find one there. I love this machine. It's quiet and fast. Not much more to say about it.
Phil
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Re: gotta buy a new Mac
got a 8 core 3GHz Mac Pro with 7 Gig of RAM about a week ago. pretty darn killer machine. only downside has been reinstalling all the software I use. nice to have the latest OS for a change too.
Al Hospers
bass, vocal, composer
I gave up GearLust for Lent...
http://www.soundsclever.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Scatterdust - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ-twe1LH2U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Inward Stroke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHUx82GzzE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Clever Sounds Recording Studio
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Mac Pro 8 core 3GHz, 7 GB RAM, FF800, Digital Performer 7.2, ISA428, ADL600, Distressor, ADAM-A7, Auratones, Ristola custom bass, lots of mics and other fun toys that keep me in debt!
bass, vocal, composer
I gave up GearLust for Lent...
http://www.soundsclever.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Scatterdust - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ-twe1LH2U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Inward Stroke: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHUx82GzzE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Clever Sounds Recording Studio
------------------------------------------------------
Mac Pro 8 core 3GHz, 7 GB RAM, FF800, Digital Performer 7.2, ISA428, ADL600, Distressor, ADAM-A7, Auratones, Ristola custom bass, lots of mics and other fun toys that keep me in debt!