Mac Pro - 1TB drive for Mac Pro (early 2006)

compussr · compussr #1 (**permalink**)

07-17-2009, 09:59 PM

Hello all...

I'm running out of space and I was thinking about adding a western digital 1TB SATA hard drive to my Mac Pro, but before I do that i just want to confirm that a 1TB hard drive can actually be used in the Mac Pro? The reason I'm asking is that I know Apple have done things such as crippling Mac Book Pro/Mac Mini to limit their memory to 2GB max, I was wondering if they've done something similar to limit the early Mac Pro's hard drive storage space as well.

Thanks all.

wmprice1240 · wmprice1240 #2 (**permalink**)

07-18-2009, 11:09 AM

No. Any external drive will be fine. The memory restrictions you reference are for RAM only, not permanent storage.

wmprice1240 · wmprice1240 #3 (**permalink**)

07-18-2009, 11:10 AM

Sorry, that last post should also mention that an internal drive would be fine as well. I use a variety of SATA internal drives in my MacPro with no issues.

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compussr #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 17, 2009 Posts: 1	07-17-2009, 09:59 PM Hello all... I'm running out of space and I was thinking about adding a western digital 1TB SATA hard drive to my Mac Pro, but before I do that i just want to confirm that a 1TB hard drive can actually be used in the Mac Pro? The reason I'm asking is that I know Apple have done things such as crippling Mac Book Pro/Mac Mini to limit their memory to 2GB max, I was wondering if they've done something similar to limit the early Mac Pro's hard drive storage space as well. Thanks all.
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wmprice1240 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 02, 2009 Posts: 480 Mac Specs: MBP 2.33 4GB: MacPro 8 Core 2.8, 16GB: MacMini 2.26 4GB: MacMin 2.53 4GB: iPhone3GS 32GB	07-18-2009, 11:09 AM No. Any external drive will be fine. The memory restrictions you reference are for RAM only, not permanent storage.
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