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Ancient MacPro out of date, what can I do?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1450654" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Just so you know…this Mac Pro is currently worth about $600…so this is a figure to keep in mind when it comes to upgrading. This is definitely still a good computer…I would certainly still use it for a number of things.</p><p></p><p>As far as the ram upgrade…ram for the 1st generation Mac Pro's is not cheap (compared to ram for newer Mac's)…but used ram from e-Bay is not too bad. I would recommend upgrading to at least 4gig of ram. </p><p></p><p>With 8 ram slots…if you filled them all with 512meg sticks of ram (4 gig total)…the cost wouldn't be too bad. These are basically the ram everyone else is getting rid of when they upgrade…so they should be selling fairly cheap on e-Bay.</p><p></p><p>If you would rather get new ram…then go to one of these guys:</p><p></p><p>- <a href="http://www.macsales.com" target="_blank">OWC</a></p><p>- <a href="http://www.crucial.com" target="_blank">Crucial</a></p><p></p><p>And yes…you can definitely do it yourself.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>HTH,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1450654, member: 56379"] Just so you know…this Mac Pro is currently worth about $600…so this is a figure to keep in mind when it comes to upgrading. This is definitely still a good computer…I would certainly still use it for a number of things. As far as the ram upgrade…ram for the 1st generation Mac Pro's is not cheap (compared to ram for newer Mac's)…but used ram from e-Bay is not too bad. I would recommend upgrading to at least 4gig of ram. With 8 ram slots…if you filled them all with 512meg sticks of ram (4 gig total)…the cost wouldn't be too bad. These are basically the ram everyone else is getting rid of when they upgrade…so they should be selling fairly cheap on e-Bay. If you would rather get new ram…then go to one of these guys: - [url=http://www.macsales.com]OWC[/url] - [url=http://www.crucial.com]Crucial[/url] And yes…you can definitely do it yourself.:) HTH, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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