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Is the Mac Pro 2008 & 2009 end of life?
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<blockquote data-quote="harryb2448" data-source="post: 1734059" data-attributes="member: 42497"><p>The 'cut off' of the Mac Pro, like other models, seems to be those with optional Airport Extreme cards are out, and those with inbuilt cards are 'in' for macOS Sierra. Apple started the trend of restricting user upgradability back in 2009/2010. A great example of this is the heat sensor on the hard drive on iMacs. Replace the original drive with any other model, and the fans take off like a jumbo jet. Yes there were fan control softwares to get around this but imho fan speed is the last thing one needs to throttle.</p><p></p><p>I have no doubt there will be 'hacks' made available to run later systems on your Mac Pro. Head on over to MacRumours.com as they seem to go in for this style of hacking. Of course there is always the chance one can turn one's Mac Pro ino a door stop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="harryb2448, post: 1734059, member: 42497"] The 'cut off' of the Mac Pro, like other models, seems to be those with optional Airport Extreme cards are out, and those with inbuilt cards are 'in' for macOS Sierra. Apple started the trend of restricting user upgradability back in 2009/2010. A great example of this is the heat sensor on the hard drive on iMacs. Replace the original drive with any other model, and the fans take off like a jumbo jet. Yes there were fan control softwares to get around this but imho fan speed is the last thing one needs to throttle. I have no doubt there will be 'hacks' made available to run later systems on your Mac Pro. Head on over to MacRumours.com as they seem to go in for this style of hacking. Of course there is always the chance one can turn one's Mac Pro ino a door stop. [/QUOTE]
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