Hi, first time poster, long time viewer.
I have an early 2009 Mac Pro, at least I bought it Jan 2009. Beleive it is a Quad Core Xeon. Don't know the exact details right now (get home from vacation tomorrow)
I need to run Boot Camp because I run a CAD/CAM program for work and I like to work at home sometimes (designing stuff for me (I have a 4 axis CNC mill to play on).
So right now I have Boot camp and windows XP installed. I need to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8 to run the latest versions of the software and I also understand that windows XP only runs one processor and since I have two, upgrading would give me extra processing power (assuming my feeble understanding of computers is true)
So my questions are:
1.) How do I tell what bit system I can run?
2.) I heard there can be compatibility issues with hardware such as my Mac keyboard?
3.) If I can run either Bit versions do I get the 32 bit version or 64bit (since I only know the
32 bit version as it is all I have ever used).
Also if anyone can help me, how do I know what ram to buy, I intend to purchase more ram for it (only have 2, I spent my money on the video card instead when I bought it) and plan to buy it from here Canada RAM sells memory in Canada - Apple Mac Pro Penryn 4-Core and 8-Core, Dual intel Xeon, Quad Workstation
I know it is a Xenon processor. but which one, the website lists two. early 2009-2010 or Jan 2008-Mar 2009. Since I bought mine in a time frame that could fit either I am at a loss.
Sorry if this is posted elsewhere I did a search first and could find nothing that answered my questions.
I have an early 2009 Mac Pro, at least I bought it Jan 2009. Beleive it is a Quad Core Xeon. Don't know the exact details right now (get home from vacation tomorrow)
I need to run Boot Camp because I run a CAD/CAM program for work and I like to work at home sometimes (designing stuff for me (I have a 4 axis CNC mill to play on).
So right now I have Boot camp and windows XP installed. I need to upgrade to Windows 7 or 8 to run the latest versions of the software and I also understand that windows XP only runs one processor and since I have two, upgrading would give me extra processing power (assuming my feeble understanding of computers is true)
So my questions are:
1.) How do I tell what bit system I can run?
2.) I heard there can be compatibility issues with hardware such as my Mac keyboard?
3.) If I can run either Bit versions do I get the 32 bit version or 64bit (since I only know the
32 bit version as it is all I have ever used).
Also if anyone can help me, how do I know what ram to buy, I intend to purchase more ram for it (only have 2, I spent my money on the video card instead when I bought it) and plan to buy it from here Canada RAM sells memory in Canada - Apple Mac Pro Penryn 4-Core and 8-Core, Dual intel Xeon, Quad Workstation
I know it is a Xenon processor. but which one, the website lists two. early 2009-2010 or Jan 2008-Mar 2009. Since I bought mine in a time frame that could fit either I am at a loss.
Sorry if this is posted elsewhere I did a search first and could find nothing that answered my questions.