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My first Apple - Mac Pro 1.1 - sensible upgrades?
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<blockquote data-quote="johnsmith555" data-source="post: 1613334" data-attributes="member: 335703"><p>Hi folks.</p><p></p><p>I’ve finally done it, I’ve bought my first Apple computer.</p><p></p><p>Its an old one, a Mac Pro 1.1 2.66 dual-core with 3GB RAM, 3x 250GB hard drives and a clean install of OS X Lion 10.7.5. It was bought second hand from a business for just £100 - but should do everything I need it to do. Its partly to get a taste for Apple machines and partly to let me do a little bit of upgrading to understand the machines better.</p><p></p><p>You can see the original advert before I bought it on eBay - item number 181554463851.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Processors: It has two 2.66 GHz (5150) Dual-core Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" processors as standard but Apple originally offered optional 2.0 GHz (5130), 2.66 GHz or 3.0 GHz (5160) Dual-core or 3.0 GHz (X5365) Quad-core Intel Xeon "Clovertown" units. Though I undertand that changing processors is quite an involved process.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">RAM: The machine has already been upgraded to some degree featuring 3GB DDR2 FB-DIMM RAM however I understand that Apple offered upgrades of up to 16GB</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">HDD: Standard spec is a single 250GB HDD, but this machine has already been upgraded to 3 x 250GB SATA HDD.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Graphics card: the machine features the standard NVidia GEForce 7300GT 256MB Graphics Card. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OS: The machine has just had a clean install of OS X Lion 10.7.5 – which I think is the most recent OS that Apple support for this machine.</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I’m going to fit Bluetooth and Airport modules as well as cleaning the inside of the case and fan, etc. and was wondering if there are any other upgrades which I should consider at this stage – eg more RAM, another HDD any must-have software or even changing the processors? One of the benefits of an older machine is that many upgrade components are now available cheaply on eBay.</p><p></p><p>It will be used for around 12 hours a day for internet browsing, MS Office, iTunes (15k songs) as well as downloading and watching video in numerous formats.</p><p></p><p>Could anyone advise me if it would be sensible should fit/install anything else beyond the Bluetooth and Airport Extreme modules?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnsmith555, post: 1613334, member: 335703"] Hi folks. I’ve finally done it, I’ve bought my first Apple computer. Its an old one, a Mac Pro 1.1 2.66 dual-core with 3GB RAM, 3x 250GB hard drives and a clean install of OS X Lion 10.7.5. It was bought second hand from a business for just £100 - but should do everything I need it to do. Its partly to get a taste for Apple machines and partly to let me do a little bit of upgrading to understand the machines better. You can see the original advert before I bought it on eBay - item number 181554463851. [LIST] [*]Processors: It has two 2.66 GHz (5150) Dual-core Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" processors as standard but Apple originally offered optional 2.0 GHz (5130), 2.66 GHz or 3.0 GHz (5160) Dual-core or 3.0 GHz (X5365) Quad-core Intel Xeon "Clovertown" units. Though I undertand that changing processors is quite an involved process. [*]RAM: The machine has already been upgraded to some degree featuring 3GB DDR2 FB-DIMM RAM however I understand that Apple offered upgrades of up to 16GB [*]HDD: Standard spec is a single 250GB HDD, but this machine has already been upgraded to 3 x 250GB SATA HDD. [*]Graphics card: the machine features the standard NVidia GEForce 7300GT 256MB Graphics Card. [*]OS: The machine has just had a clean install of OS X Lion 10.7.5 – which I think is the most recent OS that Apple support for this machine. [/LIST] I’m going to fit Bluetooth and Airport modules as well as cleaning the inside of the case and fan, etc. and was wondering if there are any other upgrades which I should consider at this stage – eg more RAM, another HDD any must-have software or even changing the processors? One of the benefits of an older machine is that many upgrade components are now available cheaply on eBay. It will be used for around 12 hours a day for internet browsing, MS Office, iTunes (15k songs) as well as downloading and watching video in numerous formats. Could anyone advise me if it would be sensible should fit/install anything else beyond the Bluetooth and Airport Extreme modules? [/QUOTE]
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