thinking of buying mac pro with no HD

[macpronohd]

the place I bought it from.... the total was $122.93.

 

[macpronohd]

now my question is if the Apple cinema Displays are compatible with this?

 

[pigoo3]

now my question is if the Apple cinema Displays are compatible with this?

Which one…there are a number of different Apple Cinema displays? The answer is most likely yes…would need to know what ports the video card has…and what ports/cables the particular Apple Cinema display has.

- Nick

 

[pigoo3]

the place I bought it from.... the total was $122.93.

Maybe you could share your good fortune…and let us know what place this is. I & others might want to pursue a deal like this!

- Nick

 

[Randy B. Singer]

...how do I get the os x?

At this point it is irrelevant to the original poster, but for future reference, here are the versions of OS X that are available:

Via download:


OS X 10.6 - Snow Leopard $20
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

OS X 10.7 - Lion $20
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6106Z/A/os-x-lion

OS X 10.8 - Mt. Lion $20
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion

OS X 10.11 - El Capitan FREE
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/os-x-el-capitan/id1018109117?mt=12

Available on USB flash drive:

OS X 10.10 - Yosemite ($17)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZI5BJ66/?tag=macforums0e4-20

 

[pigoo3]

At this point it is irrelevant to the original poster, but for future reference, here are the versions of OS X that are available:

Nice list Randy. What about Mavericks? I think that I've seen Mavericks obtainable via the same method as Yosemite.

- Nick

 

[chas_m]

That last one (the Amazon listing) is almost certainly not legal.

 

[dtravis7]

That last one (the Amazon listing) is almost certainly not legal.

Does Amazon sell Illegal software?

 

[pigoo3]

That last one (the Amazon listing) is almost certainly not legal.

Pretty prevalent on Amazon, eBay, etc. I've always questioned the legality as well. But since Mavericks, Yosemite, and El Capitan have been free downloads…really makes things confusing/gray area. If Apple continued to make these free OS versions available…there wouldn't be any opportunists out there doing this.

- Nick

 

[chscag]

To add to what Dennis and Nick stated... there is nothing in the Apple EULA that states the free versions of OS X "must" be obtained only from Apple. Of course the versions of OS X that are not free are only obtainable from Apple. Besides, there is no way that Amazon would allow the selling of illegal software from their store.

 

[carlhataway]

macpronohd, if you get this Mac Pro I might suggest OWC (macsales.com) for your memory sticks, I bought my Mac Pro from B&H and OWC bought the memory sticks that came with unit and OWC beat Apple and Crucial on the price. If you have never owned a Mac OWC has installation videos that cover just about every aspect of the Mac installs. Best of luck with the $90 Mac Pro! The Memory sticks you need for this Mac are DDR3 ECC 1066MHz PC3-8500. If your Mac is a 2008 then here are the specs for that Mac copied from OWC's site800MHz ECC Mac Pro Memory Information
8 Total Slots, 64GB Supported
Must Upgrade using Matched Pairs
DDR2 240 Pin Fully-Buffered DIMM
72 Bit (64 bit + 8 bit ECC)
Mac Pro Specific Heatsink on Module
Four or More FB-DIMMs installed provides for best performance
FB DIMM technology takes advantage of multiple channel access. Apple recommends the use of 4 or more modules to take advantage of this 256-Bit Wide memory architecture. Modules must be installed in pairs, each module is 64 Bits Wide + 8 Bits for Error Correction (ECC). All of my post might be after the fact but let me suggest one more thing if you buy the Apple Cinema monitor you are going to pay too much for a monitor, check out a HDTV, they work just as good for monitors and are a lot cheaper.