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I've been using the same Mac Pro since 2008. I bought an ATI Radeon 6970 around a year or so ago and extended its life that much more. For most of my computer'
by fuzzywalrus 13y ago
I've been using the same Mac Pro since 2008. I bought an ATI Radeon 6970 around a year or so ago and extended its life that much more. For most of my computer's life, its had a PCIe eSATA card and an external case. It works great still but its starting to show its age.
I can't say I'm too excited about a computer that's relegated to an much more expensive Mac Mini. Thunderbolt 2 is nice but its a poor substitute for internal drive bays and 16x PCIe.
- bnastic 13y ago> Thunderbolt 2 is nice but its a poor substitute for internal drive bays and 16x PCIe. Why, exactly? I don't know how many lanes will be in the Thunderbolt2 (haven't checked the specs), but I have a Pegasus Thunderbolt RAID storage (4 drives), which is really fast. SSD sys drive + Thunderbolt storage = win in my books.
- mturmon 13y agoAgree (I have a Pegasus TB RAID also). Thunderbolt changes the calculus for system upgrades. Glad to see someone exploiting this.
- drawkbox 13y agoYes I love the design. But the main thing with the Mac Pro that I love is I can swap a drive, memory etc without walking through the mall to the Apple Store. I have shied away from too many iMacs for this reason (I have 2, both failed at times where I needed them now - one a drive from Seagate and one a video card which pretty much kills that beautiful screen along with it). As long as it is easy to swap memory, a drive externally, and maybe a video card then I am cool with it. Otherwise customizable computers from Apple are no longer. This definitely explains why it took a while to update the Mac Pro. A nice surprise today.