Hey, some of you have had your Mac Pros for 1-2 weeks and I have yet to see a single thread about any problems with Revision A. Surely this must be a new Apple-record? What do you think, did they actually get it right on the first try this time? 
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Amazing, Rev. A!
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desktops are probably a lot easier to get right the first time, i'd imagine.c.hilding said:Hey, some of you have had your Mac Pros for 1-2 weeks and I have yet to see a single thread about any problems with Revision A. Surely this must be a new Apple-record? What do you think, did they actually get it right on the first try this time?
i've seen a few complaints, but moreso stuff that will be fixed come Leopard (bootcamp support, etc).
but yeah, congrats apple. um. now clean up your laptop lines.. heh
although i have noticed a lot less "omg i just bought my macbook and it sucks butt!" threads.. so perhaps they HAVE corrected a lot of the earlier problems for those buying now?
I really don't think that too many people can buy mac pros so as of now I don't think we'll see anything. My bet is that we won't see many complaints though. Those mac pros are awesome.
c.hilding said:Hey, some of you have had your Mac Pros for 1-2 weeks and I have yet to see a single thread about any problems with Revision A. Surely this must be a new Apple-record? What do you think, did they actually get it right on the first try this time?
Hopefully Apple worked out the bugs before shipping the Mac Pros.
So far so good......
The problems people seem to be describing are weirder problems. Like there was that whack thread that was eventually closed, about the person who couldn't get good SATA performance in Windows on a Mac Pro. It's a good sign, I guess, though, nonetheless.
tobyg said:
FFS, can we not start this again?
I meant it was whack in that it turned into a flamewar. Technical discussions on MR almost never get closed. I didn't mean it was whack because I don't think your problem is a serious one. I can understand that in your situation it would be an important capability to you. But it is a *weird* problem, at least in the sense that it has nothing to do with running a Mac using OS X. It's not the typical sort of Rev. A issue thread.
mkrishnan said:FFS, can we not start this again?
But it is a *weird* problem, at least in the sense that it has nothing to do with running a Mac using OS X. It's not the typical sort of Rev. A issue thread.
Oh but it's definitely not a problem with the Mac Pro as far as running OSX. I had no issues running OSX. Great machine. You're right, Apple has done pretty good with this one so far. If you want to talk about whacked problems, I saw someone complaining about a USB KVM switchbox not working right with the Mac Pro and the fast user switching. To me, that's a whacked problem.
But overall so far the Mac Pro is pretty solid. The other poster was correct though, it's gotta be easier to build a big desktop than the notebooks they have. A lot more engineering time goes into creating those notebooks than the desktops... er, sorry, towers.
xfiftyfour said:
i received my macbook on wednesday, sent it back on friday. getting new one on monday. lol.
there was a large crack when i got it. yet, i'd rather have a large crack than a moo'ing fan. less of apples fault
Kind of a mac-philosophical question, but are macpros truly "Revision A" or are they "Revision E" Powermacs? At what point is a mac truly new?
Honestly though, if Apple had problems with these machines, we are in trouble. Its off the shelf intel hardware. PC manufacturers have made these xeon chips cool fine in much smaller, poorly designed and managed cases. Not a whole lot to go wrong ;-)
Honestly though, if Apple had problems with these machines, we are in trouble. Its off the shelf intel hardware. PC manufacturers have made these xeon chips cool fine in much smaller, poorly designed and managed cases. Not a whole lot to go wrong ;-)
jamesW135 said:
Never discount the buying power of a 13 year old. I'd actually applaud Apple for not ignoring the individual. A sales assocaite does not know if mommy or daddy are just around the corner. I purchased PCs at that age with my own money by saving for a long time.
Not cool, xfiftyfour.
I just turned 14 and I've gotten, all on my own (through sales, etc), an iMac G5, iBook G4, and MacBook Black 2.0. ...along with a Nikon D50.
Mowing is the key. Age isn't.
I just turned 14 and I've gotten, all on my own (through sales, etc), an iMac G5, iBook G4, and MacBook Black 2.0. ...along with a Nikon D50.
Mowing is the key. Age isn't.
lilstewart said:Not cool, xfiftyfour.
I just turned 14 and I've gotten, all on my own (through sales, etc), an iMac G5, iBook G4, and MacBook Black 2.0. ...along with a Nikon D50.
Mowing is the key. Age isn't.
Between school and work, where is the time for fun?
extraextra said:Between school and work, where is the time for fun?
I wish I could help you guys. I wish I could give you unlimited joy, freedom, love, happiness, money, etc, etc, etc. But I can't. I'd be banned for trying.
Anyway, i'm glad to hear that the Mac Pro is solid. It's what I expected. I can't wait to get mine!
Don't start that **** again. Seriously.macgeek2005 said:
on topic:
I'm still making payments on my PowerBook which I bought over a year ago! Wish I had as much money as some of you guys..
Hey,
Thanks for the (so far so good) replies! I'm surprised, but this first revision Mac Pro actually seems really, really robust. Good work Apple! I'm buying the following configuration:
Which brings me to Windows. You (macgeek2005) and many others are reporting poor SATA performances while running Windows. How is this weird? You are running a preview of BootCamp, and none of Apples' Windows chipset drivers are final yet. They'll undoubtedly be improving them until the SATA throughput is up where it belongs. This issue has nothing to do with the hardware.
Thanks again everyone for all the replies!
Thanks for the (so far so good) replies!
I'm surprised, but this first revision Mac Pro actually seems really, really robust. Good work Apple! I'm buying the following configuration:- 2x3.00 GHz Quad Xeon
- 2GB 667 DDR2 FB DIMM ECC - 4x512MB (The Mac Pro has four memory lanes; so for the best performance, use them all!)
- NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256MB SDRAM (The most power efficient card of them all. And it doesn't generate much heat so it's passively cooled and therefore silent.)
- 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s drive @ 7200 rpm (You need two drives for optimum performance, or three for backups. This is the operating system/applications drive.)
- 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s drive @ 7200 rpm (This is the project drive where all the large data files and program caches are stored.)
- 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s drive @ 7200 rpm (This is the Time Machine drive, which keeps everything backed up.)
- 16x SuperDrive DL (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) (Do NOT get two superdrives, there will be HD-DVD drives in the near future and you'll need this slot.)
- Both Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and AirPort Extreme
- Apple Keyboard and Mighty Mouse
- Mac OS X - Int'l English
- Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel) (I couldn't bring myself to getting a Dell, even though a lot of people are doing that. Just looking at the Dell logo etched into the bezel while working on a Mac would make me want to take a shower.)
- AppleCare Protection Plan for Mac Pro/Power Mac (Probably the wisest investment you can make, 3 years complete warranty.)
Which brings me to Windows. You (macgeek2005) and many others are reporting poor SATA performances while running Windows. How is this weird? You are running a preview of BootCamp, and none of Apples' Windows chipset drivers are final yet. They'll undoubtedly be improving them until the SATA throughput is up where it belongs. This issue has nothing to do with the hardware.
Thanks again everyone for all the replies!
c.hilding said:Hey, some of you have had your Mac Pros for 1-2 weeks and I have yet to see a single thread about any problems with Revision A. Surely this must be a new Apple-record? What do you think, did they actually get it right on the first try this time?
I've seen a few issues with individual machines pop up on the Apple support discussion board (good place to check out to see the "hot" issues people are having" and other forums. No common problems yet.
1 report of a DOA system
2 reports of systems not starting until their memory risers were re-seated
1 report of a faulty graphics card - was overheating (guess the heat sink was not mounted correctly).
A handful of issues with people sticking third party memory and drives into their Mac Pros and running into compatibility problems.
Oh - and drive peformance in XP
Of course Apple has a far better hance of getting a good Rev A out the door this time as the Woodcrest CPU and the chipset they elected to use have been in the hands of many manufacturers who have been able to help work out the bugs as the prep their own hardware.
All in all it is very vexing - as it tempts me to go and order a Mac Pro right now rather than wait another month or two...