mac pro 1.1 new user

[joro1997]

hello so i think to buy a mac pro 1.1 from 2006 12 gb ram 2 xeon 2.66 any idea can i go above 10.7.5 or to stay on 10.7 i gonna used it for basic things microsoft office youtube movies and things like that i gonna update the video card if it need its cost 200$ is it good ? i just wanna use this computer in 2019

 

[startergo]

"*This system can run the last version of OS X 10.7 "Lion" if upgraded to at least 2 GB of RAM. However, although it has a 64-bit processor, it has a 32-bit EFI and cannot boot in 64-bit mode. It also does not support "OpenCL" running the default video card or the other build-to-order video cards that were offered via custom configuration. Please also note that OS X Lion is not capable of running Mac OS X apps originally written for the PowerPC processor as it does not support the "Rosetta" environment.


*Apple's Boot Camp 4 originally only supported the 32-bit version Windows Vista on this model (with drivers from the provided Mac OS X DVD that shipped with the computer). However, earlier versions of Boot Camp support the 32-bit version of Windows XP SP2. Also, Apple subsequently added support for the 32-bit of Windows 7 with a subsequent version of Boot Camp 4.

Furthermore, the system does meet Microsoft's minimum requirementsfor Windows 8 and readers have reported successfully running the operating system with appropriate drivers."

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-quad-2.66-specs.html

Better ask in this forum:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-thread-merged.1687808/page-110#post-26955755

A lot of helpful guides here:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-5-1-upgrade-guide-sticky-discussion.2099092/

 

[stampedeadam]

hello so i think to buy a mac pro 1.1 from 2006 12 gb ram 2 xeon 2.66 any idea can i go above 10.7.5 or to stay on 10.7 i gonna used it for basic things microsoft office youtube movies and things like that i gonna update the video card if it need its cost 200$ is it good ? i just wanna use this computer in 2019

Hi, you can install El Capitan (there are youtube videos on how this is done) but you need a compatible video card for it to work properly. This need not be expensive but there are a few caveats and you should choose your video card wisely.

Read the first comment in this thread for more details https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2006-2007-mac-pro-1-1-2-1-and-os-x-el-capitan.1890435/

You can also install Windows 10 and/or a number of Linux distributions. Depending on the video card it currently has (probably a 7300 GT) you need to jump through a few hoops to install compatible drivers.

Welcome