I'm looking for perspective on what to do with my early-2008 Mac Pro (3.1). In 2017 I bought a 27" iMac, and matching Dell 27" monitor. I ended up installing ubuntu linux on a new SSD drive in the Mac Pro, but I haven't been using it. I'm wondering if the old Mac Pro might be more useful as a platform for playing old 32-bit games, if I can get Steam to run on it. I see three options:
1. Since I've installed ubuntu linux on the Mac Pro, I can just use that. Not sure about Steam, or whether those versions run on Steam in linux.
2. I can re-install MacOS -- El Capitan.
3. I can get rid of the Mac Pro, and stop fighting.
Three years ago, my worry was that the old Mac Pro was no longer supported. So no security updates, and no modern browser support, so online connectivity would be lacking. (Of course, that second problem may help solve the first one!). So I put a new 480GB SSD drive in the case and installed ubuntu. The original drive is now in an external case, connected to the iMac.
What would you do?
1. Since I've installed ubuntu linux on the Mac Pro, I can just use that. Not sure about Steam, or whether those versions run on Steam in linux.
2. I can re-install MacOS -- El Capitan.
3. I can get rid of the Mac Pro, and stop fighting.
Three years ago, my worry was that the old Mac Pro was no longer supported. So no security updates, and no modern browser support, so online connectivity would be lacking. (Of course, that second problem may help solve the first one!). So I put a new 480GB SSD drive in the case and installed ubuntu. The original drive is now in an external case, connected to the iMac.
What would you do?