Mac Pro Ship Dates.

[miniConvert]

Wait, people have to actually re-order, themselves? Or does apple do it for you automatically? Cause if they cancelled it and reordered it for you, that would explain the shipping date slip, but then you'd see a "Cancelled" Mac Pro in your order page.

They did it automatically, and I do see it in my order page.

 

[Doctor Q]

The cheapest cost-per-gigabyte hard drive on the internet right now is this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140

At that price-per-megabyte it's a terabyte's worth of space for only $300! More precisely, $303.97 for 1024GB.

If you bought 3 of these SATA Barracudas that would be $284.97 plus tax and shipping for just shy of a TB. Meanwhile, the Apple Store wants $400 for each additional 500MB hard drive.

 

[Mr. Mister]

But no thanks for shattering my dreams! ...jerk.

He doesn't know anything. You can use ATI and Nvidia cards together to drive multiple monitors, it's just they won't work together for greater performance. Don't listen to anything he says, he's pretty new to computers.

 

[macgeek2005]

He doesn't know anything. You can use ATI and Nvidia cards together to drive multiple monitors, it's just they won't work together for greater performance. Don't listen to anything he says, he's pretty new to computers.

Um.. no. You cannot have Nvidia and ATI cards in the same machine. It will not work.

At that price-per-megabyte it's a terabyte's worth of space for only $300! More precisely, $303.97 for 1024GB.

If you bought 3 of these SATA Barracudas that would be $284.97 plus tax and shipping for just shy of a TB. Meanwhile, the Apple Store wants $400 for each additional 500MB hard drive.

Yeah, it's pretty fantastic! Also, those drives are better than the ones that come in the Mac Pro.

 

[Mr. Mister]

Um.. no. You cannot have Nvidia and ATI cards in the same machine. It will not work.

You're thinking of SLI/Crossfire, in which case they'll work independently, but not work together in a multi-card SLI or Crossfire performance solution. They will, however, work independently and simultaneously to provide support for extra displays.

 

[macgeek2005]

You're thinking of SLI/Crossfire, in which case they'll work independently, but not work together in a multi-card SLI or Crossfire performance solution. They will, however, work independently and simultaneously to provide support for extra displays.

No they won't. I'm not talking about SLI/Crossfire. I know exactly what i'm talking about. I had 2 ATI video cards working independently in my G4 tower. You cannot put an ATI and a Nvidia card in the same computer, and have them run at the same time.

 

[Mr. Mister]

Then why does ATI offer the 9200? The answer is: so that people with 7800GTs in their Powermacs can drive more monitors.

 

[MovieCutter]

No they won't. I'm not talking about SLI/Crossfire. I know exactly what i'm talking about. I had 2 ATI video cards working independently in my G4 tower. You cannot put an ATI and a Nvidia card in the same computer, and have them run at the same time.

Yes you can, this has been discussed and confirmed several times.

 

[EvilMonk]

No they won't. I'm not talking about SLI/Crossfire. I know exactly what i'm talking about. I had 2 ATI video cards working independently in my G4 tower. You cannot put an ATI and a Nvidia card in the same computer, and have them run at the same time.

Hum, seems you dont know what you say since i have a Geforce 6800Ultra and an ATi Radeon 9200 PCI in my G5, get away from here you little noob

 

[lakefx]

Will it work on Mac Pro?

The cheapest cost-per-gigabyte hard drive on the internet right now is this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140

29 cents per gigabyte. The Seagate 750GB drive is 53 cent per gig!!!!

And that's right, you can't mix Nvidia and ATI cards in the same machine.

Excuse my stupidity, but will these drives work on the mac pro? I am getting apple care would that make a diffrence or would you recommend. My config is 3.0 ghz, 4G ram (2) 500 gig, xt1900, bluetooth and airport. It is killing me that these things have not shipped yet.

 

[macgeek2005]

Excuse my stupidity, but will these drives work on the mac pro? I am getting apple care would that make a diffrence or would you recommend. My config is 3.0 ghz, 4G ram (2) 500 gig, xt1900, bluetooth and airport. It is killing me that these things have not shipped yet.

They'll work just fine. In fact, if i'm not mistaken, they have a larger Cache (16mb vs. 8mb) than the 500 gig that's coming in your machine.

That's why i'm actually gonna use one of those 320GB drives from Newegg as my startup disk. The whole computer will run a bit better.

And it won't mess up applecare. I don't think the warrenty of the Mac Pro is voided by opening it up.

 

[suneohair]

My Mac Pro with 160GB (everything else stock) didnt ship yet. I wish it would already.

Oh well..

 

[Renovatio]

My Mac Pro with 160GB (everything else stock) didnt ship yet. I wish it would already.

Oh well..

When did you order?

 

[Trippy Jr]

There's more to consider than the sole cost per GB. Sure, you can trick it out with 4 320s and save some money, but you're than more than 500GB away from the published maximum of the machine.

If you're space conscious, it's not an efficient method.

 

[suneohair]

When did you order?

Saturday. It says it will ship on the 1st... I was just hoping it would ship sooner.

 

[MovieCutter]

There's more to consider than the sole cost per GB. Sure, you can trick it out with 4 320s and save some money, but you're than more than 500GB away from the published maximum of the machine.

If you're space conscious, it's not an efficient method.

Exactly, that's why I picked up a few 750GB drives.

 

[Renovatio]

Saturday. It says it will ship on the 1st... I was just hoping it would ship sooner.

Mine is saying it will now ship by the 7th ... but I really hope it ships faster.

And before you get excited macgeek2005 ( ) I decided to order the ATI card seperately and just install it once it gets here. But at least I will have a fully functioning computer until then.

Chris

Oh and hey, macgeek2005: I am getting close to sharing your sentimentality regarding some of the Apple reps. I have been on the phone with them for the past hour and a half because the first rep messed up my order and gave me mis-information and then I had to have a senior administrator go in and correct it all

 

[macgeek2005]

Oh and hey, macgeek2005: I am getting close to sharing your sentimentality regarding some of the Apple reps. I have been on the phone with them for the past hour and a half because the first rep messed up my order and gave me mis-information and then I had to have a senior administrator go in and correct it all

Wow, that's exactly what happened to me! Were you talking to Arron or Ashley?

What was the mis-information? Was it regarding an order change, and whether it would push the ship date back or not? Tell me everything!

 

[lakefx]

Thanks

They'll work just fine. In fact, if i'm not mistaken, they have a larger Cache (16mb vs. 8mb) than the 500 gig that's coming in your machine.

That's why i'm actually gonna use one of those 320GB drives from Newegg as my startup disk. The whole computer will run a bit better.

And it won't mess up applecare. I don't think the warrenty of the Mac Pro is voided by opening it up.

You are the best, would you suggest filling up all four bays with 750 gig? One 750 for System others for storage?

I love this forum. Thanks

 

[Renovatio]

Wow, that's exactly what happened to me! Were you talking to Arron or Ashley?

What was the mis-information? Was it regarding an order change, and whether it would push the ship date back or not? Tell me everything!

Haha ... go easy on me ... I'm exhausted after all that!

She modified my order so it wouldn't push the ship date back and also told me that when she changed back to the NVIDIA card that the ship date wouldn't change any. Turns out the way she edited my order not only was wrong but inflated my order amount by about $700 over what it was supposed to be in that config ($100 more than even my initial config)

I believe I explain it more in the other thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/228800/ which you are already reading

 

[macgeek2005]

You are the best, would you suggest filling up all four bays with 750 gig? One 750 for System others for storage?

I love this forum. Thanks

I'm not sure about that. I think barefeats reported that you get bad performance with 4 750GB's, and I read somewhere else that the computer won't even read more than 2TB total.

But whatever you do, i'd reccommend a large drive as your startup disk, and leave it mostly empty, cause the computer runs much faster that way.

 

[Renovatio]

Well ... now that I downgraded my system disk to 160GB I am in the market for two 500GB drives to install myself once I get the system. I have my eye on this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136014

Specs are good and Western Digital is a good name from what I have heard.

Is this the best route to go or would someone recommend a different 500GB internal SATA drive? MovieCutter: I am most interested in your opinion as you helped talk me back into changing graphic card strategies

 

[MovieCutter]

Well ... now that I downgraded my system disk to 160GB I am in the market for two 500GB drives to install myself once I get the system. I have my eye on this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136014

Specs are good and Western Digital is a good name from what I have heard.

Is this the best route to go or would someone recommend a different 500GB internal SATA drive? MovieCutter: I am most interested in your opinion as you helped talk me back into changing graphic card strategies

Well, I just picked up a Seagate 500GB SATA II drives $180 a piece from outpost.com. The deal is over now however, but check them daily. For instance, they have 400GB Seagate SATA drives right now for $120. Their deals change from time to time. Zipzoomfly has 750GBs for under $340 now with free shipping. I'm not a fan of Western Digital or Maxtor. I stick with Hitachi or Seagate, Seagate especially because of their 5 year warranty and great track record for reliability.

I'm not sure about that. I think barefeats reported that you get bad performance with 4 750GB's, and I read somewhere else that the computer won't even read more than 2TB total.

I believe this is only in a RAID configuration. You should have no problems running 4 750GB drives individually, or 1x750GB as your boot, and 3x750GB RAIDed.

 

[Renovatio]

Well, I just picked up a Seagate 500GB SATA II drives $180 a piece from outpost.com. The deal is over now however, but check them daily. For instance, they have 400GB Seagate SATA drives right now for $120. Their deals change from time to time. Zipzoomfly has 750GBs for under $340 now with free shipping. I'm not a fan of Western Digital or Maxtor. I stick with Hitachi or Seagate, Seagate especially because of their 5 year warranty and great track record for reliability.

Thanks a lot for the info. I have heard many good things about Seagate and that 5 year warranty will probably make it high worth it.

Quick question though, I heard at one time that those 750GB drives from Seagate were having lots of problems. Does that still hold to be true or have those bugs been worked out? I may go with those ... but I want to be sure the reliability is there.

Thanks a bunch ... you have been a great help over the past couple hours

Chris

 

[MovieCutter]

uick question though, I heard at one time that those 750GB drives from Seagate were having lots of problems. Does that still hold to be true or have those bugs been worked out? I may go with those ... but I want to be sure the reliability is there.

No problem. The 750's are relatively new to the market, but I've got two in my MP and no problems at all. The only problems you'll run into is if you try to RAID 4 of them. Other than that, they are fantastic drives.