Sell Gaming PC for Mac Pro 2008?

[Gomff]

It's called Mac Blu-ray Player and it's developed by a Chinese company called Macgo. I actually caved and bought it after I got sick of pulling my hair out trying to get my BD drive working in Windows on my 2008 MP.

It uses an Internet connection to talk to an AACS/BD+ server to decrypt the content on commercial discs. Windows-based players do the same thing, actually. Set-top BD players don't need an Internet connection because they're assigned the proper credentials already in firmware.

And the movie industry can't understand why some people do all they can to strip out the DRM from the films they buy

 

[vohdoun]

As a owner of the Early 2008 Mac Pro I can honestly say it is on its last rope.

Yours is? or the model in general... if so how?

I can't believe anyone could honestly describe an 8 core Intel workstation class machine as "On it's last rope". Four years used to be a long time in technological terms but isn't as big a deal these days.

I thought that was bizarre as well. Throw away society though. :/

If you use it for anything besides browsing Facebook and checking emails, the Early 2008 Mac Pro IS on its last rope.

Haha.

The next OS update will be the last it will get, the end will be Mountain Lion for that model. None the less, it can still be used as an expensive paper weight but you can get much better performing computers for less. Pretty sure you can get a great deal on a 2009 or 2010 model by now. The 2008 is obsolete with its FB-DIMM requirement.

Damn, I should throw it away then. Looks like I'm doomed.

Harpertown is old news, even a quad-core Westmere can match that ol' 8-core workstation unless you do really parallel stuff.

Well, the new performance metric should really be about minimum frame rates, in which Intel clearly wins over Bulldozer.

PC nerd that's obsessed with looking at benchmarks all day?


Gomff.

 

[lamboman]

I won't go into a huge list of reasons, but simply put, really bad move from pretty much every economical and performance perspective.

 

[Pressure]

I'm just really trying to point out that the Early 2008 Mac Pro is a horrible investment at this point.

If you have it it is a capable machine but it is getting long in the tooth performance-wise and Apple does have a tendency to drop support for machines that's older than 4 years.

Look how it went with the 2006 and 2007 Mac Pro.

In many cases the iMac is a better deal while providing better performance for less and it uses a whole lot less power.

 

[vohdoun]

I'm just really trying to point out that the Early 2008 Mac Pro is a horrible investment at this point.

and the current isn't?

If you have it it is a capable machine

Thats not what you were saying earlier.

but it is getting long in the tooth performance-wise and Apple does have a tendency to drop support for machines that's older than 4 years.

It's less if you stick to one OS. 2 years max. 1 year for full support, 2nd year security updates only.

In many cases the iMac is a better deal while providing better performance for less and it uses a whole lot less power.

But thats technology. In another few years you'll be dissing the current ones you're praising but it's in no means a crap machine.

 

[derbothaus]

and the current isn't?

Better than super expensive slow memory that is hard to find. Better that you can still warrant the thing. Better that you may have GPU options for the future. 2008's are fine but an i7 quad laptop can compete with it or is faster these days with better graphics and memory. The 2008 is awesome for anyone who bought it around the time of release. For anyone else it is a stupid investment. I wouldn't say it is on it's last legs either though. My 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo Macbook running Lion is.