The wire shelf thing between it and the monitors is where my PC tower was. I sold it because I don't need it anymore!
As soon as I upgrade the video card, I'm hooking up that LCD below it (it's a drawer that pulls out) and getting a monitor for the arm to the left of the setup
First off, I live in a studio apartment so those chairs have nowhere else to go
second, my desk is messy because to the left is a powermac G4 I'm repairing/upgrading for a client and that's usually where I put all my crap
1. The mac pro is easily ness noisy than the G5. I don't even hear it. Also, the fact that I don't need an external enclosure to hold all my HDs means there's a lot less noise.
2. I haven't noticed a difference in performance yet. Truth be told, I haven't really done much with the machine as I've been working at another location for 50 hours a week over the summer (today's my last day!)
3. I'm not a switcher, I just don't place any value on 'looks', so everything looks like 'PC stuff'.. plus I'm a starving college student? so I can't afford not to roll my own... everything.
You should've seen my old monitor stand for the 2nd monitor--had duct tape all over it and a USB hub zip-tied to the front.
4. I had no wait on my Mac pro, I just went to the Apple store and picked up a stock model. As the year goes by, I plan to add another video card and another 1 or 2GB of RAM (no money at the moment).
This computer WAS worth what I paid. I sold my G5 and my PC and put in $500 cash to get it, and it replaces both machines and then some. I miss being able to use my KVM to switch from PC Internet Explorer to my mac (I'm a web developer, mostly), but with parallels, I hope to solve that issue.
What's going on with the strip of ports on the front of the Mac Pro in that pic, looks like the little un-holepunched rectangle like peeling off...
That's an iPod Shuffle. I bought it when the battery on my iPod went down to 20 minutes.. and then I got the free battery replacement via the law suit.
Yeah it's a messy setup, but it's clean compared to the rest of this place.. working 50 hours a week means you have time to mess up your apartment but no time to clean it... oddly enough, I'll be less busy when school starts.
Checking eBay, I figure I can get maybe $1500 for my dual G5 that has 3.5 GB of RAM and 2 internal hard drives. The developer price for a new 2.66 Mac Pro Quad is only $1999 so I can get it for $499 plus tax plus extra RAM.
That is why I don't care if an Apple computer is "upgradeable"... I upgrade by buying a new one
i think it's better and much more realistic than all the weirdos that spend 5 hours cleaning their rooms plus another 2+ doing that "see through desktop background" trick and then going on to post "sexy!" or "clean!" in response to other peoples postings like it's a friggin car modifications board or something (not that i've been on macnn before or anything).
So, there's just one actual MacPro owner on the boards, and he bought his in person rather than online. Now, I see where the frustration in the "Share your MacPro ship date" forum is coming from...
So, there's just one actual MacPro owner on the boards, and he bought his in person rather than online.
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Yeah. No wonder no one else is posting pics.
Hey Placebo, make sure you post some pics of your Mac Pro when you get it in September
I bought my first Mac (Powerbook) about a year before the MacBook came out with the same plan as Lundy (sell it on Ebay to pay for a MacBook Pro, and so on). The powerbook still does everything that I need, so I decided to keep it.
Hey Placebo, make sure you post some pics of your Mac Pro when you get it in September
I bought my first Mac (Powerbook) about a year before the MacBook came out with the same plan as Lundy (sell it on Ebay to pay for a MacBook Pro, and so on). The powerbook still does everything that I need, so I decided to keep it.
hell, my three yr old 12" PB is still going strong for me. I even play Halo and UT on it regularly...
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This thing replaced my G5.
The wire shelf thing between it and the monitors is where my PC tower was. I sold it because I don't need it anymore!
As soon as I upgrade the video card, I'm hooking up that LCD below it (it's a drawer that pulls out) and getting a monitor for the arm to the left of the setup
Garden chairs belong in the Garden...
This thing replaced my G5.
Several questions:
1. How quiet/noisy is it, in your opinion?
2. Have you noticed a considerable difference in performance?
3. You have a lot of PC peripherals, are you a switcher?
4. Was it worth the wait?
thanks for the pic
second, my desk is messy because to the left is a powermac G4 I'm repairing/upgrading for a client and that's usually where I put all my crap
1. The mac pro is easily ness noisy than the G5. I don't even hear it. Also, the fact that I don't need an external enclosure to hold all my HDs means there's a lot less noise.
2. I haven't noticed a difference in performance yet. Truth be told, I haven't really done much with the machine as I've been working at another location for 50 hours a week over the summer (today's my last day!)
3. I'm not a switcher, I just don't place any value on 'looks', so everything looks like 'PC stuff'.. plus I'm a starving college student? so I can't afford not to roll my own... everything.
You should've seen my old monitor stand for the 2nd monitor--had duct tape all over it and a USB hub zip-tied to the front.
4. I had no wait on my Mac pro, I just went to the Apple store and picked up a stock model. As the year goes by, I plan to add another video card and another 1 or 2GB of RAM (no money at the moment).
This computer WAS worth what I paid. I sold my G5 and my PC and put in $500 cash to get it, and it replaces both machines and then some. I miss being able to use my KVM to switch from PC Internet Explorer to my mac (I'm a web developer, mostly), but with parallels, I hope to solve that issue.
What's going on with the strip of ports on the front of the Mac Pro in that pic, looks like the little un-holepunched rectangle like peeling off...
That's an iPod Shuffle. I bought it when the battery on my iPod went down to 20 minutes.. and then I got the free battery replacement via the law suit.
Yeah it's a messy setup, but it's clean compared to the rest of this place.. working 50 hours a week means you have time to mess up your apartment but no time to clean it... oddly enough, I'll be less busy when school starts.
oddly enough, I'll be less busy when school starts.
I hear ya....
I also commend you for having all 5 speakers of your surround sound system directly in front of you.
That is why I don't care if an Apple computer is "upgradeable"... I upgrade by buying a new one
runon sentence make the world turn, beyotch
So, there's just one actual MacPro owner on the boards, and he bought his in person rather than online.
.
Yeah. No wonder no one else is posting pics.
Hey Placebo, make sure you post some pics of your Mac Pro when you get it in September
I bought my first Mac (Powerbook) about a year before the MacBook came out with the same plan as Lundy (sell it on Ebay to pay for a MacBook Pro, and so on). The powerbook still does everything that I need, so I decided to keep it.
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Yeah. No wonder no one else is posting pics.
Hey Placebo, make sure you post some pics of your Mac Pro when you get it in September
I bought my first Mac (Powerbook) about a year before the MacBook came out with the same plan as Lundy (sell it on Ebay to pay for a MacBook Pro, and so on). The powerbook still does everything that I need, so I decided to keep it.
hell, my three yr old 12" PB is still going strong for me. I even play Halo and UT on it regularly...
Here's mine. Sorry about the mess...
What do you do with that setup, launch rockets with it?
I like it.
What do you do with that setup, launch rockets with it?
I like it.
play Global Thermonuclear War
A CRT and LCD together for desktop spanning? Ehhhhh.....
I also commend you for having all 5 speakers of your surround sound system directly in front of you.
They're analog input, with which Apple only outputs 2 channels for (ergo: all speakers play the same sound no matter what).
I love that flight control setup, btw.
Wait until I get my 4th monitor.. oh yes, it will be rad.
What do you do with that setup, launch rockets with it?
I like it.
Nah, just animate them 8)