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| Apple Mac Pro MA970LL/A Desktop (Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, 16x SuperDrive) | 
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| Brand: Apple
Category: Personal Computer
List Price: $2,799.00
Buy New: $2,499.99
You Save: $299.01 (11%)
New (6) from $2,499.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 81
Media: Personal Computers
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.8
CPU Type: Intel Pentium II Xeon
Processors: 8
System Memory: 2000
Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive Size: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 53.6
Dimensions (in): 27.8 x 23.1 x 12.6
MPN: MA970LL/A
Model: MA970LL/A
UPC: 718908999318
EAN: 0718908999318
ASIN: B000VR4F2Q
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 NOT backwards compatible with OS 10.4 May 12, 2008
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic computer, as all MACs are, but it comes with OS 10.5 Leopard installed is NOT backwards compatible to OS 10.4 Tiger. Tiger is the last operating system with Rosetta, which will run OS 9 programs. I need this backwards compatibility, so I had to return the system. That said, Amazon was very easy with the returns.
Speed Demon! May 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Best Mac I've ever owned. Speed Demon! Very reasonable price for the performance! It's no mid-level computer but a truly high-end performer. Aperture, Final Cut Pro, file serving, etc all fly.
Quiet, Heavy, Big. no AirPort option. April 27, 2008
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Quad-Core Xeon they call it, but Harpertown is the newest version and it is server grade COOOOL. Heat kills and this is fast and cool and should be around for a good long time. It is the easiest Mac to expand, period.
Amazon got it to me fast and in pristine shape.
RANT time! Can not order with AirPort installed. Airport for this puppy has three cables and you use two and is best done by Apple, really. So if AirPort is a must, the money you save here is not worth the hassel of taking this big dog in for the card.
My best Mac ever. April 24, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased this Mac particularly for it's processing power. I do a lot of work in 3D and my G5 was taking days to complete some of my rendering work.
This Mac has surpassed every expectation I had. Something that would take 42 hours to render gets completed in a bit under 8 hours.
If you need the processing power get this Mac, if you only need it for Adobe Creative Suite CS3 work, the iMac 24" is probably a better choice.
Aside from the processing superiority, what most impressed me was the ease of migrating my old Mac to this new one with Apple's Migration Assistant. Got everything done in a little bit over two hours. Did not have to reinstall any of my main applications, not even the Adobe CS3 suite. Very smooth and easy.
The fist thing that I did was plug in more RAM. I added 4 GB for a little bit under $200, so now I have 6 GB of RAM. I did notice a huge difference in speed after the upgrade, particularly running several things at once. I will probably add another 4 when my budget allows.
Insane to the Brain!!! April 21, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Pro's
This computer is insane I usually run 3 operating system (OSX,VISTA 64 bit, XP 64 bit using vmware and only used about 12% on the computers power with about 9 programs open at the same time. I have 6 gigs, and the most Ive used so far was 5.3. I do a lot of video editing (final cut pro + soundtrack pro) and this machine will literally last me probably 7-10 yrs because of its power. I'd say this machine is 2 yrs ahead of it time! I have at one time used 76% of the computers power when I was encoding a video...... But other wise well built machine, and plenty fast! Plus its quieter than my macbook pro!!!
Con's
Memory 4 gbs $200! No choice for gpu's, but the one that comes with it is plenty good.
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