macpro &laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed http://en.wordpress.com/tag/macpro/ Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "macpro" Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:05:51 +0000 http://en.wordpress.com/tags/ en <![CDATA[Five reasons why Windows Vista failed by TechRepublic.com]]> http://badgurl2u.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/five-reasons-why-windows-vista-failed-by-techrepublic-com/ Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:55:19 +0000 Badgürl http://badgurl2u.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/five-reasons-why-windows-vista-failed-by-techrepublic-com/

Mind you, these are not my own words, so dont go ranting off to me!

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Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs. While this doesn’t impact enterprise IT — because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many years to come — the move is another symbolic nail in Vista’s coffin.

The public reputation of Windows Vista is in shambles, as Microsoft itself tacitly acknowledged in its Mojave ad campaign.

IT departments are largely ignoring Vista. In June (18 months after Vista’s launch), Forrester Research reported that just 8.8% of enterprise PCs worldwide were running Vista. Meanwhile, Microsoft appears to have put Windows 7 on an accelerated schedule that could see it released in 2010. That will provide IT departments with all the justification they need to simply skip Vista and wait to eventually standardize on Windows 7 as the next OS for business.

So how did Vista get left holding the bag? Let’s look at the five most important reasons why Vista failed.

5. Apple successfully demonized Vista

Apple’s clever I’m a Mac ads have successfully driven home the perception that Windows Vista is buggy, boring, and difficult to use. After taking two years of merciless pummeling from Apple, Microsoft recently responded with it’s I’m a PC campaign in order to defend the honor of Windows. This will likely restore some mojo to the PC and Windows brands overall, but it’s too late to save Vista’s perception as a dud.

4. Windows XP is too entrenched

In 2001, when Windows XP was released, there were about 600 million computers in use worldwide. Over 80% of them were running Windows but it was split between two code bases: Windows 95/98 (65%) and Windows NT/2000 (26%), according to IDC. One of the big goals of Windows XP was to unite the Windows 9x and Windows NT code bases, and it eventually accomplished that.

In 2008, there are now over 1.1 billion PCs in use worldwide and over 70% of them are running Windows XP. That means almost 800 million computers are running XP, which makes it the most widely installed operating system of all time. That’s a lot of inertia to overcome, especially for IT departments that have consolidated their deployments and applications around Windows XP.

And, believe it or not, Windows XP could actually increase its market share over the next couple years. How? Low-cost netbooks and nettops are going to be flooding the market. While these inexpensive machines are powerful enough to provide a solid Internet experience for most users, they don’t have enough resources to run Windows Vista, so they all run either Windows XP or Linux. Intel expects this market to explode in the years ahead. (For more on netbooks and nettops, see this fact sheet and this presentation — both are PDFs from Intel.)

3. Vista is too slow

For years Microsoft has been criticized by developers and IT professionals for “software bloat” — adding so many changes and features to its programs that the code gets huge and unwieldy. However, this never seemed to have enough of an effect to impact software sales. With Windows Vista, software bloat appears to have finally caught up with Microsoft.

Vista has over 50 million lines of code. XP had 35 million when it was released, and since then it has grown to about 40 million.  This software bloat has had the effect of slowing down Windows Vista, especially when it’s running on anything but the latest and fastest hardware. Even then, the latest version of Windows XP soundly outperforms the latest version of Microsoft Vista. No one wants to use a new computer that is slower than their old one.

2. There wasn’t supposed to be a Vista

It’s easy to forget that when Microsoft launched Windows XP it was actually trying to change its OS business model to move away from shrink-wrapped software and convert customers to software subscribers. That’s why it abandoned the naming convention of Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows 2000, and instead chose Windows XP.

The XP stood for “experience” and was part of Microsoft’s .NET Web services strategy at the time. The master plan was to get users and businesses to pay a yearly subscription fee for the Windows experience — XP would essentially be the on-going product name but would include all software upgrades and updates, as long as you paid for your subscription. Of course, it would disable Windows on your PC if you didn’t pay. That’s why product activation was coupled with Windows XP.

Microsoft released Windows XP and Office XP simultaneously in 2001 and both included product activation and the plan to eventually migrate to subscription products. However, by the end of 2001 Microsoft had already abandoned the subscription concept with Office, and quickly returned to the shrink-wrapped business model and the old product development model with both products.

The idea of doing incremental releases and upgrades of its software — rather than a major shrink-wrapped release every 3-5 years — was a good concept. Microsoft just couldn’t figure out how to make the business model work, but instead of figuring out how to get it right, it took the easy route and went back to an old model that was simply not very well suited to the economic and technical realities of today’s IT world.

1. It broke too much stuff

One of the big reasons that Windows XP caught on was because it had the hardware, software, and driver compatibility of the Windows 9x line plus the stability and industrial strength of the Windows NT line. The compatibility issue was huge. Having a single, highly-compatible Windows platform simplified the computing experience for users, IT departments, and software and hardware vendors.

Microsoft either forgot or disregarded that fact when it released Windows Vista, because, despite a long beta period, a lot of existing software and hardware were not compatible with Vista when it was released in January 2007. Since many important programs and peripherals were unusable in Vista, that made it impossible for a lot of IT departments to adopt it. Many of the incompatibilities were the result of tighter security.

After Windows was targeted by a nasty string of viruses, worms, and malware in the early 2000s, Microsoft embarked on the Trustworthy Computing initiative to make its products more secure. One of the results was Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), which won over IT and paved the way for XP to become the world’s mostly widely deployed OS.

The other big piece of Trustworthy Computing was the even-further-locked-down version of Windows that Microsoft released in Vista. This was definitely the most secure OS that Microsoft had ever released but the price was user-hostile features such as UAC, a far more complicated set of security prompts that accompanied many basic tasks, and a host of software incompatibility issues. In order words, Vista broke a lot of the things that users were used to doing in XP.

Bottom line

There are some who argue that Vista is actually more widely adopted than XP was at this stage after its release, and that it’s highly likely that Vista will eventually replace XP in the enterprise. I don’t agree. With XP, there were clear motivations to migrate: bring Windows 9x machines to a more stable and secure OS and bring Windows NT/2000 machines to an OS with much better hardware and software compatibility. And, you also had the advantage of consolidating all of those machines on a single OS in order to simplify support.

With Vista, there are simply no major incentives for IT to use it over XP. Security isn’t even that big of an issue because XP SP2 (and above) are solid and most IT departments have it locked down quite well. As I wrote in the article Prediction: Microsoft will leapfrog Vista, release Windows 7 early, and change its OS business, Microsoft needs to abandon the strategy of releasing a new OS every 3-5 years and simply stick with a single version of Windows and release updates, patches, and new features on a regular basis. Most IT departments are essentially already on a subscription model with Microsoft so the business strategy is already in place there.

As far as the subscription model goes for small businesses and consumers, instead of disabling Windows on a user’s PC if they don’t renew their subscription, just don’t allow that machine to get any more updates until they renew. Microsoft could also work with OEMs to sell something like a three-year subscription to Windows with every a new PC. Then users would have the choice of renewing on their own after that.

]]> <![CDATA[Apple updates Mac Pro and Xserve on the quiet]]> http://macficionado.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/apple-sneaks-in-upgrades-to-mac-pro-and-xserve/ Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:25:41 +0000 macficionado http://macficionado.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/apple-sneaks-in-upgrades-to-mac-pro-and-xserve/
uploaded to replace :Image:moosa.
Image via Wikipedia

Apple sometimes makes a show of updates to its hardware range, and then sometimes it doesn’t. This is ne of the latter. They have upgraded the optiosn available, so you can now specify your single-chip Mac pro with a 3.33 GHz Quad-core Xeon, compared to the max 2.93GHz one available on the dual-chip model.

Xserve can now accept 4GB memory modules, recognising up to a 24GB in total in the single-chip version and up to a whopping 48GB in the dual-chip model.

In addition, you can now configure your choice with 2TB drives, meaning you can have up to 8TB in your Mac Pro or 6TB in your Xserve. However, non of these options come cheap, unsurprisingly as Apple is well-know for charging top dollar for Ram. AS of now the UK Apple site hasn’t been updated to reflect these upgrades, so we will have to wait for UK prices.

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]]> <![CDATA[New Core i7 imac bench]]> http://cjedaudio.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/new-core-i7-imac-bench/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:07:58 +0000 Jerome Denanot http://cjedaudio.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/new-core-i7-imac-bench/

Benchs of new Core i7 imac (compared with Core i5 and Core2 Duo imacs, and MacPro) are available. It is as fast as a MacPro quad.

]]> <![CDATA[Φήμες για τον Mac Pro επόμενης γενιάς]]> http://xollothnews.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/%cf%86%ce%ae%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%82-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-mac-pro-%ce%b5%cf%80%cf%8c%ce%bc%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%82-%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ac%cf%82/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:14:43 +0000 xollothnews http://xollothnews.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/%cf%86%ce%ae%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%82-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%bf%ce%bd-mac-pro-%ce%b5%cf%80%cf%8c%ce%bc%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%82-%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ac%cf%82/

Φήμες για τον Mac Pro επόμενης γενιάς – MacLife.gr Forum

Η ιστοσελίδα Hardmac αναφέρει πως η ανανεωμένη έκδοση του Mac Pro για το 2010 ενδεχομένως να περιλαμβάνει τους επερχόμενους εξαπύρηνους “Gulftown” επεξεργαστές της intel.

Ο συγκεκριμένος επεξεργαστής ενδέχεται να ενσωματωθεί στον επερχόμενο MacPro ως προσωρινή λύση μέχρι την κυκλοφορία ακόμη πιο δυνατών επεξεργαστών από την intel στο δεύτερο μισό του 2010. Συγκεκριμένα ο επεξεργαστής αποτελεί μια εξέλιξη των υφιστάμενων που φιλοξενεί σήμερα ο Mac Pro, με καινούργια χαρακτηριστικά:

* 6 πυρήνες και 12 threads για κάθε CPU.
* 12ΜΒ μοιραζόμενη cache αντί των 8MB.
* τεχνολογία στα 32-nm.
* μικρότερη κατανάλωση ρεύματος συγκριτικά με τους υφιστάμενους τετραπύρηνους.[next]

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]]> <![CDATA[Memory module problem? - MacPro ]]> http://chimac.net/2009/10/07/memory-module-problem-macpro/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:09:19 +0000 chimac http://chimac.net/2009/10/07/memory-module-problem-macpro/

Memory module problem? Look in System Profiler and see if one is reporting an error.  Thanks Samsara!

]]> <![CDATA[dualboot mit backtrack3 und macbookpro]]> http://tehminbtrvsh.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/dualboot-mit-backtrack3-und-macbookpro/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:38:57 +0000 tehminbtrvsh http://tehminbtrvsh.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/dualboot-mit-backtrack3-und-macbookpro/

bevor ich beginne sei vorausgeschickt, das die ganze prozedur auf einem macpro, 2,16ghz geschieht. Die Systemversion: Macosx 10.4.11.

Ich brauche den boot-camp-assistent 1.3 Beta. Offiziell gibt es diese nicht mehr als download von der applesite. Aber google + torrent bringt ergebnisse;) Die quellen sind halt meistens am arsch. aber geduld ist bei allem wichtig!! Desweiteren braucht ihr den refit-installer 0.12 (der bootloader) hier. die backtrack livecd, 3 beta (diese version hat ein installer) hier.

k! zuerst, stelle die die systemzeit auf ca 2007! Sonst startet der bootcamp mit einer "beta abgelaufen". Versichere dich das du tiger auf einer einzigen systempartition installiert hast. bootcamp startet sonst mit einem err0r.

1. installiere bootcamp.dmg und erstelle eine neue partition (meine ist 20gb). breche die installation ab, wenn nach der wincd gefragt wird. Hauptsache die partition ist erstellt;)

2. installiere den refit bootloader.

3. backtrack ins laufwerk und reboot.

jetzt könnte es sein das refit nicht beim ersten reboot erscheint, darum noch einmal booten. wenn das bootmenü erscheint sychronisiere mbr mit gpt. dann kannst du die livecd booten. boote ja nicht die windowspartition.

boote im vesa mode. logge dich mit "root" und "toor" ein.

das kde-terminal erscheint….

tippe:

fdisk/dev/hda

enter

command: p

enter (wir sehen jetzt eine auflistung der verschiedenen partition)
auf /dev/hda3 ist die unbenützte bootcamp.partition, auf die wir bt installieren!

command: t

enter

partition number: 3

enter

Hex code: 83

enter

command: w

enter

unmount /dev/hda3

enter

mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda3

enter (jetzt ist ein bisschen warten angesagt)

mkdir /mnt/bt3 && mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/bt3

enter ( jetzt haben wir die partition gemountet;)

starte mit startx und wähle im backtrack menu den backtrack installer!!

Install Backtrack to: /mnt/bt3

write new mbr to: /dev/hda3

restore original MBR after lilo–> deaktiviere diese option!!!

und wähle real (und nicht live)

das wärs… jetzt braucht es eine weile um die daten zu transferieren. Um die 80% hatte ich das gefühl, das system sei eingefroren aber nur ruhig blut… schlussendlich klappt es schon….

bt ist echt goil!! hehe mein alfa mit realtek-chip wird erkannt und lässt sich injekten….

fdisk/dev/hdarEFIt

ich wünsche viel spass in der welt der freien netze, lol!!!

2trek

]]> <![CDATA[iMac ve MacPro'ya OpenCL Desteği]]> http://itnewstr.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/imac-ve-macproya-opencl-destegi/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:41:57 +0000 Ozan HATIL http://itnewstr.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/imac-ve-macproya-opencl-destegi/ <![CDATA[[가이드] 애플 맥프로 램 업그레이드]]> http://holy3k.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/%ea%b0%80%ec%9d%b4%eb%93%9c-%ec%95%a0%ed%94%8c-%eb%a7%a5%ed%94%84%eb%a1%9c-%eb%9e%a8-%ec%97%85%ea%b7%b8%eb%a0%88%ec%9d%b4%eb%93%9c/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:57:00 +0000 holy3k http://holy3k.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/%ea%b0%80%ec%9d%b4%eb%93%9c-%ec%95%a0%ed%94%8c-%eb%a7%a5%ed%94%84%eb%a1%9c-%eb%9e%a8-%ec%97%85%ea%b7%b8%eb%a0%88%ec%9d%b4%eb%93%9c/ <![CDATA[The Apple Mac Laptop Bag]]> http://foundub4social.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/the-apple-mac-laptop-bag/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:03:38 +0000 foundub4offers http://foundub4social.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/the-apple-mac-laptop-bag/

As i’ve read recently on the Apple.com website the new Mac Pro is more energy efficiant, Because Apple makes both the hardware and the software for MacBook Pro, we are able to design them to work together. This allows us to make a smarter product that uses less electricity. For instance, to reduce energy consumption, the MacBook Pro hard drive spins down automatically when inactive. MacBook Pro also decides which processor — CPU or GPU — is best suited to efficiently perform a task. The processor even throttles down to save power between keystrokes as you type. The LED-backlit display in the MacBook Pro is another feature that plays an important part in conserving energy, consuming 30 percent less power than conventional LCD displays. And the display is designed to dim when you enter a darkened room. Together, these adjustments make all three MacBook Pro notebooks much more energy efficient. In fact, they can run on about one-third the power of a single lightbulb.

MacBook Pro meets the stringent low power requirements set by the EPA, giving it ENERGY STAR certification. MacBook Pro also meets the latest efficiency requirements of ENERGY STAR Version 5.0 Specification for Computers before its July 2009 effective date. ENERGY STAR 5.0 sets significantly higher efficiency limits for power supplies and aggressive limits for the computer’s typical annual power consumption.

but with everything as sleek and stylish, as the mac pro, you need a radley laptop bag to carry it in.

hen it comes to being environmentally friendly, Apple approaches the challenge differently — through products like the new MacBook Pro. Unlike other companies, Apple controls every aspect of the production of its computers. So Apple designers and engineers can minimize their carbon footprint in ways others can’t. They design them with fewer parts. They build them using recyclable materials. They even create software that makes them more energy efficient. The result is a new standard for green design.

]]> <![CDATA[[Vidéo] Faire tourner l'iPhone OS sur MacPro ( fake?)]]> http://thinksmartshopiphone.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/video-faire-tourner-liphone-os-sur-macpro-fake/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:38:25 +0000 Smart http://thinksmartshopiphone.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/video-faire-tourner-liphone-os-sur-macpro-fake/ <![CDATA[4GB kit DDR2 PC2-5300 667MHz Mac Pro]]> http://medithblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/4gbkit-ddr2-pc2-5300-667mhz-macpro/ Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:38:42 +0000 mondo-web.org http://medithblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/4gbkit-ddr2-pc2-5300-667mhz-macpro/ <![CDATA[EVGA 2GB GeForce GTX 285 FTW Edition]]> http://xollothnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/evga-2gb-geforce-gtx-285-ftw-edition/ Tue, 19 May 2009 03:05:00 +0000 xollothnews http://xollothnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/19/evga-2gb-geforce-gtx-285-ftw-edition/

EVGA 2GB GeForce GTX 285 FTW Edition – ( HWBOX ) O/C on first boot

Tέσσερεις ολόκληροι μήνες πέρασαν από την κυκλοφορία της 1GB έκδοσης και εφόσον η EVGA δεν βλέπει καμία 40nm VGA να έρχεται προς το μέρος της, αποκάλυψε την 2GB GeForce GTX 285 FTW Edition. Η 2GB κάρτα βασίζεται στο reference design της NVIDIA και “φοράει” το συνηθισμένο dual-slot cooler. Οι Processing cores ανέρχονται σε 240, με το memory interface να αγγίζει τα 512-bit. Η κάρτα τροφοδοτείται με 2 x 6-pin PCIe power connectors, ενώ έχει δύο θύρες εξόδου DVI και πλήρης υποστήριξη για το 3-Way SLi.[συνεχεια]

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]]> <![CDATA[Η Super Talent κυκλοφορεί DDR3 kits αποκλειστικά και μόνο για συστήματα Apple]]> http://xollothnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/%ce%b7-super-talent-%ce%ba%cf%85%ce%ba%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%86%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%b5%ce%af-ddr3-kits-%ce%b1%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%ba%ce%bb%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ac-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%bc%cf%8c/ Wed, 06 May 2009 03:09:00 +0000 xollothnews http://xollothnews.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/%ce%b7-super-talent-%ce%ba%cf%85%ce%ba%ce%bb%ce%bf%cf%86%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%b5%ce%af-ddr3-kits-%ce%b1%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%ba%ce%bb%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ac-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%bc%cf%8c/

Η Super Talent κυκλοφορεί DDR3 kits αποκλειστικά και μόνο για συστήματα Apple – ( HWBOX ) O/C on first boot

Δείχνοντας έμπρακτα το ενδιαφέρον της για την πολύ καλή δουλειά της Apple μέχρι στιγμής στον τομέα των Mac, η Super Talent πρόσθεσε μερικά memory modules στην σειρά προϊόντων της κατάλληλα για Mac Pro Workstations και Macbook Laptops. Το line-up περιλαμβάνει DDR3 1066 UDIMMs χωριτικότητας 1 ή 2GB καθώς επίσης και 1/2GB DDR3 1066 SO-DIMMs.[συνεχεια]

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]]> <![CDATA[Εγκατάσταση Leopard 10.5.6 σε MacPro PC]]> http://howtomacospc.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/%ce%b5%ce%b3%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%ac%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%83%ce%b7-leopard-1056-%cf%83%ce%b5-macpro-pc/ Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:45:59 +0000 Sotiris Pandis http://howtomacospc.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/%ce%b5%ce%b3%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%ac%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%83%ce%b7-leopard-1056-%cf%83%ce%b5-macpro-pc/

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Καταρχάς κατεβάζουμε το image με το OSX86 από το σχετικό torrent (torrentdownloads net iPC OSx86 10 5 6 Universal FINAL.torrent). Το καίμε αργά σε ένα DVD (εννοώ το .iso που υπάρχει μέσα στα περιεχόμενα του torrent).

Τα στοιχεία του .iso είναι:

ISO Size on Disk: 4.3GB
DVD Base System: Mac OS X 10.5.4 9E25 Retail
Installed OS: Mac OS X 10.5.6 with AppleDecrypt.kext and Disabler.kext (every install)
Languages Included: Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Korean, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese, Polish
Items removed from DVD for Single Layer Slimming: Boot Camp (doesn’t work on PCs), AdditionalSpeechVoices, Printer Drivers
Updates Included: Mac OS X 10.5.6 Combo Update, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2, Remote Desktop Client 3.2.2
DVD Bootloader: Chameleon 1.0.11
Default installed bootloader: Chameleon 1.0.12 PC_EFI v9
DVD Boot Kernel: Voodoo Kernel 9.5.0 Final Release
MD5 Hash of iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Universal PPF5 (Final).iso: 9ceb2e8daaa182a1071a337ad9b81e3f
This is the same as iPC Public Beta patched to PPF5

-Για την δημιουργία του DVD εγκατάστασης από το ISO αρχείο, στην συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση, χρησιμοποίησα το Brasero σε Linux-.

Πριν την εγκατάσταση ρυθμίζουμε στο BIOS του motherboard οι SATA δίσκοι να δουλεύουν AHCI mode (Βλέπε “Παραμετροποίηση BIOS MACOS PC hardware”).

Βάζουμε το bootable DVD που φτιάξαμε προηγουμένως μέσα… και ξεκινάμε. Κάνουμε κανονικά την εγκατάσταση αφού επιλέξουμε τα customize (Με κόκκινο οι επιλογές που έκανα):

Επιλέγουμε customize

Επιλέγουμε customize

iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Base System
▼ Language Translations
Japanese
German
French
Spanish
Italian
Dutch
Danish
Finnish
Korean
Norwegian
Russian
Swedish
Brazilian Portuguese
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Portuguese
Polish
▼ iPC OSx86 10.5.6 Intel AMD SSE2 SSE3
▼ Kernels
9.5.0 Voodo Kernel
9.2.0 netkas Sleep Kernel
9.2.0 netkas SpeedStep Kernel
9.3.0 Sleep Kernel
9.4.0 modbin Patched Kernel
9.4.0 StageXNU Universal Kernel
▼ Drivers
Legacy Time Machine Fix
▼ Video Drivers
LaptopDisplay
AGPGart 2.7.1
Natit
▼ ATI
ATI Radeon X1000 Series
ATI Radeon X1000 Series Dev ID 71c1
ATI Radeon X1000 Series Dev ID 71c2
ATI Radeon X1000 Series Dev ID 71c3
ATI Radeon X1000 Series Dev ID 71c6
ATI Radeon X1000 Series Dev ID 71c7
ATI Radeon X1600
ATI Radeon X1900 (ATYinject)
ATI Radeon X1950GT
▼ ATI Radeon HD Series
ATI Radeon HD 2400 PCIE
ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro AGP
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro PCIE
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT ACP
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT PCIE
ATI Radeon HD 2900
ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
ATI Radeon HD 3650 PCIe (AMD)
ATI Radeon HD 3650 PCIe (Intel)
ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series (AMD)
ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series (Intel)
► Old Radeon HD Driver
▼ NVIDIA
NVinject 0.2.0 Dual Card
NVinject 0.2.1 1024MB VRAM
NVinject 0.2.1 128MB VRAM
NVinject 0.2.1 256MB VRAM
NVinject 0.2.1 320MB VRAM
NVinject 0.2.1 512MB VRAM
NVinject 0.2.1 640MB VRAM
NVinject 0.2.1 768MB VRAM
NVinject 0.2.1 Default
NVinjectGo 0.2.0 512MB VRAM
NVinjectGo 0.2.0 Default
Legacy GeForce Drivers
NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX NVinject only
NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS AGP
NVdarwin 128MB
NVdarwin 256MB
NVdarwin 320MB
NVdarwin 512MB
NVdarwin 640MB
NVdarwin 768MB
NVdarwin 1024MB
MacBook Pro Latest NVIDIA kexts
▼ Intel
Intel GMA900
Intel GMA915
Intel GMA950
Intel GMAX3000
Intel GMAX3100
▼ Chipset Drivers
Intel ICHx SATA Drivers
LegacyApplelntelPIIXATA
Intel ICH10 SATA Support
AppleNForceATA nForce Drivers
NVIDIA MCP67 Drivers
jMicronATA for JMicron IDE
LegacyJMicronATA
SAS Chipset Support
Silicon Image 3132 Drivers
Silicon Image 3124 Drivers
VIA/SiS/Marvell/SB Chipset Drivers
▼ Audio Drivers
▼ ADxxxx
AD1888
AD1980
AD1981
AD1984
AD1986
AD1988
AD1988B
AD1988 (ASUS P5K)
▼ ALCxxx
ALC262
ALC268
ALC268 (Comatron)
ALC268 (by Madtux)
ALC660
ALC660 (by Madtux)
ALC660VD (by Madtux)
ALC662
ALC850
ALC861
ALC861VD (by Madtux)
ALC880
ALC882
ALC883
ALC883d
ALC885
ALC888
ALC888 (Old)
ALC888d
ALC888 (ASRock DualVSTA)
ALC889A
▼ Sigmatel Audio
Sigmatel 9200
Sigmatel 9223
Sigmatel 9271
Sigmatel 9227
Sigmatel 9228
Sigmatel 9274HD
▼ Other Audio Drivers
AC97 Audio
Azalia Audio
Conexant HiDef Audio
SiS 7012 AC97
Envy24HT
Envv24
kXAudioDriver
▼ Legacy AppleHDA
ALC882 Address 0
ALC882 Address 2
ALC883 Address 0
ALC883 Address 2
ALC885/ALC889A
ALC888 Address 0
ALC888 Address 2
Sigmatel 9200
Sigmatel 9205
▼ Ethernet Drivers
AppleBCM440XEthernet
AppleBCM5751Ethernet
Attansic LI Ethernet
Intel PRO 100/VE
Intel 82566MM/DC
Realtek R1000
PCCenRTL8139
VIA Rhine Ethernet
Marvell Yukon 88E8056
Marvell Yukon 88E8039/8053
Forcedeth nForce4 LAN Driver
Forcedeth V Variation
nForceLAN Driver
nForce Ethernet Driver
Skge Marvell Yukon Driver
Tulip Driver for Ethernet Cards
Huawei MobileConnect
▼ Wireless Drivers
Broadcom Driver
Atheros ARS007EC
Ralink RT2500 USB
Ralink RT2860
Ralink RT2870
Realtek RTL8187/L
Realtek RTL8187B
IO80211Family.kext (OS X 10.4)
Zydas1211/1215
Intel PROSet/Wireless 2100
Intel PROSet/Wireless 2200
Intel PROSet/Wireless 3945
Intel PROSet/Wireless 4965
▼ USB Drivers
Patched USB Drivers
PCCenUSBEHCI
▼ Power Management
AppleACPIBatteryManager
AppleACPIPowerSource
PowerManagement Package
VoodooPower
Clamshell Display Support
▼ Fixes and Patches
ACPI Fix
CPUS=1 One Core Fix
FireWire Mount Fix
lOUSBMassStorage Fix
SATA Drive Icon Fix (New)
SATA Drive Icon Fix (Old)
Dual Boot Time Sync
lOPCIFamily.kext patched
lOPCMCIAFamily
Finder 10.5.5 + Keyboard.prefPane
Seatbelt.kext 10.5.5
Shutdown/Restart Fix
UUID Error Fix
CarbonLib Fix
USB Mount Fix
Verbose Mode
▼ Alternate Disablers
Remove ApplelntelCPUPower Management
Remove Disabler.kext
IntelCPUPMDisabler
▼ PS/2 Device Support
PS/2 Keyboard Fix
PS/2 Mouse Fix
▼ DSDT Patches
Patch DSDT
Patch DSDT with NewHPET
Patch DSDT (Force Compile)
Patch DSDT with NewHPET (Force Compile)
▼ AppleSMBIOS Patch
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 1066MHz
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 800MHz
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 667MHz
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 DDR3 1333MHz
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 MacBook
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 MacBook DDR2
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 Mac
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev3 iMac
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev6 MacBook
AppleSMBIOS-27 Rev6 iMac
AppleSMBIOS AnV MacPro
AppleSMBIOS AnV MacBookPro
AppleSMBIOS ToH
AppleSMBIOS-28
AppleSMBIOSEFI
SMBIOSResolver
▼ Alternate Bootloaders
Chameleon with SMBIOS/DSDT
Chameleon with DSDT/Custom Boot Picture
▼ Applications
Marvin’s AMD Utility
AppleHDAPatcher
DeepSleep Widget
EFI Studio
OSx86 Tools Utility
Kext Helper b7
PPF-O-Matic
Pacifist
Applejack 1.5
Perian
CPU-X
Zephyroth’s Utilities
MSR Tools
NVCAP Maker 1.4
Universal OSx86 Installer
DSDT Patcher GUI
MKext Tool
NTFS 3-G + MacFUSE

Μόλις τελειώσει η εγκατάσταση (περίπου 20 λεπτά) και επανεκκινήσουμε πρέπει να λειτουργούν όλα σωστά, ΕΚΤΟΣ από την κάρτα γραφικών. Η ανάλυση θα είναι μικρή και χωρίς άλλες επιλογές. Επίσης δεν θα λειτουργεί το Quartz και openGL (δηλαδή το 3D). Κατά τα άλλα έχουμε μία “καθαρή” 10.5.6 έτοιμη να πάρει update από το internet. Πράγμα που πρέπει να γίνει αμέσως (γενικά προσοχή στα version update-όσοι έχουν OSX86 καλό θα είναι να ενημερώνονται πριν οποιαδήποτε εγκατάσταση από την κοινότητα).

Όσον αφορά το πρόβλημα με τα γραφικά (λύνεται πολύ εύκολα), διαβάστε επόμενο post.

]]> <![CDATA[Apple wird Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 für den Mac Pro anbieten]]> http://apfeltechblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/apple-wird-nvidia-quadro-fx-4800-fur-den-mac-pro-anbieten/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:05:10 +0000 binomaus http://apfeltechblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/apple-wird-nvidia-quadro-fx-4800-fur-den-mac-pro-anbieten/

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AppleInsider berichtet das Apple heute Pläne über den Verkauf von Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 Grafikkarten für den Mai bekannt gibt. Die Grafikkarte kostet um die 1800$ und bietet neben 1.5 GB an VRAM, 192 parallele Prozessorkerne sowie eine Bandbreite von 76.8 GB/sec.

Dieses wahre Monster an Grafiktechnik, beschleunigt den Mac Pro auf eine unglaubliche Grafikperformance. Der Mac Pro könnte so zur neuen Referenz auf den Computer-Markt werden.

Die Grafikkarte wird im Apple Online Store und ausgewählten Resellern ab Mai verfügbar sein.

]]> <![CDATA[Παραμετροποίηση BIOS MACOS PC hardware]]> http://howtomacospc.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/%cf%80%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%84%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%af%ce%b7%cf%83%ce%b7-bios-macos-pc-hardware/ Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:06:25 +0000 Sotiris Pandis http://howtomacospc.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/%cf%80%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%b1%ce%bc%ce%b5%cf%84%cf%81%ce%bf%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%af%ce%b7%cf%83%ce%b7-bios-macos-pc-hardware/

Για την συμβατότητα του motherboard Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P με το OSX86, πρέπει να αλλάξουμε κάποιες από τις ρυθμίσεις του BIOS. Παραθέτω screenshots:

Οι αλλαγές αφορούν τις ρυμθμίσεις ενέργειας, AHCI και USB. Πρέπει να γίνουν οπωσδήποτε ώστε να λειτουργούν σωστά το SATA, το USB mouse, αλλά και η διαχείριση ενέργειας.

]]> <![CDATA[Mac Pro Is As Fast As I Am]]> http://jasonbryant.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/mac-pro-is-as-fast-as-i-am/ Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:11:23 +0000 Jason Bryant http://jasonbryant.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/mac-pro-is-as-fast-as-i-am/

So my new Mac Pro has arrived…

Inside The Mac Pro

Last month I wrote about the reasons for going with the Mac Pro over the new iMac.

The best way to describe my new Quad-core Mac Pro is that it thinks as fast as I can. Okay, maybe not as fast as a human brain, but it’s still very speedy. I like working with lots of programs open at once. I’ll be uploading photos to Flickr, while downloading video from iTunes, writing an email and re-encoding a video file. Doing all this at once will bog many machines down, but not the new Mac Pro. I have yet to see it slow down. The only limiting factor is the speed of the internet (which has nothing to do with my computer). Otherwise it handles everything I can throw at it. Thanks to multi-threading my 4 processors appear as 8 to the software and I have yet to max out more than one or two at a time. Often tasks are spread out over the 8 cores evenly, with 10 to 20% usage.

I went with 8 GB of RAM and that certainly helps with my problem of having a lot of programs open at once. But the funny thing is, I feel less of a need to have many programs open at once because they don’t take very long to open. One icon bounce in the dock and BAM, it’s ready to go. I hated how long it took programs to load on the old iMac, which led me to leave stuff open all the time and consequently slow the machine down even more by having a lot of programs open.

The other thing that really helps with overall speed is to have a lot of empty space on your hard drive. If you’re down to 10-15% free space, you’re going to start running into big problems with slowdown. I have all four hard drive bays filled with two 1 TB and two 500 GB drives.

I reformatted my old iMac with a new install of Leopard and don’t have nearly the number of programs running on it, because it’s going to be my dad’s computer and he doesn’t need all those apps. Since doing that, the iMac now boots up super fast and is very snappy. Interesting that Macs, just like Windows, do seem to slow down as you install more apps and have more stuff running in the background. Not really a surprise, but something to think about if you’re noticing your machine slowing down. Might want to consider a fresh install, after backing up your data of course.

Back in December 2007 I had upgraded to Leopard on the iMac and had problems with GarageBand crashing on initializing. I never did solve the problem and even the new GarageBand does not load on my new Mac Pro. Just hangs during the load and crashes. The Apple forums are filled with posts about GarageBand crashing on startup. I suspect it has to do with my Pro Tools install. If I have a clean install of Leopard and iLife 09, GarageBand loads no problem, but as soon as I import my user data and settings it crashes. I would much rather have all my preferences and data from my old Mac, than have GarageBand work. I could start from scratch, but that would take a whole weekend to sort out. As someone pointed out, you can try going through all your Application Support files and MIDI files, but I’ve already wasted enough time with that. It’s not worth it. So I won’t be using GarageBand.

Aside from GarageBand not working, I am very happy with the Mac Pro and am glad I decided to spend the extra money and get something with some more horsepower than the iMac. I would recommend the Quad-Core to anyone like me who does more with their computer than the average soccer mom or student. The 8-Core is really only for people who are using high-end 3D software or if you need to render HD video, or if you have money burning a hole in your pocket.

Here are some benchmarks and reviews for the 2009 Mac Pros…

Macworld
MacRumors
Engadget

]]> <![CDATA[Κατασκευή MacPro PC (Hardware) τελικό]]> http://howtomacospc.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%83%ce%ba%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%ae-macpro-pc-hardware/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:44:27 +0000 Sotiris Pandis http://howtomacospc.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b1%cf%83%ce%ba%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%ae-macpro-pc-hardware/

MacProΣτόχος είναι η κατασκευή ενός σταθερού Η/Υ με τις επιδόσεις και την λειτουργικότητα ενός πραγματικού MacPro.

Συγκεκριμένα (για λόγους σύγκρισης) επέλεξα την παρακάτω σύνθεση από το website της Apple:

Χαρακτηριστικά:

  • One 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeonconfigure-apple-store-us
  • 6GB (3×2GB)
  • 640GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
  • NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB
  • One 18x SuperDrive
  • Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (English) and User’s Guide
  • Apple Mighty Mouse

Αξίας 3.150 ευρώ.

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Μελετώντας τις προδιαγραφές και τις επιδόσεις των εξαρτημάτων του MAC PRO κατέληξα στο θεωρητικό συμπέρασμα ότι τα παρακάτω υλικά ανταποκρίνονται ισοδύναμα:

  • Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3P με:
  • NB: Intel P35
  • SB: Intel ICH9R
    Όλα τα εξερτήματα στα κουτιά τους

    Όλα τα εξαρτήματα

  • Sound: Realtek ALC889A
  • Ethernet: Realtek 8111B
  • IEEE1394
  • 12 USB
  • Ένα Processor Intel Quad Core Q9550 LGA775 L2 Cache 12MB, 2,83GHz, FSB1333GHz
  • Μνήμη: 4 GB DDR3 (2 modules), dual channel, 1066GHz
  • VGA: Nvidia GEForce 8800GT, 512 VRAM, Gigabyte
  • DVD (DL) RW SATA
  • HD 160 GB SATA2, 10.000 rpm, 3Gb/s
  • HD 500 GB SATA2, 10.000 rpm, 3Gb/s
  • Τροφοδοσία ρεύματος: Hiper Type M 780 watt

Αξίας περίπου 900 ευρώ (μαζί με το τροφοδοτικό, χωρίς το κουτί).

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Όλα αγοράστηκαν από την τοπική αγορά και συναρμολογήθηκαν σε ένα κουτί καλής ποιότητας με επαρκή εξαερισμό. Επίσης τοποθέτησα ένα “δυνατό” και ακριβό τροφοδοτικό, ώστε να μπορεί να δώσει ρεύμα χωρίς προβλήματα στον υπάρχον εξοπλισμό αλλά και σε μελλοντική εγκατάσταση 2ης κάρτας γραφικών και τουλάχιστον 6 ακόμα επιπλέον δίσκων.

Η επιλογή των εξαρτημάτων έγινε με σκοπό να χρησιμοποιηθούν οι αυθεντικοί οδηγοί (kexts) και πυρήνας (vanilla kernel), ώστε να είναι εύκολη η λήψη update από την Apple.

Βάση της έρευνας που έκανα όλα τα υποσυστήματα θα πρέπει να “παίξουν” κανονικά, εκτός από την κάρτα γραφικών, η οποία θέλει patch.

ΠΡΟΣΟΧΗ: Το dvd-rw (DL) να είναι SATA διότι σε περίπτωση που χρησιμοποιηθεί IDE, δεν θα παίξει με το MACOSX (στο συγκεκριμένο motherboard).

Μετά την συναρμολόγηση και τους ελέγχους, ο υπολογιστής έμεινε 48 ώρες σε συνεχή λειτουργία εκτελώντας HD video (με windows 7 beta και εκ των υστέρων με leopard), ώστε να διαπιστωθεί η διατήρηση της σωστής θερμοκρασίας στο εσωτερικό. Τέλος έγινε λεπτομερής έλεγχος λειτουργίας όλων των εισόδων και εξόδων αλλά και της ορθότητας των σκληρών δίσκων. (Για την ιστορία: ο 500 Gb WD ήταν “χτυπημένος” και τον αντικατέστησα την επόμενη μέρα με έναν καινούργιο).

Αντιμετώπισα επίσης πρόβλημα υπερθέρμανσης του εσωτερικού και ειδικότερα της CPU, όταν ζόριζα το σύστημα. Αποφάσισα να αντικαταστήσω το case και να αναβαθμίσω το σύστημα ψύξης της CPU.

Σε αυτό το σημείο όμως συνειδητοποίησα τα εξής:

Οι υπολογιστές MAC έχουν μια ιδιαίτερα ποιοτική κατασκευή με προσοχή στην λεπτομέρεια και την εργονομία. Παράλληλα έχουν εξαίσια αισθητική που σε συνδυασμό με το λογισμικό συστήματος δημιουργούν ένα “πακέτο” που δίνει αυτή την ξεχωριστή αίσθηση που όλοι όσοι είναι ιδιοκτήτες MAC νιώθουν (Mac feel and look).

Για να φτιάξω λοιπόν ένα σύστημα αντίστοιχο με ένα Macpro, πρέπει να προσέξω και αυτές τις παραμέτρους. Το PC που έφτιαξα αν και είχε πολύ υψηλές επιδόσεις δεν παρουσίαζε ομοιογένεια. Επίσης το κουτί που χρησιμοποίησα εξ αρχής δεν μπορούσε να “φιλοξενήσει” με ευπρέπεια τα εξαρτήματα που είχα επιλέξει. Η  αυθεντική ψήκτρα της CPU (Intel) δεν επαρκούσε.

Αλλαγές:

Οι παραπάνω αλλαγές μαζί με κάποια βοηθητικά εξαρτήματα συναρμολόγησης (προεκτάσεις, διαφόρων ειδών δεματικά, βάσεις δρομολόγησης καλωδίων κλπ), επιβάρυναν τον αρχικό προϋπολογισμό περίπου 350-400 ευρώ.

Μετά την επανασυναρμολόγηση, η ροή του αέρα ήταν εντάξει και η θερμοκρασία της CPU κυμαίνονταν και στους 4 πυρήνες από 38 έως 48 βαθμούς κελσίου max αφήνοντας και περιθώρια overclocking.

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Επίσης το case (αν και μεγάλο) ήταν αισθητικά ωραίο με πλήρη έλεγχο εσωτερικής θερμοκρασίας, πολλές και χρήσιμες εμπρόσθιες I/Os (USB, ESATA, FIREWIRE κλπ). Δείτε reviews ΕΔΩ και ΕΔΩ (Cosmos 1000).

Πληκτρολόγιο – ποντίκι.

Ένα καλό PC θέλει και ένα καλό ποντίκι: Logitech MX Revolution.

Πληκτρολόγιο: Δεν υπήρχαν πολλές λύσεις: Mac ή Logitech. Προτίμησα MAC.

Τα παραπάνω κόστισαν περίπου 150 ευρώ.

Σύνολο συστήματος  (χωρίς οθόνη) περίπου 1.500 ευρώ.

Build a MacPro

Όλα είναι έτοιμα και ελεγμένα για την τελική εγκατάσταση του λογισμικού συστήματος, το οποίο θα είναι Leopard 10.5.6!

]]> <![CDATA[Geekbench : MacPro Nehalem 8 cores / G4 1,25Ghz]]> http://cjedaudio.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/geekbench-macpro-nehalem-8-cores-g4-125ghz/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:38:27 +0000 Jerome Denanot http://cjedaudio.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/geekbench-macpro-nehalem-8-cores-g4-125ghz/

First tests of new Nehalem MacPro through Geekbench are very encouraging : the 8 cores/2,92 Ghz (high end model) is globally 23 times faster than a single 1,25 Ghz G4 (18 times faster on integers, 32 times faster on floating point calculations, 10 times faster for memory access, and offers a 14 times larger bandwidth).

However, there has been globally few progress since G5s (were unveiled close to 6 years ago).

]]> <![CDATA[MacPro Case 5/5]]> http://depixelator.com/2009/03/16/macpro-case-55/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:27:00 +0000 DePixelator http://depixelator.com/2009/03/16/macpro-case-55/

macproBased on 2008 Mac Pro, this applies for the most part to the 2009 models as well.

Say what you will of the holy war of Mac vs. PC. When it comes down to the system enclosure the Mac Pro stands in a league of it’s own.

Aesthetic:
The MacPro case is elegant and pleasing to look at, brushed aluminum, a mix of soft curves a rigid edges. It’s looks will fit right in a designer furniture showroom. While there is other nice aluminum cases on the market, many don’t get all the details right (like plain metal back plates) or ruin the whole look with huge glass panels with fans sticking out and neon lights struggling to imitate a rave scene inside the case.

Design:
Over the years little has changed in the outward design of this case, as the form factor has not changed since the G5 days. The conection ports have been adjusted to keep up with technology and and an additional optical drive bay was added to the front. The carrying handles are the only weak spot. It’s very uncomfortable to carry this case with one hand, it’s a little bit better with two hands, but the edges still dig into my hands. The older G4 machines were a breeze to pick up with theirr softer angled handles, and were easily carried with one hand. Not a big deal if your machine is mostly stationary. Since I work at a studio with 12 of these and it ads up to moving the machines quite a bit, I do notice this.

The interior of the machine is great, due to the fact that Apple does not have to accommodate various motherboards and power supplies. All the ports and conectors in the case are pre wired and covered with the case, you will never see any cables except for the optical drive. Working inside the case is a breeze. It’s quick to access memory and drives which snap into the system connectors with the help of drive caddy.
I have been unable to find a PC case that will match this due to the neccessary cabling of the current motherboard standards.

Additional Observations:
The MacPro towers are generally pretty quiet, (they were quite loud during the G5 days), although I find this varies from machine to machine. The fans will definitely spin up when the machine is being stressed by applications consistently.

Overall, it’s the best heavy duty case on the market. Some of it is due to the closed Apple platform that gives the engineers creative freedom to build what they want. Most of it is just good design and quality materials. There is many cases that try to imitate this, some of them get some of the elements right, but never all of them. This is definitely a benchmark product, that has existed for much longer than most tech products have, the design has stood the test of time and is still the best in it’s league. It’s easy to consider this Legendary (on our strange scale) 5/5.

]]> <![CDATA[iMac vs MacPro]]> http://jasonbryant.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/imac-vs-macpro/ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:26:04 +0000 Jason Bryant http://jasonbryant.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/imac-vs-macpro/

The debate has raged for years. Does Apple need a mid-range tower for those power users who want more than just an iMac (which is built with the same mobile chips used in the MacBook Pros) but don’t quite need the more expensive Mac Pro?

This was my dilemma as my current computer, the first Intel iMac (2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo) was starting to show it’s three year age. (for example, rapidly clicking through my RAW photos in iPhoto would immediately hail the spinning beach ball and a several second delay)

With the latest Apple re-fresh of it’s iMac, Mini and Pro line I was hoping for a quad-core iMac based on Intel’s Nehalem processors with LED screen and the ability to add more than 4GB of RAM. This didn’t quite happen. I assume Intel’s mobile Nehalem won’t be out until summer so look for a fall re-fresh of the iMac line. Apple does now let you upgrade to 8GB of RAM in the new iMac’s, however because of space limitations, there are only two slots for RAM so you have to use pricey 4GB sticks to get up to 8GB. This will add $1000 to the price ($1200 here in Canada) bringing the price of the top-of-the-line iMac to a whopping $3799 (CAD)! That’s more than the new 2.66GHz Quad-Core Mac Pros! Because the Mac Pro has more slots for RAM you can use 2GB sticks and get yourself up to 8GB of RAM for $250 US ($300 CAD). Of course, you have to keep in mind, the Mac Pro doesn’t come with a monitor or iSight camera so you have to price those into the equation, so the Pro’s are more expensive (about $1000 more depending on the monitor you buy and other options), but I calculated that if I keep the Mac Pro for an extra year (based on keeping iMac for 3 years and Mac Pro for 4 years) the cost per year is exactly the same.

There’s no question that the Mac Pro is a little more than I need. I’m not a pro photographer or video editor, but I am a pro-sumer or power user as they say, so I find the iMac a bit limiting.

So I took the plunge and ordered my first Mac Pro…

2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
8GB DDR3 RAM
ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB

I also picked up a Samsung SyncMaster 24″ LCD Monitor. I would have gone with the beautiful Apple 24 inch LED Cinema Display, but it’s $1000 CAD price tag is a bit much. Apple seriously needs to lower it’s monitor prices. You can get a 42 inch HD TV for that price. For $600 or $700, I’d consider an Apple monitor, but not $1000.

I will review the new Mac Pro when it arrives. I ordered on Friday so it should arrive at the end of March.

]]> <![CDATA[New Macs out, confusing users (and ripping them off)]]> http://joetheflow.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/new-macs-out-confusing-users-and-ripping-them-off/ Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:16:00 +0000 joetheflow http://joetheflow.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/new-macs-out-confusing-users-and-ripping-them-off/

The new Macs are out, and yet, they cost more and are slower. The new Mac Pros start at 2.26 GHz and go up if you pay $2600 to go up 2.93 GHz. Apple claims there’s a Gighertz myth. But how can the software take advantage of the new Intel 7 processors? Leo doesn’t get this at all. How can slower be faster? $6,000 for a machine that’s below 3 Ghz?! Yeah, that’s certainly thinking differently! Leo also says there’s a rumor going that Apple is working on a 28″ iMac.

Source: http://techguylabs.com/radio/ShowNotes/Show541

]]> <![CDATA[Mac Pro Mit Nehalem-Prozessoren: Erste Benchmarks]]> http://apfeltechblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/mac-pro-mit-nehalem-prozessoren-erste-benchmarks/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:36:20 +0000 binomaus http://apfeltechblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/mac-pro-mit-nehalem-prozessoren-erste-benchmarks/
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Der erst kürzlich vorgestellte Mac Pro ist das erste Seriengerät, das über die neuen Nehalem-Prozessoren verfügt. Apple wirbt mit dem Spruch „Der schnellste Mac aller Zeiten“, was die meisten User wenig überraschen wird – dennoch sind die Werte beeindruckend. Bei einem der ersten Tests mit dem Benchmark „GeekBench“ konnte der Mac Pro beachtliche 17.665 Punkte erzielen – das Vorgängermodell mit 8 Kernen á 3,2 GHz erreichte 11.030 Punkte, jedoch mit einem Durchschnittswert unter 9.000 Punkten. So ist der neue Mac Pro zumindest beim GeekBench doppelt so schnell wie sein Vorgänger.

MacRumors führt dies unter anderem auf die neuen Hardwarefunktionen rund um Multithreading und Speicherverwaltung zurück. Das ehemalige schnellste Gerät der Geekbench-Wertung war der Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4450. Dieser wurde vom Mac Pro auf Platz 3 verdrängt.

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Der neue Mac Pro konnte jedoch seine Spitzenposition nur für kurze Zeit halten: Bereits wenige Stunden nach der Veröffentlichung wurde er von einem IBM 3850 M2 mit 32 Kernen und einer Punktzahl von 22.357 auf Platz 2 verwiesen.

Der Test ergab jedoch auch das der neue Mac Pro bei Anwendungen, die nur einen Kern unterstützen, langsamer als sein Vorgänger ist, da die neuen Nehalem-Prozessoren bei Apple mit 2,6 GHz statt 3,2 wie beim Vorgänger getaktet sind. Von daher sollte sich der potentielle Mac Pro Käufer die Art seiner Anwendung und deren Verwendung von Kernen überprüfen und sich erst anschließend festlegen, ob er evtl. nicht mit einem Quad Core Prozessor mit 2,93 GHz besser beraten wäre.

Die kommende Version von Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, verspricht bessere Unterstützung für Mehrkernprozessoren. Somit wäre mit dem Erscheinen des neuen Mac OS die obrige Überlegung hinfällig, da eine Technologie namens ,Grand Central“ das gesamte System für Multikerne optimiert.

]]> <![CDATA[Podcast 44# de No tengo iPhone. Actualizacion de los Mac y locuras varias]]> http://notengoiphone.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/podcast-44-de-no-tengo-iphone-actualizacion-de-los-mac-y-locuras-varias/ Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:41:50 +0000 Cortador http://notengoiphone.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/podcast-44-de-no-tengo-iphone-actualizacion-de-los-mac-y-locuras-varias/

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En este podcast 44 inevitablemente toca hablar un poco de la reciente actualización de los Mac. Daremos algo de información y opinaremos sobre este cambio. Aunque hoy comienzo solo el podcast tras la pausa musical de rigor para poder beber un trago de agua y sacar las palomitas del microondas, se incorpora el invitado de esta semana. Se llama Rul y ya colaboró en algún que otro programa de hace tiempo y que ahora se une a mí para revolucionar un poco el podcast hablando de sus nuevas experiencias con el iPod Touch, el mundo de Apple, y tonterías y locuras varias que seguro que os sacan alguna que otra sonrisa. También hablaremos sobre las redes sociales y pocas cosas más con algo de cordura. Algo había que hacer para romper la monotonía amigos, si no al final siempre acabamos hablando y escuchando lo mismo.

Muchas gracias de antemano por descargar el podcast, por suscribiros o simplemente por escucharlo ;D

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