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| Apple Mac Pro Desktop (Two 3.0 GHz Quad Core Intel Xeon Processors, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, 16x SuperDrive) | 
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| Brand: Apple
Category: Personal Computer
Buy New: $4,099.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 9264
Media: Personal Computers
Shipping Weight (lbs): 65
Dimensions (in): 28.2 x 23.2 x 12.6
Model: Z0EM1
Availability: Usually ships in 4-5 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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
7 out of 10 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
6 out of 6 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.
This is a great machine... April 20, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This machine was purchased as an upgrade to my MDD G4. The stock configuration makes this machine great for web browsing, but not too useful for processing images and page layout,- something I expected, so I upped the RAM to 6GB and it is doing much better. This is the quietest machine I have ever owned. I added two more SATA hard drives, plus 2 external hard drives for various projects I have in the works. Leopard is as stable as can be expected from an operating system. Not bulletproof, but pretty good. This machine has locked up, needing a hard shut down, only once since purchase. This is a typical Mac - its a workhorse, its stable, its pricey. But it does what its supposed to. I highly recommend this to anyone that is serious in graphic design.
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