XEON Dual core upgrade
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- tbgd
Does anyone know anything about this... If I bought a MAC PRO with Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon processors could I later upgrade the processors with Quad-Core ones??
- Chief0
it's possible. it'll definitely void any remaining warranty.
- tbgd0
That looks promising... a bit fiddly though. Cheers for the links.
I wouldn't be thinking about doing until well after the warranty runs out anyway.
- Boz0
yes..that's one of the good things about new gen Macs. They are PCs so you can pretty much upgrade yourself.
- epigraph0
so why buy a mac? you can build a pc with 3ghz xenon dual cores for a thousand less than mac.
and if you want to run osx on said pc there is osx86
- tbgd0
I have thought about it!!! But how stable is it? I work for myself so I'm working all day on it. I need it to be as stable as possible. Havn't got time to keep fixing it!!! If it was rock solid then I would do that.
- ribit0
is a PC cheaper?
- tbgd0
If you bought the parts and built it yourself you would save money I'd of thought (not really priced it out though!!). But how much you'd save compared against the hassle of doing it and the potential instability probably makes it more expensive than buying one new from apple.
- mbr0
If you want to save $$ and have something reliable, buy a Dell (or comparable). You'll get a warranty that is far superior to anything Apple offers (24 hour tech support, on site delivery and instal next business day - it's saved my life).
Building PCs are great for those that like to build'em. For me, I like never having to open the case but once a year and having 24 hour onsite tech support.
- tbgd0
I have thought about a DELL. But after some digging around found out that the same spec machine with DELL is almost £600 more!!!! Sounds crazy doesn't it! But true.
- epigraph0
yeah it's only cheaper if you put it together yourself, but I have put together 2 machines, and it is redicuously easy.
the only hard part is making sure qll of your components are compatible, and you can find that online.
I priced it out and it was a little more than $1000 cheaper for dual xenon 2.66
- epigraph0
yeah it's only cheaper if you put it together yourself, but I have put together 2 machines, and it is redicuously easy.
the only hard part is making sure qll of your components are compatible, and you can find that online.
I priced it out and it was a little more than $1000 cheaper for dual xenon 2.66
- tbgd0
Are you running OS X or Windows?
- epigraph0
right now I have a pc (2.2ghz athlon 64 dual core) running xp, and a macbook pro running osx
I like both operating systems, if I build a xenon machine in the future, I might run OSX86 on it....
what about you?
- epigraph0
from what I've read osx can run very stable on a pc, but you have to use specific hardware( drives, ram, video cards) which has been proven to work together with a specific build of osx86.
It makes things a little more complicated, and possibly more expensive, but if that is a turnoff, why not just run windows?
I don't lean one way or the other with os's, I just want whatever gives me more bang for my buck.
- tbgd0
I've got a G5 IMAC. I am about to upgrade but can't decide whether to go for a MAC PRO or a similar spec PC. To buy a PC at the level of the MAC PRO will cost more!!! So i'm thinking about building one. Still seems quite expensive though!!
You've gone for the AMD chips! Are they cheaper?
- epigraph0
yeah cheaper, but not as fast as intel right now...yet.
I guess it depends what you do. I do mostly print work, and some photography, and my athlon 4400 has no problem keeping up.
(the 2.2 ghz c2d in my macbook pro is faster though)Like I said it's $1000 cheaper to build a comparable xenon pc.
Dont let '"building" a computer scare you off. I was affraid to take the plunge with my first one(didn't want to throw $$ down the toilet) but it really is pretty easy...like leggos or something.
In the end, you gotta decide what you are comfortable with though.