Pro Early 2008 Upgrade The OS
Just like the original Mac Pro models, installing RAM in the 'Early 2008' Mac Pro line - the Mac Pro 'Quad Core' 2.8, 'Eight Core' 2.8, 'Eight Core' 3.0, and 'Eight Core' 3.2- is an easy procedure, but it is important that the memory meet exacting standards and be installed in a particular way to function properly.For external connectivity, the Mac Pro included five USB 2.0 ports, two FireWire 400 and two FireWire 800 (Late 2006 until Early 2008), respectively four.The contents of this article may be out of date. It has been archived and will no longer be updated, comments are closed and the page is provided for reference purposes only.Upgrade limits for OSX Mac Pro 3.1 Early 2008. I wonder until I can upgrade the OS of my Mac Pro 3.1. I would like to spend some money, make some hardware upgrades (SSD, RAM) and I would not, being an Early 2008 to discover the next year that the overall hardware of the machine is too outdated.7Ghz, 8GB for MacBook Pro Retina 13 Early 2015, A1502. With Logic Remote, you can remotely control three Apple music apps on your Mac: Logic Pro.My Mac Pro has just had it's first birthday and it was time to buy it a present - some new memory.
The silver-colored coating comes applied to the underside of the heatsink and the top of the processor. Although a have been trundling along with 2GB for the past year I am aware a memory boost would improve my machines performance with Photoshop, Aperture, Illustrator and in general. I decided another 8GB was what I needed and purchased a matched pair of 4GB DIMMs, I could have brought more 1GB DIMMs that has the advantage of filling all the slots and making best use of the memory buses, but decided the larger DIMMs would allow me to install the maximum 32GB at a later date.Mac Pro (Early 2008) LEM Staff - 2008.01.08. It’s been 17 months since Apple introduced the original Mac Pro, which shipped with two dual-core processors (an 8-core model with two quad-core CPUs was introduced in April 2007), and the new Mac Pro is a big step forward: every configuration uses quad-core Intel Xeon CPUs for even more power.The Mac Pro (Early 2008) computer has tow memory riser cards with a total of 8 memory slots. On each card, the slots are arranged in banks of two.
1600MHz, 64-bit dual independent frontside buses 12MB of L2 cache per processor (each pair of cores shares 6MB) Quad-core: One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processor 8-core: Two 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz, or 3.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400 series processors
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory and two dual-link DVI ports Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot with one of the following graphics cards installed: Eight FB-DIMM slots on two memory riser cards (four slots per card) supporting up to 32GB of main memory
Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels Support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels Support for up to eight 30-inch displays 1 300W for up to four PCI Express graphics cards Multiple graphics card configurations including two, three, or four ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 with 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory, two dual-link DVI ports, and one stereo 3D port
Optional 802.11n AirPort Extreme wireless networking 2 Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) up to 3Mb/s Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) interfaces with support for jumbo frames
750GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache 320GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7200 rpm, 8MB cache Up to 4TB of internal storage 3 using hard drives in the following capacities: Four 3.5-inch cable-free, direct-attach hard drive bays with built-in independent 3Gb/s Serial ATA channels four internal hard drive carriers included
16x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) Optional Mac Pro RAID card with 256MB cache and 72-hour cache battery backup 5 300GB Serial Attached SCSI 3Gb/s, 15,000 rpm, 16MB cache 4
Current: Maximum of 12A (low-voltage range) or 6A (high-voltage range) Line voltage: 100-120V AC or 200-240V AC (wide-range power supply input voltage) One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDriveElectrical and environmental requirements Writes CD-R and CD-RW discs at up to 32x speed Writes DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs at up to 8x speed
Front-panel headphone minijack and speaker Five USB 2.0 ports (two on front panel, three on back panel) Two FireWire 400 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel) Two FireWire 800 ports (one on front panel, one on back panel) Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing Storage temperature: -40° to 116° F (-40° to 47° C)
AirPort Express Base Station featuring AirTunes (M9470LL/A) AirPort Extreme Base Station (MA073LL/A) Apple Quad-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express Card (MB356G/A) Apple Dual-Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel PCI Express Card (MB355G/A) ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Graphics Upgrade Kit (MB198Z/A) NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Upgrade Kit (MB137Z/A)
Pro Early 2008 Mac OS X Server V10
Achieving optimal 802.11n data rates requires that all users have an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Card and connect to an 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station. Wireless Internet access requires base station or other wireless access point and Internet access (fees may apply). Requires installation of four ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics cards, each of which provides support for up to two 20-inch Apple Cinema Displays, 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays, or 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Displays. Mac OS X Server v10.4 (Unlimited-client license) (MA612Z/A) Mac OS X Server v10.4 (10-client license) (MA613Z/A)
8-core 2.8GHz Mac Pro systems configured with one ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT graphics card meet ENERGY STAR requirements. Serial Attached SCSI drives require the Mac Pro RAID Card. 1TB = approximately 1 trillion bytes actual formatted capacity less. Based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification. Range will vary with site conditions. Actual performance will vary based on range, connection rate, site conditions, size of network, and other factors.