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Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - Doc - 01-21-2011
Decent price, even well-used. They seem to be going for over $1,000 elsewhere.
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Some big company probably leased them and the leasing company is dumping them.
If you could figure out which leasing company is ditching a pile of off-lease Macs this month you might be able to save some $$ by dealing directly with them.
Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - AllGold - 01-21-2011
I came here to post this deal but got beat to it... twice.
Note that this one comes with 4GB RAM which makes it an even better deal.
If I didn't have that machine already, I would be all over it.
But mine has the craptastic stock Nvidia 7300GT. Have there been any reliability problems with that ATI Radeon X1900XT video card?
P.S.: Limit 5 per customer. :biggrin:
Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - DRR - 01-21-2011
AllGold wrote:
But mine has the craptastic stock Nvidia 7300GT. Have there been any reliability problems with that ATI Radeon X1900XT video card?
FWIW I have that ATI 1900XT. It works fine but I don't push my video too hard. It can get fairly loud, but usually when it starts up with that, a couple blasts of air to blow out the fans on the card usually hushes it pretty well.
I have been thinking about flashing a PC video card as an upgrade (don't have a link but just google around) Less because I need faster video, and more just because if I'd love the option of not having yet another fan in that Mac Pro.
Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - MacArtist - 01-21-2011
AllGold wrote:
Have there been any reliability problems with that ATI Radeon X1900XT video card?
Seems like the 1st generation ATi x1900xt cards had a problem of overheating.
It's kind of a bad design because dust and fuzz get pulled into the heat exchanger on the card. I've got a rev 2 card that works just fine but I still blast it from time to time to keep the air flowing.
Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - pRICE cUBE - 01-21-2011
AllGold wrote:
I came here to post this deal but got beat to it... twice.
Note that this one comes with 4GB RAM which makes it an even better deal.
If I didn't have that machine already, I would be all over it.
But mine has the craptastic stock Nvidia 7300GT. Have there been any reliability problems with that ATI Radeon X1900XT video card?
P.S.: Limit 5 per customer. :biggrin:
Oh yeah, if you have a certain serial number, get it replaced before January 31
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3420
Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - pRICE cUBE - 01-21-2011
BTW, I got my X1900 traded in under the recall and they gave me a much quieter Nvida card.
Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - Filliam H. Muffman - 01-21-2011
The RAM is what really kills it for me. You can build a faster hackintosh with a better video card for the same price, especially since 8 GB of DDR3 is under $80 some places. If you want more RAM, you are buying it for a 4-1/2 year old computer.
Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - thermarest - 01-21-2011
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
The RAM is what really kills it for me. You can build a faster hackintosh with a better video card for the same price, especially since 8 GB of DDR3 is under $80 some places. If you want more RAM, you are buying it for a 4-1/2 year old computer.
:agree:
Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - AllGold - 01-21-2011
I can't argue with a Hac being cheaper and faster but this is a very good price for an authentic Apple product. You get a lot of machine for $900.
Re: Walk or maybe jog quickly you fools? Quad 2.66 Mac Pro $899.99, 90 day wty - silvarios - 01-21-2011
Refurbished from Buy? What sort of condition should I expect from a Buy refurb?