Thijs Koerselman

I'm planning on buying a Mac Pro, but I am a little surprised with the price

of the processor upgrade from 2.66 to 3.0MHz. For that same amount you can

buy 2 new 3.2MHz Xeon processors in any computer store.

Now that Mac uses widely available Intel processors, would it be possible to

upgrade the processors yourself later on? Or is Mac smart enough to prevent

I'm planning on buying a Mac Pro, but I am a little surprised with the price
of the processor upgrade from 2.66 to 3.0MHz. For that same amount you can
buy 2 new 3.2MHz Xeon processors in any computer store.

Now that Mac uses widely available Intel processors, would it be possible to
upgrade the processors yourself later on? Or is Mac smart enough to prevent
this in some way?

ot-mac-pro-processor-upgrade

On Aug 11, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Thijs Koerselman wrote:

> I'm planning on buying a Mac Pro, but I am a little surprised with 

> the price of the processor upgrade from 2.66 to 3.0MHz. For that 

> same amount you can buy 2 new 3.2MHz Xeon processors in any 

> Now that Mac uses widely available Intel processors, would it be 

> possible to upgrade the processors yourself later on? Or is Mac 

> smart enough to prevent this in some way?

I would imagine that it will be possible to upgrade the Mac Pro, and 

that you check with www.xlr8yourmac.com to find out user reports 

> I'm planning on buying a Mac Pro, but I am a little surprised with  
> the price of the processor upgrade from 2.66 to 3.0MHz. For that  
> same amount you can buy 2 new 3.2MHz Xeon processors in any  
> computer store.
>
> Now that Mac uses widely available Intel processors, would it be  
> possible to upgrade the processors yourself later on? Or is Mac  
> smart enough to prevent this in some way?

I would imagine that it will be possible to upgrade the Mac Pro, and  
that you check with www.xlr8yourmac.com to find out user reports  
about this.

I was wrong about the Xeon price, as I confused EM64T with Woodcrest

processors. I guess the price apple charges is reasonable after all. About

the upgrading... I did find info on how to replace the processor in a mac

mini, so I guess it will be possible with mac pro too.

> I'm planning on buying a Mac Pro, but I am a little surprised with the

> price of the processor upgrade from 2.66 to 3.0MHz. For that same amount

> you can buy 2 new 3.2MHz Xeon processors in any computer store.

> Now that Mac uses widely available Intel processors, would it be possible

> to upgrade the processors yourself later on? Or is Mac smart enough to

I was wrong about the Xeon price, as I confused EM64T with Woodcrest
processors. I guess the price apple charges is reasonable after all. About
the upgrading... I did find info on how to replace the processor in a mac
mini, so I guess it will be possible with mac pro too.

On 8/11/06, Thijs Koerselman  wrote:
>
> I'm planning on buying a Mac Pro, but I am a little surprised with the
> price of the processor upgrade from 2.66 to 3.0MHz. For that same amount
> you can buy 2 new 3.2MHz Xeon processors in any computer store.
>
> Now that Mac uses widely available Intel processors, would it be possible
> to upgrade the processors yourself later on? Or is Mac smart enough to
> prevent this in some way?
>
>


thanks for confirming this. that's the same place I found the info on

upgrading the mini mac. it's good to know that it's likely possible. i can't

> I would imagine that it will be possible to upgrade the Mac Pro, and

> that you check with www.xlr8yourmac.com to find out user reports

thanks for confirming this. that's the same place I found the info on
upgrading the mini mac. it's good to know that it's likely possible. i can't
wait to own a mac, at last:-)

>
> I would imagine that it will be possible to upgrade the Mac Pro, and
> that you check with www.xlr8yourmac.com to find out user reports
> about this.
>
>


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