Anyone remember the marketing hype about Mac Pro 1st Gen being first full 64-bit?

Not a biggie as Apple don't really cater for my needs anymore, but I was under the impression that my 2006 Mac Pro was full 64-bit.
Image is a screengrab from the Internet Archive 2007, Highlighting 64-bit processors :
http://web.archive.org/web/20070304011158/http://www.apple.com/macpro/
And on the Tech Spec Page, again a mention of 64-bit but no mention of the 32-Bit EFI weak link.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070306013700/http://www.apple.com/macpro/specs.html

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I also just installed 4GB more of memory making the total 6gb.
Anything I should be aware of. I am trying to get optimum performance out of Aperture and Photoshop.
Thanks,
Joe

RAM: 4 x 2GB or 8 x 1GB are nice balance, symmetrical memory performance is what Apple called it.
Use the old OEM 250GB as backup and / or emergency work.
Replace it too. WD Caviar 640GB for system. Or 1TB Samsung F3.
You could use the F3 as 300GB scratch and the rest for data or backup.
These are very fast drives, fastest in 1TB for now.
To get optimim, a fast boot drive, separate drive/partition for scratch, 3rd for media, 4th for backup (or go external for backup).
Scratch something out? scratch that? erase - temporary work space.
I'd consider 4 x 1TB. Spread files and tasks out, or turn it into one huge volume (with two sets or more of redundant backups in any case!).
Download and read the manual for SuperDuper to clone and copy volumes.
Guides to storage, photoshop optimization, check the left side bottom list for guides and tutorials/pdfs http://www.macgurus.com
http://www.macperformanceguide.com has guides to drives, cloning, photoshop, more.

About Mac Pro RAM and one "Nehalem" Processor 2.8 vs 3.2

Hi,
Unfortunately I don't have so much money to spend but I find Apple products very high quality and in same time very expensive, specially for my country (Russia), according to statistic, it’s less then 1% of people that using Mac Pro in here, my country really poor :/
I never use Mac before, but I think that time is come and I would like to buy one on my birthday soon (22 November). I really tired of my crazy PC with Vista, it’s always bugs lags, and so on, it’s poor machine. I can buy new PC with i7, nice performances or buy Mac, but I think, Mac will be more quality and stable.
I'm web designer and programmer and using my PC with Adobe programs, normally Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, very rare with After Effect (1 day per month). Sometimes I’m playing games like Dragon Age or CS:Source, Starcraft2. But I got PS3, but unfortunately it’s connected to our main home TV, and I can’t play PS3 because all day this TV watching my family :/ lol
I’m not sure if there are any way to connect PS3 to TV and computer screen at the same time… but it’s another question.
Now about Mac I'm wondering of buying cheapest Mac Pro 2010:
# One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem”
# 3GB (3x1GB)
# 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
# ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
# One 18x SuperDrive
But at the same time, I wondering about how long time I will be able to use this Mac, and enjoy it before it will come too old. Because I just can’t spend and buy Mac every 2-3 years.
I’m looking forward to use it for 4-5 years I think or so. I know it’s very hard question and I’m not really sure if it’s right to discuss it, but I’m saying just what I think.
And maybe because of this, it’s better to order processor with 3.2Ghz, and a bit more RAM (8GB (4x2GB))? What you think?
And what will be the different between this 2 processors and more RAM? Because it will be +800 USD or so, and it’s very expensive for me (pay addition 800 Dollars), I just want to ask you if it will costs this money. Unfortunately I can’t spend more money on Mac to buy 6-core Westmare and more RAM But I think cheapest Mac, for my tasks already very powerful and awesome, what you think?
And if you’ll advice me, not to pay addition 400 USD for +0.4Ghz, and the different is very little, then what you think about addition Ram for stock MAC?

Thank you hatter.
I'm appreciate for your help and answer, and this amazing links! They are very helpful.
I find some interesting information. And most interesting is SSD thing. But unfortunately it's very expensive for me
I got 2 ways to go, and I really confused now. I take a look what you said, about making a PC with i7. And here is what I find on our Russian market - only 1 company which offers high quality custom PC's with up to 3 years guarantee.
What they can offer:
Price: $2060
(Basic Config: DEPO Ego Z71i)
OS:
Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium RUS 32-bit
or
Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium RUS 64-bit
MotherBoard:
*ASUS P6T, Intel®X58 chipset , DDR3, ATX*
CPU:
*Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 930 (4-Cores, 2.80GHz, 4.8 GT/s, 8Mb)*
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 950 (4-Cores, 3.06GHz, 4.8 GT/s, 8Mb) +$365
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition 980X (6-Cores, 3.33GHz, 6.4 GT/s, 12Mb) +$1150
RAM:
*3Gb DDR3-1600 Corsair Dominator, Triple Channel*
6Gb DDR3-1600 Corsair , Triple Channel +$40
12Gb DDR3-1600 Corsair , Triple Channel +$260
HDD1:
*1TB SATA hard drive (7200rpm)*
2 x 1TB SATA hard drive (7200rpm) +$80
4 x 1TB SATA hard drive (7200rpm) +$230
2 x 2TB SATA hard drive (7200rpm) +$355
4 x 2TB SATA hard drive (7200rpm) +$790
HDD2:
WD VelociRaptor 150GB, 10000rpm, 16Mb cache, SATA-II +$175
2.5" 64GB SSD SATA II +$205
WD VelociRaptor 300GB, 10000rpm, 16Mb cache, SATA-II +$285
2.5" 128GB SSD SATA II +$405
RAID:
RAID0 (required minimum 2 HDD) +$10
RAID1 (required minimum 2 HDD) +$10
Optical Drive 5.25":
*DVD±RW/CD-RW/DVD 16x4x/5xDL/16x4x/16x/48x/24x/48x*
BD-ROM&DVD RAM&DVD±R/RW, 5x/5x/12(R9 6)x/6x/12(R9 4)x/6x/12x/24x/24x/32x +$130
SuperMulti Blu-Ray ReWriter +$235
Card Reader 3.5":
*Card Reader/Writer 50 in 1 (CF/MD/SM/MS/SD/MMC)*
Video:
*ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1024МБ, PCI-E TV-out DVI+HDMI)*
1536MB NVIDIA GeForce 480GTX PCI-E DVI +$110
2x ATI Radeon™ HD 5850 (1024МБ, PCI-E TV-out DVI+HDMI) +$230
2x ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1024МБ, PCI-E TV-out DVI+HDMI) +$490
Sound:
*Realtek 7.1 (integrated)*
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi™ Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series +$400
Power:
*800W (12sm)*
1000W (14sm) +$50
1200W (14sm) +$55
WiFi:
*WLAN 802.11bg*
Mouse + KeyBoard: (lol)
Without mouse and keyboard -$75
Cordless Desktop® Wave Pro™ +$75
Maitance:
*1 Year*
2 Years +$10
3 Years +$20
Ok, that’s it.
DEPO - It’s our Russian company so I can’t give you link on English web page, but if you are interesting to view it, maybe with Google translate:
http://www.depo.ru/H/MDL658/1000004953/zconfigurator.aspx
And I’m not really sure, if they offer high quality components, and I can’t check it.
I just don’t want to repeat same experience like with my previous computer – I bought top computer for very high price with top components, but everything was bugging, it’s terrible, I’m working with this computer 3 years now (it’s cored 2 duo with radeon x1900 and vista :S video card - without supporting DX10-11, 2 Hdd 500Gb RAID 0, - maximum lags – I cant’ even make a diagnostics… crazy). And I’m so sad about this computer, and I don’t want to repeat same experience. That’s why I wonder about Mac Pro or any other quolity PC, but price is too high, or if I buy just normal Mac Pro:
• One 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem”
• 3GB (3x1GB)
• 1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive
• ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
• One 18x SuperDrive
• Apple Magic Mouse
• Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (English) & User's Guide
For 2499 USD, I still need to add more RAM, and It will costs 2874 USD with 8 Gb, but without changing Processor and/or HDD for SSD to speed up computer like **** and enjoy it every minute. I maximum can spend 3000-3200 USD for new computer. And all I want, to enjoy it’s stability and speed. To load photoshop in less then 5 seconds, working with AE a bit, 3dmax a bit, play a bit. Maybe I want to much :/

Has anyone tried Kensington RAM in their Mac Pro?

Has anyone tried Kensington RAM in their Mac Pro? I found this ram and that is far cheaper than OWC or apple.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139940
Please let me know what your experience has been with 3rd party ram.
Lester

NewEgg: " Memory returns allowed for 30 days, subject to 15 percent re-stocking fee. "
So YOU are the expert about which are the correct modules. a mistake costs you 15 percent plus shipping.
I prefer to do business with mac-centric vendor who lend me their expertise and tell me what memories work in my Mac, "Guaranteed or your money back."
OWC is one that does business that way.
Data Memory Systems does as well, and that is the outfit I use.
The last 1333 8GB module like these I bought from them came with a large flat heatsink installed. I put it in my Server. The price has fallen a bit since then, and now they are asking US$78, but "Guaranteed."
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The keyboard on my Mac Pro Server with OS X Lion stopped working

I'm from Brazil and apple doesn't have any support here, just for iphones...So could anyone please help me?
The keyboard and the mouse on my Mac Pro suddenly stopped working, the mouse light is on but not working, the mouse cursor doesn't even appear on the screen, I've tryed with different keyboards in all the usb ports and nothing, none of them worked.

It is a easy fix to this problem.
I have this video card
iMac 24 inch, early 2008.
Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB .
This is what you do.
1. open app store.
2.go to the update tab.
Yuo will see the imovie icon waiting to install.
3.clic the sub menu tab and select "try apdate in an hour" option from the sub menu.
4.leave the app store window open and came back in an 1hr .
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enjoy it.

I've got Photoshop Elements 11 on my mac-book Now I want to copy the programm to my Mac Pro too. Is it possible or do I have to buy another license?

I've got Photoshop Elements 11 on my mac-book Now I want to copy the programm to my Mac Pro too.
Is it possible or do I have to buy another license?

Thx a lot, Barbara!
Your answer helped me to install the program to my Mac Pro
You made my day!
I wanted to give You points, but I am new in the forum and I am not quiet sure how to do it.
Salute
Erwin
Am 02.10.2014 um 17:37 schrieb Barbara B. <[email protected]>:
I've got Photoshop Elements 11 on my mac-book Now I want to copy the programm to my Mac Pro too. Is it possible or do I have to buy another license?
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You're allowed to have it installed and activated on two computers at once but you can never copy an installed copy of PSE. You need to install it from scratch on the Mac Pro. If you need the file, you can download it here:
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Resetting the SMC on a mac pro

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I need to reset the SMC on my mac pro, as I had an incident where the fans kicked in like a fighter jet after I shutdown, and didn't stop until I pulled the plug after about Ten minutes of white noise.
The trouble is, the instruction for doing this are a little unclear, as I'm instructed to unplug everything, including the display cable, before reconnecting only the keyboard and mouse, after 15 seconds, before restarting. There is no mention, however, of reconnecting the display cables, which leave a few possible interpretations: 1/ Obviously I'm supposed to reconnect the display cables, or I wouldn't be able to see anything after restarting. 2/ I'm supposed to reconnect the monitor after start up (I think this is supposed to be a bad idea)? 3/ I'm supposed to restart without a monitor, and then do a forced shut down by holding the power button for 10 seconds, after I think it's probably restarted okay (hard to tell without a monitor). After shutting down, I then reconnect the monitor. Clearly, option 1/ is the only sensible interpretation, but as I'm guessing there's no way of knowing if the SMC reset worked or not, after doing it, except a non-repeat/repeat of the problem, I'd like to be absolutely sure. I hope someone can help me.
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