Best Hard case for Mac Pro 13in?

whats yalls opinion?

The Spec hardshell case is among the sleekest I could find. I love it. It snaps on and off super easy. But you don't have to worry about it falling off, it is definitely on there! Looks really nice too I like how you can see the apple logo on the top still. If you're on the fence between a few other cases, go with Spec....you will not regret it!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0054KVNEI

Similar Messages

  • Looking for a hard case for mac book air 11' to put into my school bag for college

    i am LF a hard case for my mac book air 11' that will keep my MBA safe in my schoolbag. i use my MBA ever day in college. was wondering if someone could tell me a good one cause there seems to be so much out there. thanks

    I have both the Air and Mini, and 2 mac minis.  I honestly cant decide between either of them,...my Mac Mini is the best desktop I have ever owned, however its purpose is almost totally different from that of my AIR, which is for travel, etc.
    Since YOU are heading off to college and traveling, Id certainly get the AIR, between the two.
    Both have the HIGHEST used resale value of any other laptop / desktop.  Both are great choices.

  • Can anyone suggest best 500 GB external hard drive for MAC PRO?

    Genius Bar rep told me to back up hard drive before delving into whirring tower... Any suggestions for a 500 GB automatic external hard drive? I've researched several, but they all seem to have drawbacks. Reliability and a quiet fan are priorities. Thanks.

    Thanks so much for sharing that. Just talked to Apple support .... MAC PRO apparently has 4 slots for drives, and they would be covered under the Apple Protection Plan. With Leopard, they could be set to back up automatically. Thx again!

  • Can anyone suggest the best external hard drive for MAC PRO?

    As my tower is whirring like the proverbial jet, I was told at the Genius Bar to back everything up before trouble-shooting. I've researched various 500 GB ext. hard drives, but they all seem to have drawbacks. My biggest priority is reliability. Any ideas? Thanks.

    You will find suitable products at MacSales.com or you can purchase a hard drive separately and install it in an external Firewire enclosure. You will find enclosures at:
    MacSales.com
    CoolDrives.com
    FirewireDirect.com
    NewEgg.com
    In the future please choose the proper forum for your topic. You posted this question in the MacBook Pro forum instead of the Mac Pro forum.

  • What is the prefered hard drive for Mac Pro 1.1?

    Hello everyone, I want to fill the 4th Mac Pro Raid hard drive. I want to know the best hard drive out there and the maximum capacity I should buy. The computer came with 3 hard drives 750.16 each. Thank you for help!
    Mac OS X/10.6.8/2x3 GHz dual-core Intel Xeon/13 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM

    4TB if you want max size. There is no max and it all depends on what you do.
    Not sure but "pro raid" better not  be Apple RAID controller as that does have limits and problems and not  sure you  use and need RAID5 controller.
    I'd say WD 10K 1TB VelociRaptor as "best in class" outside of SAS
    WD Black 2TB for cost size performance or 4TB new $300 for max
    WD Black line has been used by users and Apple for OEM and 1TB model
    When doing RAID or RAID5 I would use the old drives for backup and replace all four.
    And keep the boost drive on SSD ($100 Samsung 840, or 10K WD VR 250GB)  or 500GB WD VR $139, great little and fast.  Samsung 840 240GB is also gotten affordable-ish. Nice larger boot drive.
    I went with 8x2GB for $130 now from Amazon for FBDIMMs.
    And ATI 5770.

  • Hard case vs Rubberized hard case for Macbook Pro?

    I'm looking at cases for my MBP 13" and was wondering which is prefereable - hard or rubberized? Also, are there any particular models that you all reccommend?
    As for keyboard skins, which is the best (affordable) one? I type fast & hard and want to be sure my keys are protected. Thank you!    

    Cases of any sort hinder the MPB's cooling requirements. Get whatever you want but don't be surprised when it runs hot.
    My Powerbook withstood over a decade of daily typing. The keys are fine. Just don't spill anything on it.

  • Best benchmarking info for Mac Pros and MacBook Pros?

    I'm looking for benchmarking information that compares recent-model Mac Pros against recent MacBook Pros. I'd also love to be able to compare the performance of both to my current dual 2.5-GHz PowerMac G5.
    Where is the best place to look for this kind of info?
    Thanks!

    Yes, there are benchmarks. Why not be specific.
    Barefeats, MacWorld, Geekpatrol, Geekbench, Primatelabs.
    I really think Barefeats has done a lot to help answer questions.
    It depends. Maybe you want Photoshop benchmarks? or... iMovie?
    http://www.barefeats.com/harper10.html
    http://www.barefeats.com/imp02.html
    http://www.geekpatrol.ca/2006/08/mac-performance-from-the-g3-to-the-xeon/
    http://www.barefeats.com/harper.html
    http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2008/04/
    http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2008/01/mac-pro-performance-january-2008/
    http://www.macworld.com/article/133467/2008/05/imaccomparison.html
    How can you compare a system with 6 native SATA drives, 8-cores, 32GB RAM if needed, better and multiple graphics and other RAID controllers and add-ons, even dedicated FW800 and USB2 controllers if needed? except to other workstations.

  • Hard Drive for Mac Pro Questions

    Hi, I have 2, 600GB hard drives (Approximately) in my Mac Pro. 1 is for Windows Vista, the other is for Leopard. I'm running low on storage space on the Mac Side. I customized my Mac Pro when I bought it off the Apple Site.
    I would like to add another hard drive to my Mac so I have more storage space, 600 GB would be a good size. Would this Hard Drive work? http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB983ZM/A.
    I've never installed a hard drive in a computer before. Is it safe to do? is it difficult? My only fear is somehow messing up my mac.
    I would like the new hard drive to only be used on my Mac Side running Leopard (not Windows Vista). how would I do this?
    Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks

    Thanks guys. I have a couple more questions, I'll be purchasing a 1TB Hard Drive. Why are the hard drives much more expensive from the Apple Store than from Amazon? Is it safer to pay more money and buy the hard drive from the Apple Store than from Amazon?
    After I install the Hard Drive will I see a New Hard Drive Icon on my Desktop?
    How do I tell the computer that the new Hard drive will be used only on the mac side and not the Windows side?
    When I go into Disk Utility to format how will I know which is the new hard drive? I don't want to accidentally format my current hard drive will all my data on it.
    How will I store data on the new hard drive?
    Any info is greatly appreciated.

  • Does the cache matter when choosing hard drive for mac pro?

    Hi,
    I have been looking at all the specs to see about adding another hard drive to my mac pro. It is the 1st generation 2006 duel. I am getting a bit confused about the specs required! I don't understand cache? I think that mine is 8 cache, but a lot of the drives I am looking at are 16 or more. Is this important, have I got to stick to 8? Also does it matter about which Sata? i.e. 1, 11 or 111? and what does 'low profile' mean? Fitting it seems really easy, but buying the wrong drive seems easy as well!
    Thanks for any help,
    Adrian.

    Desktop drives are nominal 3.5" form factors, about one inch tall. They use a 12 Volt motor to spin the heavy platters around fairly fast.
    Notebook rotating drives are mostly 2.5" form factor, now mostly around 9.5mm tall, possibly less. They have only 5 Volts available to spin the motor.
    SATA 1, 2, 3 -- 1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 is all specsmanship -- rotating drives cannot source data off the spinning platters faster than  a burst of about 150 Mbytes/sec (1.2 Mbits/sec). So that part does not matter except that the 1.5 drives will be older models. Do note pay extra for better SATA speeds.
    Rotation speed is very important, because that determines how fast the bits can fly past the read head. 5400 RPM is slower than 7200 RPM. A few 10,000 RPM drives are available, but they are too pricey for most users. I use 10,000 RPM drives in my Server. For Desktop computers, DO pay extra for 7200 over 5400. For notebook computers, a few 7200 RPM drives are available, but they sometimes run HOT.
    Green drives, on the other hand, take great liberties with spin rates and sleeping, and are not suitable for production (great for Backups, but then they are not candidates for spares for your main drives). For these reasons, I do not own any Green Drives.
    Large-enough cache size means the drive can read an entire track in one revolution, so that if you next ask for blocks near the original block you will not wait the average 4.166 milliseconds for the platter to spin halfway around to pick up new data (it is waiting, pre-fetched in the cache). So do not pay extra above about 8Mbytes, but use larger cache size as a tie breaker between equivalent models.

  • Extra hard drive for mac pro 2009

    I have bought an extra 2.5 inch solid state drive for my mac pro (2009). I have tried it in all 3 spare slots and its not being seen at all. Where am I going wrong?

    oliverswan wrote:
    Studio K, can you point me in the direction of instructions for your suggestion?
    Go to this link and you sill see a picture showing the SSD in the lower DVD drive bay.
    Just scroll halfway down and you'll see......
    http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-InstallingSSD.html
    To access the DVD drive bays, open the Mac Pro case and simply pull the drive bay assembly out by the handle.  Don't pull all the way out, because the drive is connected to a cable.
    Icy Dock is problematic for some people.  OWC MountPro is a nice drive sled solution.

  • Best GPU options for Mac Pro 2009/2010

    hey guys Im Cinema4D and Photoshop user, currently there is stock graphics card (120GT) on my 2009 Mac Pro. Im thinking of upgrading it, because this card doesnt suit my needs. What would be best I could get for my use? Should I stick with something like ATI Radeon HD 5770 or 5870, or should I go beyond that? Also I found a great deal on ATi Firepro V8800 which is PC card. What dissadvantages will be if Ill go with a PC card?

    If you really and truly want to know what AMD GPUs are supported in a specific version of OSX, AMD and Apple have been kind enough to let you check.
    S/L/E to the AMD family.
    Start with "AMD7000Controller.kext" and right click it.
    Show contents leads you to the "info.plist"
    Open in an editor, then expand "iokitpersonalities"
    Then "controller"
    Here you will see "IOPCIMatch"
    These are the device ids that the 7000 driver works on.
    "0x26001002 0x22001002 0x67901002 0x67981002 0x679A1002 0x679E1002 0x67801002 0x68201002 0x68211002 0x68231002 0x68251002 0x68271002 0x682D1002 0x682F1002 0x68391002 0x683B1002 0x683D1002 0x683F1002 0x68001002 0x68011002 0x68061002 0x68081002 0x68101002 0x68181002"
    "1002" identifies AMD
    The other number is the Device ID. Each GPU has a specific one. (except for 7970 and D700 which share one and 7870 and D500 and R7 somethingorother and D300)
    Anyhow, looking at the list I know two by heart.
    "6798" is the AMD 7970  and "679A" which is the 7950 (underlined and BOLDED)
    So, you need to go to the GPU Database at TechPowerup and find the cards you want to know about and look through that list.
    Note that being in that list doesn't GUARANTEE that a driver is complete. (The R9 290x is in one of them and it doesn't work) But, on the other hand, if it isn't in any of the driver lists, I can ABSOLUTELY, 100% GUARANTEE that it WON'T work.

  • Best graphics card for mac pro 1,1 Intel

    Can anyone tell me the best graphics card to buy for a mac pro 1,1 intel for use with Cinema 4D R12? 
    Many thanks. 

    This is the iMac forum - try the Mac Pro forum for faster response https://discussions.apple.com/community/desktop_computers/mac_pro

  • Best graphics card for Mac Pro Early 2008?

    I have a Mac Pro Early 2008 with the default graphics card (ATI Radeon HD 2600), and would like to make an upgrade to a better graphics card that will run games smoothly. I'm not an expert with computers at all, but all I know is I would like to buy a graphics card for around $200-$300 (If it's more expensive then that's ok, but preferrably this price range) that will get me the best performance possible. I play games like Minecraft, Skyrim, and Team Fortress 2. Thank you for any help/recommendations you can provide!
    Also, I wasn't sure which section to post this in, but feel free to move this thread.

    Also, to provide more information (not sure if needed), I have dual monitors and the following specs:
    Processor  2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
    Memory  16 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
    Graphics  ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB
    My two displays are LG ULTRAWIDE Display (2560 x 1080) and LED Cinema Display (24-inch, Late 2008, 1920 x 1200)

  • Best graphics card for mac pro

    I am getting a Mac Pro in the very near future. I would like to buy a very high level graphics card. I have been looking at the Nvidia Quadro fx 4600. Does anyone know if this is comapatable with the mac pro and if not what would be a better card than the Nvidia 4500 for around the same amount of money as the 4600.
    p.s.
    I do not want to run windows.
    Thanks for the help.

    In that case what would you suggest?... I intend to get heavy into shake and 3d modeling... I already use final cut a lot and I eventually want to have an hd ready set up. Is the nvidia 4500 really better for this sort of work than the x1900? because i heard some reviews that its shading wasnt better.. I also heard that the x1900 is more for gaming than with working with digital content. maybe you could shed some light on this subj.
    Thank you in advance.

  • Best graphic card for Mac Pro + CS6

    Hi everyone,
    I'm sorry if this question has been asked several times... But it seems technology moves so fast... And also I found lots of cards that seem to me being PC only... That's why I'm having this question for Mac only.
    I'm on a Mac Pro, Snow Leopard CS5.5 , and I want to re-instal a clean new system with Lion and CS6... mostly to edit 5K footage from the Epic (+ VFX and grading)... So it is mostly about PPro and AE (not quite sure about Speed Grad, still have to try it out).
    What are my best options, as of today, in terms of graphic cards... ? I'm talking about boosting the Mercury Playback Engine through CUDA, as well as supporting the softwares as much as it can in term of OpenCL and OpenGL...
    In this chart from nVidia's website, I only see the quadro 4000 and 4800 being available for Mac...
    http://www.nvidia.com/content/PDF/product-comparison/product-comparison-master-revised.pdf
    But we do have a GTX 285 in one of our computer at the office, and it works too...
    Then I know some CS6 users are referring to other cards, like the GTX 570... and there is probably more to the list.
    I'd like to to be able to compare what card gives you the best performances, at which price point.
    Thanks in advance for sharing

    Julien_deka wrote:
    First think strange... I used to run my Wacom Cintiq from a second graphic card - NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 - through mini-dispaly port, and this stoped to work... I have to use another port (DVI) from this same card to have a display on my Cintiq.
    Second thing: I have 4 ports on the GTX570 (2 DVI, 1 HDMI, 1 Dipslay Port)... I plugged my 2 main screens for UI into each DVI but only one worked (the bottom one). For my second screen I had to use the Display Port and use a bunch of adaptors.
    I can't really help you out regarding the GT120 and why the DP went dead.  I suspect it has something to do with the Mac not wanting to power more than 1 DP, but I'm not 100% sure of that.  With the GTX570, only 2 of the ports are going to be active, as you found out: the first DVI and the DP.  It has to do with the EFI on the card and the driver, I believe.  The MacVidCards guy can explain it more thoroughly.  He's fairly responsive via email and PMs on the MacRumors forum.
    I actually bought this card for CUDA performances inside of CS6, so it would be disapointed to realise it's not working...
    EDIT: I think I need to change something in a file to add the name of the card in order to get Premiere use its CUDA technology... I will dig into that a bit more
    Right, you need to edit the CUDA text file and add it in as:
    GeForce GTX 570
    mrfreeze$ cat /Applications/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CS6/Adobe\ Premiere\ Pro\ CS6.app/Contents/cuda_supported_cards.txt
    GeForce GTX 285
    Quadro CX
    Quadro FX 4800
    Quadro 4000
    GeForce GTX 570
    jas

Maybe you are looking for