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MP 7,1 Is it worth buying a MacPro7.1?
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I installed it from there
I think the video card is the problem because after every login it goes to a black screen
then I turn off and turn on the monitor and there is a picture again!
But then there might be a problem with something else because if the video card is faulty then the image won't come back even if I turn the monitor off and back on.
I'll wait for the video card cable to arrive and replace the 580x with the 6600xt
FWIW I added two more 4TB Evo 990 Pros to my Highpoint card moved to an x16 slot (and moved the Afterburner to an x8 slot), and sleeping power draw is now 28w
For some reason the machine won't go to sleep mode!
The monitor goes dark but the USB ports do not lose power!
On Mac Pro 5.1, when the machine was in sleep mode, there was no power to the USB ports and the LED keyboard did not light up.
Today I moved the rx6600xt video card from the MacPro 5.1 to the 7.1 machine and the video card light won't turn off either!
No programs are running that would prevent sleep mode!
Can anyone give me some advice?
The monitor goes dark but the USB ports do not lose power!
On Mac Pro 5.1, when the machine was in sleep mode, there was no power to the USB ports and the LED keyboard did not light up.
Today I moved the rx6600xt video card from the MacPro 5.1 to the 7.1 machine and the video card light won't turn off either!
No programs are running that would prevent sleep mode!
Can anyone give me some advice?
I just noticed the 7,1 prices on the used market have gotten really cheap now that there will be no more OS version updates (under $1,000 for a basic configuration). While it makes sense to get a 7,1 to use over an older Mac Pro like the 5,1 and 6,1, I don't think it makes sense to buy one now.
If you want a new Mac Pro I think the better idea is to wait for the M5 Mac Pro release and buy the M2 Ultra version if you can't afford the M5 one, since the prices on those should drop. Alternatively, buy a Studio. For Windows buy a separate Windows PC if you can't use it as a virtual machine on the AS Mac.
I love my 7,1. It's the best Mac I've ever had. I'll probably continue to use it until security updates end for Tahoe or if the 3rd party apps I use stop being supported before then.
If you want a new Mac Pro I think the better idea is to wait for the M5 Mac Pro release and buy the M2 Ultra version if you can't afford the M5 one, since the prices on those should drop. Alternatively, buy a Studio. For Windows buy a separate Windows PC if you can't use it as a virtual machine on the AS Mac.
I love my 7,1. It's the best Mac I've ever had. I'll probably continue to use it until security updates end for Tahoe or if the 3rd party apps I use stop being supported before then.
I bought a basic 7.1 system and so far I have no complaints!
The only thing I don't understand is why it doesn't want to go into sleep mode?
I also realized that you can't bring up the boot menu with a wireless keyboard.
Even the pram reset doesn't work right now.
If MacOS support is no longer available, I'll start using Linux
I don't like the newer MacOS that much anyway
I'm currently running Sequoia on my machine, but I'm also thinking about reinstalling an older system
I don't like how MacOS is becoming more and more like iOS.
I am so jealous of people from US who had the opportunity to get M2 tower from Microcenter for the price of a studio. I wonder if they will considerably drop in price though. I wasn't into macs back then, did 3.1 drop in price on eBay and stuff when 4,1 came out?
Well sleep on a 7,1 is different to sleep on a 5,1. For a start, the blower fan in the side which cools the ram keeps running during sleep. You can feel the air movement at the rear of the case to the right of the PCI slots. Your best bet would be to install ohanaware's Sleep Aid, and let it keep an eye on the sleep process for you. Also, get a watt meter and run it inline on the mac's power line only, so you can watch the power use when you sleep the machine.
This error message means a faulty fan, but I tested it with the Techtool app and it didn't show any errors.
Maybe someone can help with this?
@keksikuningas "I wasn't into macs back then, did 3.1 drop in price on eBay and stuff when 4,1 came out?"
Yes. They were on sale new at less than £1300 in the UK after the 4.1 shipped.
But that was an inflexion point in Mac history.
The Mac Pro 3.1 was the last Mac Pro that Steve Jobs brought to the market, and he priced it to sell, $2700 for the lower spec 8 core.
Then Steve became ill, and T. Cook stood in (more or less permanently as it happened).
So Cook introduced the MP 4.1 Nehalem, debuting at >$3300 for the 8 core, to show Steve he had been undercharging? Haha. The price went up ever since...
Yes. They were on sale new at less than £1300 in the UK after the 4.1 shipped.
But that was an inflexion point in Mac history.
The Mac Pro 3.1 was the last Mac Pro that Steve Jobs brought to the market, and he priced it to sell, $2700 for the lower spec 8 core.
Then Steve became ill, and T. Cook stood in (more or less permanently as it happened).
So Cook introduced the MP 4.1 Nehalem, debuting at >$3300 for the 8 core, to show Steve he had been undercharging? Haha. The price went up ever since...
That’s nothing, AUD$81K for a loaded up 7,1 is what we faced. $40K for 1.5TB RAM if i remember right.
One of mine was AUD$18K new, the other would have been AUD$43K new. At the time no other Apple machines offered those capabilities, still they don’t give you the ability to natively run windows or upgrade memory so easily.
The old 5,1 I purchased new was very costly too, as a fairly basic spec with upgraded GPU (Radeon 5870 with an awesome 1GB!) and the 27” LED Cinema Display that was AUD$6000 as well.
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