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MP 7,1 Is it worth buying a MacPro7.1?
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yeah it wasn't submitted as a PR and so it was never included. I wish someone would run the later Xcode benchmarks on their 7,1 and submitted their results
Still tying to sell the other Mac Pro I purchased.
I love these machines, and got a brand new one, from Germany.
What the advertisement did not mention, despite claiming it to be unused, was a couple of things.
They had removed an afterburner card, which was fine, as it was not listed. But they forgot to engage the PCIe lock again. Looks like they replaced the original graphic card as well. It came with the 580x as advertised.
The original cloth had been removed, and it came wrapped in plastic. To what point I wonder?
It came with original keyboard (english), mouse and the power cord (EU) 🥰
Booting the machine, I had a 🤬 moment.
They had installed macOS Tahoe 26.1 in late December.
I spent 3 hours restoring the machine. Glad I've done the process many times, and that I already had the correct Apple Configurator installed on my mac mini m1.
I love these machines, and got a brand new one, from Germany.
What the advertisement did not mention, despite claiming it to be unused, was a couple of things.
They had removed an afterburner card, which was fine, as it was not listed. But they forgot to engage the PCIe lock again. Looks like they replaced the original graphic card as well. It came with the 580x as advertised.
The original cloth had been removed, and it came wrapped in plastic. To what point I wonder?
It came with original keyboard (english), mouse and the power cord (EU) 🥰
Booting the machine, I had a 🤬 moment.
They had installed macOS Tahoe 26.1 in late December.
I spent 3 hours restoring the machine. Glad I've done the process many times, and that I already had the correct Apple Configurator installed on my mac mini m1.
Just curious, why did you go the recovery route, rather than booting to a USB installer with the OS version you want, then wiping and reinstalling the internal from it? I installed Ventura to my blank internal a coupe of days ago, it was about 40 mins all up.
Great question
Honestly I didn't think ahead when I logged in.
I created a test account, with the password test. Which leads to the root user account having that password.
Anyways, I really wanted to wipe everything, and restore it. So macOS Catalina was installed first, then upgraded to macOS Monterey
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I am really pleased with the machine. It has the 4TB SSD, which was the main reason I choose it over an available 2TB version. And why I wish to sell my 1TB SSD machine.
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I can not believe it. The Mac Pro 12-core I purchased, that was sold as new, unused, with original packaging (box).
It was delivered in a box with a different serial number to the unit itself
I have sent a message to the shop on ebay, asking why the numbers do not match.
So much for German precision, wow
It was delivered in a box with a different serial number to the unit itself
I have sent a message to the shop on ebay, asking why the numbers do not match.
So much for German precision, wow
Did you find that information on your own machine?
And are you pleased with it?
Yes, these stats are easy to read via S.M.A.R.T. I don't remember the exact power-on count, but it was around 10 cycles and 4 TB of data written. Unfortunately, my new machine started getting very slow and eventually stopped booting into macOS. I'm currently dealing with a warranty claim with the seller.