Mac Pro (2008) Reliability?

[GregPacker]

3 weeks out of the box and my early 2008 Mac Pro has been diagnosed by Apple to have a dead logic board.....Were it not for the 50ish lbs of metal and Si, I might have opted for bringing it to the Apple Store

Sounds familiar, after almost exactly 3 weeks my fourth one died last weekend and won't turn on at all, let alone boot up. I lugged the 50ish lbs to the Apple store (a familiar route) and got the aching arms to prove it. Waiting for repairs now. Think different. I'm starting to.

 

[yoak]

We have had our MP 2.8 octo for 2 weeks now.
In this period we have captured some 400GB of HD and HDV footage from tape and solidstate media. We have then edited 2 30 min TV programs (both have aired on national television here in Norway) and done a lot of rendering and exporting.
When it´s up and running it´s perfect. FCP crashed ones, I think that might have to do with the fact that we only have 2 gig of RAM still.

It does shut down after being in sleep mode for a while. We have also had problems booting the machine. After the start up sound we just get a grey screen.
Had to try 5 times to get it up and running.
Not good for the nerves at 4 in the morning with 5 hours left to deadline. I thougt I was gonig to throw up, but it did start up again.

Not sure if I have the latest EFI as I don´t have internet were we are editing

 

[darthraige]

All I have to say is that I had a G4 for 7 years... Getting this new MacPro was by far the best purchase I have ever made, well, maybe first getting my fiance her engagement ring, but the MacPro is awesome. Best Mac purchase EVER! You will love it!

 

[Erwin-Br]

I remember being a little scared when I bought the 2008 Mac Pro in February. I read about so many problems and trouble on these forums! But I'm happy to say that I never regretted it. My machine has been, and still is, running flawlessly! Never had a problem with it. Not even a single kernel panic! (I would knock on wood now, if I believed that'd work)

I hope it will remain running great, because I do not ever want to haul that heavy thing to a store, with my bad back.

--Erwin