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Mac Pro 8800gt Are Shipping!
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Krikey... like going from a 5 hp outboard dinghy to a 21' Malibu!
Most excellent.
Must be akin to what I felt like going from my 233 MHz orange iMac to my '02 Quicksilver rig.
Most excellent.
What Exactly Is Shipping
I've had my Octo since retail day 3, but the 8800GT wasn't going to hold me up for 7 weeks. Or was it? Has anyone ordered the card by itself and received it?
Mac Mall says they will receive 48 cards on 2/28. They are all back ordered.
See below for the official Apple company line on the individual cards!
Dear Apple Developer,
Unfortunately, the commitments dates for the NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 graphics card will as shown on the order status site: Ship by March 26. I do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please let me know if you wish to cancel your order.
Best Regards,
LaToya Erskine
I've had my Octo since retail day 3, but the 8800GT wasn't going to hold me up for 7 weeks. Or was it? Has anyone ordered the card by itself and received it?
Mac Mall says they will receive 48 cards on 2/28. They are all back ordered.
See below for the official Apple company line on the individual cards!
Dear Apple Developer,
Unfortunately, the commitments dates for the NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 graphics card will as shown on the order status site: Ship by March 26. I do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please let me know if you wish to cancel your order.
Best Regards,
LaToya Erskine
Finally...
I got my workstation yesterday. It was actually dropped off next door and left without a signature, but it was still there waiting for me.
After I cleared out my computer room of a crap load of old stuff and cleaned everything it is finally purring away. I cannot believe how much faster everything is over the G4 that I am giving to my Dad.
I still have not installed the RAID card, but the extra 8GB of memory should hold me for a while.
If you have not yet decided if this generation is what you really want, let me tell you YES IT IS!
This is the machine that I have wanted for the last 5 years. Everything is smooth and just what anyone could want in a workstation.
Go for it, you will not regret your decision. Only if you continue to wait for the next generation. Trust me, while there is always something faster down the pike, this generation is a machine that will last most everyone for a while and then some.
I got my workstation yesterday. It was actually dropped off next door and left without a signature, but it was still there waiting for me.
After I cleared out my computer room of a crap load of old stuff and cleaned everything it is finally purring away. I cannot believe how much faster everything is over the G4 that I am giving to my Dad.
I still have not installed the RAID card, but the extra 8GB of memory should hold me for a while.
If you have not yet decided if this generation is what you really want, let me tell you YES IT IS!
This is the machine that I have wanted for the last 5 years. Everything is smooth and just what anyone could want in a workstation.
Go for it, you will not regret your decision. Only if you continue to wait for the next generation. Trust me, while there is always something faster down the pike, this generation is a machine that will last most everyone for a while and then some.
Recommendation...
If you are looking for a good monitor without breaking the bank I recommend the following:
SAMSUNG SyncMaster 245BW
It is 24 inches of real estate and all black which looks cool. While there are certainly better monitors out there, they are hundreds more than what I paid at Amazon.
Check out the specs if you are looking for a large monitor without spending half what you paid for your system.
I am very pleased with my purchase over other options I could have made. I personally don't think there is a better monitor for the money spent.
If you are looking for a good monitor without breaking the bank I recommend the following:
SAMSUNG SyncMaster 245BW
It is 24 inches of real estate and all black which looks cool. While there are certainly better monitors out there, they are hundreds more than what I paid at Amazon.
Check out the specs if you are looking for a large monitor without spending half what you paid for your system.
I am very pleased with my purchase over other options I could have made. I personally don't think there is a better monitor for the money spent.
Early 2008 Mac Pro with 8800GT:
Ordered 2-14-08
Shipped 2-16-08
Arrived 2-19-08
So far it's great! During first boot, it asked if I wanted to transfer data from another Mac. I raised an eyebrow, but decided to try it. I chose the "Use Time Machine" since my iMac had all my stuff. Everything just worked! All my apps, mail, music, etc transferred over with no problems.
I partitioned 32 gigs for Bootcamp and started the Windows install CD. After it copied the initial files over and rebooted to continue the install, I got a disk error crash when trying to boot off the Windows partition. I did a quick Google and found an article about why you must reformat the windows partition before installing, even tho bootcamp already set it up you still need to format it during the windows install. It said never choose "Leave partition unchanged" which I had ignorantly done.
So I booted off the Windows CD again to start over, this time formatted the partition for FAT 32, and the installation worked great.
Everything's perfect so far, Mac side and Windows!
Ordered 2-14-08
Shipped 2-16-08
Arrived 2-19-08
So far it's great! During first boot, it asked if I wanted to transfer data from another Mac. I raised an eyebrow, but decided to try it. I chose the "Use Time Machine" since my iMac had all my stuff. Everything just worked! All my apps, mail, music, etc transferred over with no problems.
I partitioned 32 gigs for Bootcamp and started the Windows install CD. After it copied the initial files over and rebooted to continue the install, I got a disk error crash when trying to boot off the Windows partition. I did a quick Google and found an article about why you must reformat the windows partition before installing, even tho bootcamp already set it up you still need to format it during the windows install. It said never choose "Leave partition unchanged" which I had ignorantly done.
So I booted off the Windows CD again to start over, this time formatted the partition for FAT 32, and the installation worked great.
Everything's perfect so far, Mac side and Windows!
It's so nice...
Well, I ordered 2.4.08, (dual 2.8, 8800GT, 500 GB HD, Airport) and it came yesterday. Got it set up and running with all the system updates, an hour saw the installation of CS3 Production Premium, and another hour saw the updates to CS3 installed... and everything is running really well. (knocks on closest laminated wood-like product) Now, as cool as this all is, I'm sadly unprepared. I have no audio cable to go to my receiver (I used digital coax out of an M-Audio Audiophile card on the G4), I didn't blow the $100 for the ADC to DVI adapter, so my old Apple display is with the G4 which leaves me to work (temporarily, thankfully) on the Mac Pro with a barely second-rate MAG 17" lcd. So it'll be a few more days until I can really take advantage of the beastliness of this thing, but I'm loving it so far. All the little things that bugged me about 10.5 on my Quicksilver don't seem to apply to the MP, which makes me want to wipe the Quicksilver clean and start over with it... I think it would probably help a little.
I'm not sure how many are still waiting for their Jan/early Feb orders here in this thread, but if you are, I'd love to keep you company, but I've got lots to do! Good luck!
Well, I ordered 2.4.08, (dual 2.8, 8800GT, 500 GB HD, Airport) and it came yesterday. Got it set up and running with all the system updates, an hour saw the installation of CS3 Production Premium, and another hour saw the updates to CS3 installed... and everything is running really well. (knocks on closest laminated wood-like product) Now, as cool as this all is, I'm sadly unprepared. I have no audio cable to go to my receiver (I used digital coax out of an M-Audio Audiophile card on the G4), I didn't blow the $100 for the ADC to DVI adapter, so my old Apple display is with the G4 which leaves me to work (temporarily, thankfully) on the Mac Pro with a barely second-rate MAG 17" lcd.
So it'll be a few more days until I can really take advantage of the beastliness of this thing, but I'm loving it so far. All the little things that bugged me about 10.5 on my Quicksilver don't seem to apply to the MP, which makes me want to wipe the Quicksilver clean and start over with it... I think it would probably help a little.I'm not sure how many are still waiting for their Jan/early Feb orders here in this thread, but if you are, I'd love to keep you company, but I've got lots to do! Good luck!
I'm SO SICK OF THIS. I've been waiting since jan 20th, and in the meantime a new graphix card gets released and i'm one generation behind AGAIN.
I WANT TO BE UP TO DATE AT LEAST 1 WEEK.
screw this... if the computer is not working properly when i get i'm just gonna get a hammer and thrash it
I WANT TO BE UP TO DATE AT LEAST 1 WEEK.
screw this... if the computer is not working properly when i get i'm just gonna get a hammer and thrash it
I ordered mine on 2.4 and it arrived 2.19 (dual 2.8, 500 GB HD, 8800GT) and it came with 10.5.1 discs. I wonder how long it will be before they do ship with the .2 version.
Can you send me a link with instructions on how to partition your start up drive for Windows? I'm a mac user and Windows is not my forte. I'll have a 1 TB drive to split for OSX and Windows. I want to partition a drive for Windows to run games. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Bootcamp is the easiest way. Look in your Applications/Utilities folder.
A few things to remember:
1. In addition to reading, if you also want to WRITE from the Mac to the PC, the simplest way is to format your Windows partition with FAT32. If you don't need to write, then use NTFS. (There are ways to write NTFS also, but not built in.)
2. During the Windows installer, be careful to choose the correct partition (it will probably be called "C" or "Bootcamp." If you choose the wrong (usually larger) partition, you will overwrite your Mac partition.
3. Do not simply "leave partition as is." Instead do a full format with FAT32 or NTFS.
That's it, no other tricks.
A few things to remember:
1. In addition to reading, if you also want to WRITE from the Mac to the PC, the simplest way is to format your Windows partition with FAT32. If you don't need to write, then use NTFS. (There are ways to write NTFS also, but not built in.)
2. During the Windows installer, be careful to choose the correct partition (it will probably be called "C" or "Bootcamp." If you choose the wrong (usually larger) partition, you will overwrite your Mac partition.
3. Do not simply "leave partition as is." Instead do a full format with FAT32 or NTFS.
That's it, no other tricks.
Others have said that if I have a RAID card, I cannot simply leave that drive out of the RAID and still install XP. Is that the case? Does anyone know the low down?
You can not use Boot Camp if you have an Apple RAID card, you can use Fusion or Parallels though
You can not use Boot Camp if you have an Apple RAID card, you can use Fusion or Parallels though
So I could use Parallels to run Windows on Mac OS and run Windows' games then correct? Will there be any performance issues doing it this way?
Most windows games won't work well, or at all under virtualization. Depends on the game and how graphically demanding it is.
They told me 3-4 weeks, and I got it in two weeks. I had it for nearly two weeks and love it. 3.2GHz and just installed to TB drives. The original 320GB drive had errors. I'd like to get a few SAS drives, but that will have to wait. New memory coming in this week too! Be warned, there is a backlog on 4GB mem.
Ordered my BTO from MacConnection 1/10/08. It arrives tomorrow.........finally!
3.0 8800GT 2Gb ram 500Gb HD
Xtras in hand:
2x1tb samsung hd's
4x4gb OWC ram
20WSX Wacom Cintiq monitor
oh yeah....my Aeron arrives this Wed.
3.0 8800GT 2Gb ram 500Gb HD
Xtras in hand:
2x1tb samsung hd's
4x4gb OWC ram
20WSX Wacom Cintiq monitor
oh yeah....my Aeron arrives this Wed.
Ordered base configuration, but added 8800GT. Placed order on Friday.
Ships by: Feb 27 - Feb 29
Delivers by: Feb 29 - Mar 6
Fingers crossed that it will ship earlier. Will replace my Dual 2.0 Ghz PowerMac G5 which I'll put on eBay. They appear to be fetching $1k. Also selling off my DELL E521 to help cover the cost of the new beast. Purchased VMWare, XP and Vista Home Premium in advance of the big day. It's safe to say I'm very excited.
Ships by: Feb 27 - Feb 29
Delivers by: Feb 29 - Mar 6
Fingers crossed that it will ship earlier. Will replace my Dual 2.0 Ghz PowerMac G5 which I'll put on eBay. They appear to be fetching $1k. Also selling off my DELL E521 to help cover the cost of the new beast. Purchased VMWare, XP and Vista Home Premium in advance of the big day. It's safe to say I'm very excited.