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Buy DVD - Apple Mac Pro MA970LL/A Desktop (Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB Hard Drive, 16x SuperDrive)
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List Price: $2,799.00
Our Price: $2,589.00
Your Save: $ 210.00 ( 8% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
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Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: Apple
CPU Manufacturer: Intel
CPU Speed: 2.8
CPU Type: Intel Pentium II Xeon
EAN: 0718908999318
Feature: Two 2.8 GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors with dual-independent 1600 MHz front side buses
Hard Disk Size: 320
Label: Apple Computer
Manufacturer: Apple Computer
Model: MA970LL/A
Processor Count: 8
Publisher: Apple Computer
Studio: Apple Computer
System Memory Size: 2000
System Memory Type: DDR2 SDRAM
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Features
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Two 2.8 GHz quad-core Intel Xeon processors with dual-independent 1600 MHz front side buses
2 GB RAM expandable up to 32 GB, 320 GB hard drive, 16x Double-Layer SuperDrive
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB (Two dual-link DVI)
Two FireWire 800 ports, two FireWire 400 ports, five USB 2.0 ports, and two USB 2.0 ports on keyboard
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard (includes Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, Spotlight, Dashboard, Mail, iChat, Safari, Address Book, QuickTime, iCal, DVD Player, Photo Booth, Front Row, Xcode Developer Tools), iLife '08 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iWeb, and GarageBand)
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: One of the Best Computers I have ever bought
Comment: This is my 3rd computer. Had a Compaq Computer, a Dell Computer and now the Apple Mac Pro. This is one of the best computers i have ever purchased in my life. Seamless Operating System. MAC OSX is the best and Years ahead of its time. It makes me think how did i ever used Windows!!! Vista is the real reason i switched to mac. After Vista came out Microsoft fell off. Vista is garbage, Office 2007/8 is garbage, and now theres talk of Windows 7?? Looks no different from vista. Just another quack product to milk the consumer.
Anyway Back to MAC Pro. Nice design, Very Quiet (You will never know its even on). Ultra fast. If you need RAM don't buy it from apple. Get it from OWC. They use the same ram apple uses just 60% cheaper.
Now to the Cons. The only real con's is the price. $2500+ is a heavy investment for a computer especially in these hard times in the economy. But to me its worth the price. You really get what you pay for. I would not mind spending $2500+ for a piece of mind. zero to no virus,spyware, and regular headaches of the common PC user is well worth the price.
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Summary: Operating Windows Vista on the Mac Pro-Priceless!
Comment: After years of struggling on PC's from Windows 3.1 to Vista this is the answer for all of those issues.
Setup via Bootcamp was a breeze and it is one fast and silent machine!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good for ten years or more
Comment: This is one computer that will not be obsolete any time soon. I own the 3.2GHz version of this computer. I installed RAM from Memory America for much less than the cost of purchasing with the machine. I put 16GB of memory in this machine and to date I have not had any Page Outs. What this means is you really don't need 16GB of memory. I would still recommend getting 4 4GB DIMM memory boards because at some point, perhaps with the new operatings system Snow Leopard, you might be able to use it all. That will also leave space for another 16GB of Ram for a few years farther out when applications are written to take advantage of all this memory.
I also installed (4) 1 TB drives and found this was not enough. So far have we come since the PDP-11 I learned on in 1972.
The Apple OS X operating system is without peer. I could leave this running forever without any problems. no viruses.
If you purchase Pith Helmut for Safari, and run Safari 3.1.2 you will eliminate all advertisements in your web browings. It is amazing! Make surfing the internet fun again.
I use my machine for iTunes--not a problem there, although I had many problems on Windows it iTunes.
I also use my machine for video editing. Until you have tried it on a Mac, you won't know how sweet it can be.
I've owned this machine for nine months now, and it has been the nicest computer I've ever owned, and I don't see that I'll ever use anything but an Apple ever again. The earlier Mac's were just ok. This is increadibly perfect.
I am buying one of the sculpted aluminum MacBook's for my niece for XMas, and an iMac for my girlfriend. At some point I'll buy a MacBook Pro for myself for video editing in the field.
Apple has hit a home run, but it is more like the winning home run in the final game of the world series.
The only negative too all this is price. I can only say I have no regrets about the cost of this machine--none.
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Summary: My best Mac so far...
Comment: I've used Apple products since 1985, and purchased my first Mac in 1989, a SE/30, which I dearly loved. I went though a few of mediocre products of the 1990's, and then a G3 tower. About four years ago I got a dual G5 tower and it quickly became my favorite. I love the "cheese-grater" aluminum design, and this machine proved to be a reliable workhorse for many years.
This year I realized I needed to move to the Intel platform, and wanted the extra horsepower. Although I hated to get rid of my old tower, I'm happy to say this new model has surpassed my expectations. It's much faster and quieter than my old "wind tunnel", and upgrades are much easier. Thankfully, it kept the same tower design, one of the nicest looking enclosures I've ever seen.
I've owned it for almost six months now, running 24/7, and I've not had one issue with it. Working with multimedia applications is a breeze and it has enough power to quickly accomplish anything I throw at it. I upgraded the video card to a ATI 3870 and use it with two, 24" widescreen displays. I kept the standard 2600 card should I decide to add another monitor (or two).
I love how easy it is to upgrade and install new hard drives and memory. It's a pro-user's dream, and worth every penny I spent on it. Amazon had a great price on it, and as always, provided fast, reliable delivery.
I thought the G5 would become my best Mac, but now, it's this one!
Customer Rating: 
Summary: very nice, overpriced
Comment: The Appleheads are right: This is a great machine with a nice operating system. The Apple OS, though flawed, is better than MS, especially Vista.
The Appleheads are wrong: It is probably not worth double the price of a comparable PC. There are almost as many weird crashes and oddball things that don't work as with XP. One reason I got it was Vista is getting such a bad rap and XP will not be supported forever.
My bottom line: If prices were roughly equivalent (or if money is no object for you), I would recommend the Apple over the PC. As it is I am not so sure. I think Appleheads overstate the advantages. For the most part the advantages and disadvantages cancel each other, in my view, with a slight edge to Apple. Hopefully MS will get it together with Windows 7.
It would have been nice if Apple had licensed its operating system to other vendors. Their hardware is good, but not always the best out there. Most of their parts come from the same place as the PC parts. Some of their design concepts are useful and superior, others are just "look cool" nonsense. If other computer manufacturers could offer the Apple OS the competition would leave us all be better off.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Start your engines, all eight of them. Eight-core processing power was once only top-of-the-line. Now it comes standard. This time around, performance is more phenomenal than ever - up to two times faster than the previous standard-configuration Mac Pro. And with the multi-core technology enhancements of Mac OS X Leopard, the new Mac Pro is a force to be reckoned with. For what ever your working on, either Photoshop or Final Cut Pro enjoy up to 1.8 times faster processing power with this new Mac Pro. All-new high-performance graphics cards from ATI make Mac Pro graphics technology even more cutting edge. ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory, PCI Express 2.0, and two dual-link DVI ports - provides great performance for typical creative applications. The Mac Pro has four 3.5-inch internal hard drive bays that allows for an enormous amount of internal storage, up to 4TB. These bays are direct-attach and cable free, just attach the drive carrier to a Serial ATA hard drive and slide the drive into place. Another smart design allows you to install more memory in a snap. Mac Pro has two memory riser cards with four fully buffered DIMM slots each. Just slide out the riser cards and snap in the memory. With a total of eight DIMM slots available, you can install up to 32GB of 800MHz ECC DIMM memory. If you're looking for a powerful and a sweet looking desktop this is the one for you. ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR3 video memory SuperDrive with double-layer support Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet Front ports - FireWire 800, FireWire 400, 2 USB, Headphone minijack and speaker Back ports - FireWire 800, FireWire 400, 3 USB, Optical Digital Audio In/Out TOSLINK ports, Stereo line-level input/output, 2 RJ-45, 2 DVI ports Expansion slots - 2 PCI Express x4, 1 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Drive bays - One open optical drive bay for optional second SuperDrive, 4 internal 3.5 Mo
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