I am getting a new Mac Pro Quad 2.8Ghz. Does anyone know if it will come with 10.6 or 10.7? I am hoping it is still 10.6 as I still need to use Rosetta for some of my applications. If it does come with 10.7 is there anyway to downgrade to 10.6. Or will the firmware only allow 10.7?
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clasqm
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By now all Macs in the pipeline should have 10.7. Personally, I'd hold back till the MP got Thunderbolt, but that's up to you.
You could run 10.6 in a virtual environment (parallels, VMWare, VirtualBox), or just list your PPC apps and we'll see if we can suggest replacements.
You could run 10.6 in a virtual environment (parallels, VMWare, VirtualBox), or just list your PPC apps and we'll see if we can suggest replacements.
B.K
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Received a MBP 15" last week for someone at work, The latest batch of MBPs come with 10.7 on.
They also have thunderbolt ports.
They also have thunderbolt ports.
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The Mac Pros still let you install 10.6. They might come with 10.7 but it's a simple wipe and install Snow Leopard, or install to another disk.
New Mac Pros only coming in 2012. Missing thunderbolt port might be a pain in future. Remember PC's will also be going thunderbolt in 2012, so many more peripherals. But ther migth be PCI add on cards available later....
Ivy Bridge will however be MUCH quicker than the Core 2 Quad in the current Mac Pro's, but if you can't wait, you can't wait...
Ivy Bridge will however be MUCH quicker than the Core 2 Quad in the current Mac Pro's, but if you can't wait, you can't wait...
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I love my 13" MBP and my advise to you, as it is to everyone I talk to who is planning to buy a Mac, is get the best processor, the i7 if you can. The rest is pretty expensive through Apple but you can upgrade the RAM and HD yourself. The whole process will take 5 minutes.
Do you require 8 gigs now? Best thing would be is to use it and upgrade the ram when you deem necessary, if ever.
As greg0205 mentioned, its very simple to do your self, and Apple don't even use apple ram, they just memory themselves. Read a few articles a few years ago about machines not coming out of sleep properly with generic ram, but it doesn't seem to be an issue any more.
Soapy_Bubbles
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Is it truly worth buying the refresh now, or should we just wait until Ivybridge update next year?
You talking about the macbook pro? IvyBridge processors in a macbook is 10 months away in my opinion, so if you can wait 10 months, go for it. But when it comes out, maybe you will see the newest next best technology, and might just wait for that too.... Really is dependent on needs, but i will say, if I bought 10 months ago, i wouldn't be sad to see this update as it is quite minimal.
I figured I might as well get the additional 4GB now while the cost if low.. I will probably get the 13" i5 and up the ram. Has anyone done this and noticed any significant difference?
You'll be getting the additional 8gb now if you're buying it yourself since the 13" comes with 2x 2gb.
I picked up a i7 2.7ghz the other day and upgraded the ram with some from the C2D 13" I was replacing. Lion likes RAM as does the 64bit apps you'll be running.