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acosmichippo
08-28-2009, 03:42 AM
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/acosmicfriend/photo-49.jpg?t=1251444974

picked up an extra monitor and 2x2TB hard drives.

still hasn't shipped out yet, though. I'm hoping that means Snow Leopard will come pre-installed. In any case, it should be here next week.
psylichon
08-28-2009, 03:44 AM
Now you just need a real keyboard. That thing looks like a toy!
acosmichippo
08-28-2009, 03:49 AM
If the mac comes with a board with a numPad, I may use it... if only to have a proper delete key. But being wireless is also nice...
Europa
08-28-2009, 04:20 AM
Yeah, the dual monitors really do dwarf that keyboard, but so do the iMac's. I'd pay a little extra to upgrade it to the 10 key and use a Logitech instead of a Mighty Mouse. What's that on the floor under the desk, recording equipment?
psylichon
08-28-2009, 04:27 AM
Pedal board for guitar FX.

Speaking of which, your speakers aren't staying there, are they Hips?
acosmichippo
08-28-2009, 11:45 AM
Yeah. That speaker on the right is part of my 5.1 surround sound for my TV. I've always just used headphones with my computers.
chris
08-31-2009, 10:59 AM
Looks good. I think you need a bigger desk.

Which Mac Pro are you getting? Any plans to pack it with RAM.
acosmichippo
08-31-2009, 01:25 PM
2x2.26GHz xeons
6GB RAM
geforce gt120
640 GB hdd

the standard configuration for the dual-quad model. Then I'm gonna throw those two 2TB drives in for my iTunes library and a backup. Eventually I will probably upgrade the RAM and videocard, but I think I'll be content for a while.
chris
08-31-2009, 01:38 PM
2x2.26GHz xeons
6GB RAM
geforce gt120
640 GB hdd

the standard configuration for the dual-quad model. Then I'm gonna throw those two 2TB drives in for my iTunes library and a backup. Eventually I will probably upgrade the RAM and videocard, but I think I'll be content for a while.

I'm guessing you'll be set for quite some time. What machine is this replacing? Is this replacing your MacBook Pro?
acosmichippo
08-31-2009, 01:44 PM
Yep. The mbp is on eBay right now... Should be ending in an hour or
so.
acosmichippo
09-02-2009, 03:43 PM
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/acosmicfriend/photo-51.jpg?t=1251920335


http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/acosmicfriend/photo2-2.jpg?t=1251920474



I don't wanna show a wide-angle right now due to my room's condition, but it is awesome. I'm restoring from my MBP's time machine backup now.
Napoleon_PhoneApart
09-02-2009, 07:05 PM
I have to admit to being more than a little jealous...
acosmichippo
09-02-2009, 07:11 PM
Once it's done transferring, I'm going to try to take the bluray drive from my external enclosure and install it in the expansion slot... Hopefully it's a standard size...
acosmichippo
09-02-2009, 09:20 PM
well, it's awesome. While transferring data from two external USB hard drives, AND doing a time machine backup, handbrake was encoding video at an average of 55fps, which is roughly twice as fast as my macbook would do it with no other processes running.

and i haven't even been able to install Snow Leopard yet.
chris
09-02-2009, 09:23 PM
Enjoy all the goodness that comes in that box.:ok:ok

I'm thinking about an Intel SSD for my boot drive. Seems New Egg cannot keep them in stock long enough for me to order one.:dft007:angry
acosmichippo
09-02-2009, 09:26 PM
i had been considering that as well. SLC or MLC?
chris
09-02-2009, 09:31 PM
i had been considering that as well. SLC or MLC?


I believe it's MLC. It's this Intel drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167005). It was $249 last week, but I missed the boat at that price.

I had the original MacBook Air and it was sluggish to me. I ended up getting a refurb with the SSD and it made all the difference in the world. I'm thinking my Mac Pro would be a beast with an SSD for the start up disk. I have to plan out how I'd use those precious 80GB.
acosmichippo
09-02-2009, 09:51 PM
oh, damn, that's a great price.

you seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs
acosmichippo
09-10-2009, 03:33 PM
Just installed an nvidia GTX 285... Gonna be trying it out on Aion as soon as the driver updates...

I'll have to get a pic of the inside of this thing.
Napoleon_PhoneApart
09-10-2009, 03:54 PM
I believe it's MLC. It's this Intel drive (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167005). It was $249 last week, but I missed the boat at that price.

I had the original MacBook Air and it was sluggish to me. I ended up getting a refurb with the SSD and it made all the difference in the world. I'm thinking my Mac Pro would be a beast with an SSD for the start up disk. I have to plan out how I'd use those precious 80GB.

Are SSDs really that much faster than standard issue hard drives? I know that they should be, but the real-world reviews I've read vary as to the real difference.
acosmichippo
09-10-2009, 04:22 PM
You didn't watch that video, did you...
Napoleon_PhoneApart
09-10-2009, 04:28 PM
Yes, I have that silly Samsung twit stored in iTunes.
acosmichippo
09-10-2009, 06:29 PM
just took some pics of the innards...

Side Panel off:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3516/3908143616_512273630a.jpg



Processor tray out:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2482/3908143272_f77b4f42a9.jpg



Good angle of the Hard Drives:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3907365743_957f406d60.jpg



and the new video card:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2508/3908144572_93f09eca74.jpg
MrMike6by9
09-10-2009, 07:31 PM
Man, I followed the link in your Sig ... WoW! That was some awesome Jeff Beck. Many thanks for that. I'm definitely getting that CD.
acosmichippo
09-10-2009, 07:58 PM
He is the greatest.

There is a DVD/Bluray of that show as well. I highly recommend it.
chris
09-30-2009, 04:23 PM
Picked up that Intel SSD. Still in the box and I need to figure out how I'm going to manage that 80GB. Not sure if I want to give up any of it for a Boot Camp partition.
acosmichippo
09-30-2009, 05:13 PM
sweet. where are you gonna put it? in one of the standard bays, or in the open optical bay?

like you, i would also want to have windows installed on one, but i don't really wanna drop the dough on two SSDs... so maybe i'll just wait til next year when they will have more memory.
chris
09-30-2009, 07:33 PM
sweet. where are you gonna put it? in one of the standard bays, or in the open optical bay?

like you, i would also want to have windows installed on one, but i don't really wanna drop the dough on two SSDs... so maybe i'll just wait til next year when they will have more memory.

Not sure. It came with a bracket, so probably the standard bays. Might have to unseat a hard drive.