This 2006 Mac Pro isn't trash yet!
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- čas přidán 21. 10. 2023
- Hrutkay Mods El Capitan upgrade video:
• Mac 32 Bit EFI, Newer ...
I have can't personally vouch for the files he provides, but he does seem to be respected in the retro modding community.
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You keep saying 1,2. Surely you mean 2,1. That would be the 2007 Mac Pro, but the 1,1 can be upgraded to 2,1 firmware.
You are correct, the 2,1 was upgradable from 1,1. Must be some sort of brain goof if I was saying 1,2. I did a quick search because this was a while ago, and it looks like there isn’t such a model as 1,2 for the Mac Pro. Thanks for the correction!
I also pinned your comment in case other people are confused with my nonsense, lol
I have a 5.1 and it is still running well. I occasionally do stop motion animation.
2X 5690, 128GB RAM and an RX580 8GB video card.
I have 3x 1TB storage (one of them is an nVME. It is connected to my 30" Cinema Display. My system is in mint condition, looks brand new. Not too many left in this condition.
I can still play with it as it has Intel CPU, still can do everything I need to do.
The current M series computers are expensive (the base line is not enough) and it would cost me around $2K to get the Mac that I want to. So at the moment I am very happy with my old, 14 yo setup.
I got one of these for free off of a friend because it wasnt working. Fixed it up and got snow leopard. I will probably try upgrading it, like in this video!
Companies like Apple put in your head you need to upgrade, so they can sell you something new. Im still using a 17" MacBook Pro 2.2 ghz, Mac Pro 2013 and Mac Pro 2010 to run Mac OS Server to host my website
thats only a problem if youre a poor
@@juanshaftpatel7488 "poor" while apple devices are very high prices today! Calling "poor" is not a problem
@aftpatel7488 every poor person nowadays has latest iphone lol, not really a status symbol anymore
I got an old Mac Pro (6 core 3.33GHz) bumped the RAM up to 32GB, Installed a 1TB SSD and 4GB 580 graphics card and Zorin OS. It runs great! All for about $100. Went ahead and installed 4 additional 1TB hard drives for timeshift backups and storage.
It's too bad there isn't much support for PPC in the Linux world anymore. Great video as always!
Thank you!! Yes, it would be fun to try the G5 as a daily driver on Linux. I was actually shocked when I looked it up; I was completely expecting to find a fully maintained PPC install package. But with tinkering, it does seem possible to get a usable version running.
I can work my way around Linux, but I'm no expert; it might not be a difficult task for someone with better Linux skills than me, lol!
PPC is still supported for IBM servers.
@@stonent Interesting! So I imagine server type packages will continue to be maintained for PPC then, like Apache, etc. Perhaps a Linux G5 isn't as crazy as I initially thought. Thanks for the correction!
Feinix PPC, MintPPC and VoidPPC are the best "supported" distros on PowerPC Linux these days. Adelie Linux also exists. Sorbet Leopard or Shurkien Tiger also exist. @@rebootretro
Sobert Leopard Mac X is the way to go...?
tho i go a 1.1 for free (cause it wasn't booting) i've seen people try to sell 4.1 or 5.1 for the price of a modern low budget pc. don't know what's up with that but paying for one of these is definitely not worth it considering how power hungry they are considering the performance with or without upgrades.
i love the design tho, it looks very clean inside and outside; i'm trying to find an easy way to make it atx compatible cause it's a waste of aluminum to throw this away
A few people have done ATX conversions. Linus Tech Tips did one a little while back that looked pretty good. I think Snazzy Labs did one too, and used an angle grinder to create the back IO hole if I recall.
@@rebootretro i've seen a few, but i don't have LTT budget or resources (or skills, or tools) so i'm gonna go for something more "rough". but according to my research a micro atx should fit fine and require only a few cuts and a spare case; imo it's worth it to get a very good looking case
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The early days of UEFI (2005 for PCs, 2006 for Macs) were fun! Windows had good support for it starting with Vista x64 SP1 given that you weren't trying to do anything fancy like dual booting and of course Apple supported its own hardware, but Linux distros could and can still be a bit of a hit and miss. I ran into a similar issue to yours not long ago trying to install Ubuntu Server on a Class 2 UEFI Intel motherboard from Q2'08 (DX48BT2). In full UEFI mode it would simply crash during the installation process. If I'd set Rufus to MBR and disabled UEFI in the BIOS, the loader would still detect the machine as UEFI capable and installed itself this way which worked but wouldn't boot once the installation completed. I tried regressing to older versions and found out that Ubuntu 16.04.7 properly installed in MBR mode and I could then upgrade normally to the latest version. My guess is that anything that includes UBL in GRUB (2017+ ???) will give you a run for your money on older systems.
That's interesting! You could be right, I've noticed too that the UEFI issue on older systems seemed to start around 2017 versions. It's funny that we both resorted to the same solution; install old version, then upgrade. I've done that on a couple systems, and no issues with that method.
I managed to get two Mac Pros, a 1,1 and a 3,1, I managed to get a GPU for it and install both OS X Lion and Windows 10, and surprisingly it isn’t terrible, and general benchmarks of the GPU from the internet say the 5770 that’s in my Mac is better than what I have in my PC which is kinda sad
hi. i didnt have another computer to do the part you intal the sistem and plug in mac pro....what should i do? tks
You would need to make a custom install USB or DVD that you can boot directly on the Mac. You would still need to use another Windows PC, but you wouldn't need to take it apart.
I haven't used or tested this method personally, but Hrutkay Mods has a tutorial here you could check out: czcams.com/video/yEW7dLWRJ_M/video.html
Vidéo très intéressante pour ma part j'ai un mac pro 3.1 je l'ai acheté le seul logiciel qui était installé c'était Windows 10 et il tourne merveilleusement bien je vois dans la vidéo une astuce pour installer Windows 11 je vais m'empresser de tester cette solution lol j'ai également installé par moi-même des anciens systèmes macro el capitain et Sierra tu tournes bien pour l'instant le but étant de les pousser au maximum avoir avec open core peut être lol en tout cas ça nous rappelle le bon lieutenant de l'informatique ou les tours que l'on achetait étaient modifiables presque à volonté
Where can you find them dirt cheap?
Local classifieds (Craigslist, etc), or recyclers generally. I imagine eBay will be expensive due to shipping. Apple sold way less of these than iMacs and MacBooks, so there aren’t as many for sale. But they tend to be pretty cheap when you find them; unless it’s been highly upgraded or someone overvalued it.
Hrutkay mod videos help turned a thrown out macpro 1,1 into 2,1 running El Capitan . I use it as a offline video editor. Some browsers still work. I hope someone comes up with a reliable browsers to keep these machines going. Would like to add windows but not sure which video I should follow to do so. Seems complicated and could be 50/50 type outcome
If you're trying to install Windows directly on the Mac Pro, it's a little complicated because you need to customize the loader. If you have a spare PC hanging around, the method I show in the video should be MUCH easier. You just set the BIOS settings on the PC like shown, install Windows normally (don't connect to the internet/activate/etc yet), and once install finishes move the drive over to the Mac. If you managed to do the 1,1 to 2,1 upgrade, Windows should be easy :)
@@rebootretrohad to rewatch video 5:35 I imagine this point what your comment refers to. Don't have a PC 😞 but I do have a toughbook that runs windows but it's for work.
Is it possible to do this without directly affecting the toughbook OS?
@@bxvideony You have to install the Mac hard drive into the PC, so your work almost certainly won't like that :(
If you can find even an old PC to borrow, you should be able to do it. If you're doing Windows 10, you should be able to use a Core 2 or first generation Core i system - people are literally giving these away at this point.
In your case, a custom installer and direct install on Mac is probably the best option, unfortunately. I looked into it - it did not seem very hard, but just a hassle. If you got the other upgrades so far, I'm sure you could figure it out. :)
@@rebootretro appreciated, thanks again.
At this point, you can get some good office Windows PCs for $100 (6th, 7th gen Intel). Throw in a small form factor Nvidia RTX 4060 and you are off to the races!
For sure, if you're going to spend actual cash on a computer, there's way better options out there. Those 6th/7th gens perform pretty good - and consume WAY less power, lol. Full tilt, the Mac Pro could raise the temperature in a small room, haha.
Exactly right - except for the most demanding power users, a 6th Gen Intel core i5/7 or better will easily handle anything thrown at it.
That's the amazing part about modern CPUs, just how powerful they have become.
For 50 USD you can buy 64 GB of FBdimm. The 100 USD computers are usuall DDR3, so you will get max. 32 GB into them.
Another Great, Anti Apple, Video!
Intel has an entire series of low power clovertown chips; you can drop your CPU power draw to 50 to 100 watts.
Horrifically energy wasteful.
Recycle
it requires more energy to build a new computer genius
@@kinglumpy6145maybe if this computer was only being run for one day
I'm paying for that energy I'll waste it if I want to Gretta.
@@dragonballjiujitsu remember you said that when power is no longer so cheap...
@@looneyburgmusic Power is not exactly cheap now.