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Possible to add WiFi+ Bluetooth to a Mac Pro?
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Title says it all, is it possible, where can I get the pieces, and where can I find the instructions?
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You can add Bluetooth by buying a regular Bluetooth stick (e. g. by D-Link). Most of them contain the same chipset and are thus all supported by OS X. You don't need to do anything but insert it into a free USB port.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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What about the 802.11N WiFi?
There is a good deal on a refurbished Mac Pro right now, but it lacks those two things.
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I guess it doesn't matter, I figured out how to get an even better deal on a new one with a student discount, some after-market ram and HDD, and a refurbished cinema display.
(Last edited by silverflyer; Jul 15, 2007 at 12:11 PM.
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this isnt for me incase anyone is wondering... LOL.
edit, Is there any reason to go with 4 1gb sticks of ram versus 2 2gb sticks?
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You can buy the internal Wifi/BT cards for the Mac Pro from a variety of places... a lot of people want them to upgrade their Core Duo macs to 802.11n.
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Mdeull, about your sig, what are the differences between the Santa Rosa and the "Crestline?"
I have never heard this before.
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Santa Rosa is a "platform" which needs three things- Intel chipset (called Crestline), Intel graphics and Intel WiFi. The MBP only uses one out of those three components- the chpiset. So its not really Santa Rosa.
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Originally Posted by Abbas 
Santa Rosa is a "platform" which needs three things- Intel chipset (called Crestline), Intel graphics and Intel WiFi. The MBP only uses one out of those three components- the chpiset. So its not really Santa Rosa.
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ah, I see. So the cpu is the same? Cool. For a second I thought I got gipped...
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