[utw-Mephisto]

Just wondering what your reason was or will be to buy / bought a MacPro ..

I don't own one yet and although I don't have a professional need for it (video editing for example) I know I will get one in the near future ..

My reason : I want to have a PC where all the components work together as designed .. without bluescreens etc. etc.

Since my PC died and I needed rather a laptop I bought a MacBook .. The reason was simply I couldn't decide if I get an IBM or Sony and neither were delivering to Gibraltar (where I live) - their fault, my luck since I found on accident a shop here which sells Mac ...

Since I now enjoyed the most stable system I have had for years I decided to get a Mac Pro regardless the high price .. So I don't have a professional use, but I want to enjoy a stable perfect system. The good thing : I have already 16 GB here from previous server

[davidflas]

I bought my Mac Pro after having owned a Mac Book because I wanted the most upgradeable Mac I could buy. I can easily upgrade the RAM,HD, GPU, Optical drive.... even the cpus with a bit of effort. The Mac Book was great, but for my non-professional use it just wasn't cutting it.. If I could have both a Mac Pro and a Mac Book, that would be the ideal setup.

[mac128k-1984]

I bought a macpro for a number of reasons.
1. The PowerPC could not boot windows, but with parallels and bootcamp I have that ability. I need to use windows to connect to my company, this saves me having a pc.
2. Expansion, 4 bays, allows plenty of storage capability
3. Better GPU alternatives then an imac and mini
4. Longevity - by getting such a fast machine I hope to stretch the time of needing a new machine
5. Aperture, Photoshop - I want a machine with some horsepower to handle those apps.
6. SPEED - this baby is FAST.

To be honest, I purchased my Macpro before the 24" iMac came out, and other then reason #2 & #3, I would have been pleased to get that. Now don't get me wrong, I've had no buyers remorse but the 24" iMac is no slouch.

[utw-Mephisto]

Another reason for me : Clean PC .. what I mean : Look inside of a normal PC with 4 HDD ... those cable ... horrible Look inside of a Mac Pro : beautiful

[Northeastern292]

Originally Posted by mac128k-1984 

I bought a macpro for a number of reasons.
1. The PowerPC could not boot windows, but with parallels and bootcamp I have that ability. I need to use windows to connect to my company, this saves me having a pc.
2. Expansion, 4 bays, allows plenty of storage capability
3. Better GPU alternatives then an imac and mini
4. Longevity - by getting such a fast machine I hope to stretch the time of needing a new machine
5. Aperture, Photoshop - I want a machine with some horsepower to handle those apps.
6. SPEED - this baby is FAST.

To be honest, I purchased my Macpro before the 24" iMac came out, and other then reason #2 & #3, I would have been pleased to get that. Now don't get me wrong, I've had no buyers remorse but the 24" iMac is no slouch.

That's the reason I want a Mac Pro, and the first reason of Boot Camp plus Intel was the reason I went back to using Mac's (cost was a bit of a downer)

Originally Posted by utw-Mephisto 

Just wondering what your reason was or will be to buy / bought a MacPro ..

I don't own one yet and although I don't have a professional need for it (video editing for example) I know I will get one in the near future ..

My reason : I want to have a PC where all the components work together as designed .. without bluescreens etc. etc.

Since my PC died and I needed rather a laptop I bought a MacBook .. The reason was simply I couldn't decide if I get an IBM or Sony and neither were delivering to Gibraltar (where I live) - their fault, my luck since I found on accident a shop here which sells Mac ...

Since I now enjoyed the most stable system I have had for years I decided to get a Mac Pro regardless the high price .. So I don't have a professional use, but I want to enjoy a stable perfect system. The good thing : I have already 16 GB here from previous server

That RAM better be FB-DIMM's.

[utw-Mephisto]

They are FB-DIMMs but with a smaller heatsink ..

[hotdogsoup]

I was torn between the 24 inch Imac and the Mac Pro, and I have no buyers remorse either, I do not do anything professional with it, but I have hours of DV tape of my children, and tons of photos, I but the Pro for the upgradeable storage space, and it should be fast enough for me for several years. This is my first Mac and I am blown away.

[Altered_Ego]

As a current PC user, looking to Macs, I've gone two ways:

1.) The iMacs look great because they take up little desk space. Oh, but they really can't be upgraded the way a PC can.

2.) The Mac Pro appeals to my "macho techno geek" instincts. Hey, I can upgrade those!

I'm very pleased by the apparent ease of installing new hard drives. But the pictures and description of upgrading RAM leave me whimpering.

I'm "retired," and don't make any money from my hobby-pursuits. (Mainly "creating art" with Poser, etc.)

I'd like to eventually try to make videos for amusement. I want a computer that will handle my ambitious desires.

Perhaps a 24" iMac might handle my desires, but a Mac Pro surely would offer more power than I'd ever need, even if it's the "base" model with 2 GB of RAM.

And, boy, does that Mac Pro look sexy!

I could easily afford to buy a Mac Pro, "just this once."

So now I keep waiting till I get some anticipated money, and drooling.

[bearcatrp]

I bought the 24 inch iMac and love it. I use iMovie and make movies from camcording family events. With 2gb ram, does pretty good. Couldn't pass up the opportunity to grab a refub 2ghz macpro for 1899.00 so ordered that. Looking for faster rendering of my videos and plan on upgrading to FCP and know the iMac will probably bog down with only 3gb ram max. I drool for 8-16gb ram for processing. Cant wait until it arrives next week.
Randy

[shinji]

My first computer was a Mac Classic...and I've switched back and forth over the years, but had been on PC for the past 6-7. I had been wanting to switch back, and it was really time to upgrade...plus I wasn't comfortable with Vista. It was either Xeons from Dell/HP/Alienware or Apple, went with Apple (who incidentally were cheaper too)

[stevesnj]

I am going to teach Digital media at my work...so since I know Mac I put in for 4 MacPro's with 23" studio displays

[Xyrrus]

Originally Posted by utw-Mephisto 

Just wondering what your reason was or will be to buy / bought a MacPro ..

I don't own one yet and although I don't have a professional need for it (video editing for example) I know I will get one in the near future ..

My reason : I want to have a PC where all the components work together as designed .. without bluescreens etc. etc.

Since my PC died and I needed rather a laptop I bought a MacBook .. The reason was simply I couldn't decide if I get an IBM or Sony and neither were delivering to Gibraltar (where I live) - their fault, my luck since I found on accident a shop here which sells Mac ...

Since I now enjoyed the most stable system I have had for years I decided to get a Mac Pro regardless the high price .. So I don't have a professional use, but I want to enjoy a stable perfect system. The good thing : I have already 16 GB here from previous server

For a long time I had a Powerbook + A Desktop PC for gaming. The Mac Pros came out when my 1Ghz G4 powerbook was getting pretty old, and the gaming PC wasn't as quick as it once was. Really, they both needed replacement and the Mac Pro let me do that. Also, the powerbook starting feeling pretty slow after I got a DSLR camera, and I realized I could be looking at chewing through a lot of drive space over the next 2-3 years. I also had a pair of 20" dell monitors so I knew I wanted a Mac that I could run a multi monitor config.

I looked at maybe getting a new laptop + upgrading my PC but the cost of that easily hit the $2499 cost of the base Pro, so I told myself it made financial sense, too Now my desktop does everything in one case, my G4 powerbook does mail + im and I'll probably turn my old PC into a DVR.

-Xy

[voo]

Originally Posted by utw-Mephisto 

Another reason for me : Clean PC .. what I mean : Look inside of a normal PC with 4 HDD ... those cable ... horrible Look inside of a Mac Pro : beautiful

Like this?

Example with a lot of hard drives in a PC.





Though look at this for funkyness!






Though this is the cleanest PC I've seen to match the Mac Pro's insides, but you still see cables or a lot of them...

against the Mac Pro.

[danviento]

I don't have the money right now for a Mac Pro, but certainly do want one. I started using Logic Pro back on an old CRT eMac when I saw they had an educational price for only $325. Needless to say, that was not working out so well. @ years later, I got a 1.67 Ghz PowerBook. Finally, i thought, I can run all of my animation & design software and Logic without it hitting the speed & memory barrier. Sadly, it hits that all too soon. Once you have all of these fancy sound modeling tools, you want to have to option to use any of them at any time. I still have issues editting and mixing tracks to the point where my hobby sits by the wayside.

The MacPro should be the answer to my prayers. Anyone know where the wall is in terms of processing power and synths like Sculpture and ESX24? Even Ultrabeat has issues when I'm changing track/voice parameters. This kind of ability and interface is what makes the program so valuable, but I don't have the live editting experience toted by its ads .

[Klipse]

if the mac pro came with C2D processors and not xeon ones, i'm sure the prices will be much lower and more people will make the switch that's for sure.. for that price, it's a little steep for me I might have to be contented with my PC rig for games

[chefpastry]

My reasons:

1. My MDD was getting a bit long in the tooth.
2. I wanted something expandable. More than 2GB of RAM. Drives.
3. The CPUs in the Mac Pro were upgradable.
4. Parallels. Because I really wanted to get rid of the Windows laptop that occupied my desk. (This is kind of related to reason #2. Since my Windows setup requires quite a bit of RAM, the Mac Pro was the only alternative.)

I needed a new machine. I held off from buying a PowerMac G5 because I didn't like the water cooling. The fear of springing a leak would always be in the back of my mind. Also, I don't see any CPU upgrades coming for the PowerMac G5s anytime soon.

[nerd]

I just ordered a Mac Pro yesterday to replace my Dual 2ghz G5. My only true motivation is better Aperture performance. Well okay, and exporting HD EyeTV encodings won't take as long either.