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Mac Pro 2009 repurposed?

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Is there any use—antique, practical, or otherwise—for my good ol' Mac Pro 2009 tower?

I thought about repurposing the base to try and build out my own NAS, but then decided that I'm better off purchasing a dedicated system rather than trying to build myself.

I also thought about attempting to refurbish it and try to resell.

Is it worth anything? Can I justify any value in the parts? I can't even remember what the current specs are, or even if I did any upgrades.
 
It won't be a bad NAS with its ECC memory. It probably takes a lot of memory, too.

As for OS, running Linux or FreeBSD directly is a nice learning exercise that leaves you with much more control over your NAS.
 
uOpt said:
It won't be a bad NAS with its ECC memory. It probably takes a lot of memory, too.

As for OS, running Linux or FreeBSD directly is a nice learning exercise that leaves you with much more control over your NAS.
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That's fair. That's for your rec. I'm just so hesitant to dive into Linux or anything too technical.
 
zoomrix said:
Well damn, maybe you could lend a hand to those behind you, point me to step 1, wish me luck and send me on my way instead of chewing my head off.
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At no point did I use foul language or all caps or anything, you might want to toughen up a few notches and not be such a wuss.
 
Wade88 said:
At no point did I use foul language or all caps or anything, you might want to toughen up a few notches and not be such a wuss.
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Just looking out for your well-being. Wish you all the best.
 
This is going to be a perfectly fine "browse the web" PC in 2025, or you could have it share out files as some sort of NAS, but in both cases it's going to be a fairly massive power hog in a truly beautiful case. I have a couple of these sitting in storage in case someday I decide to mod it into a PC enclosure, but I've never had time or energy to do so. Today, these are high quality Nehalem-based workstations in world-class enclosures that can run a Chrome or Edge reasonably well. That's about it.
 
zoomrix said:
Is there any use—antique, practical, or otherwise—for my good ol' Mac Pro 2009 tower?

I thought about repurposing the base to try and build out my own NAS, but then decided that I'm better off purchasing a dedicated system rather than trying to build myself.

I also thought about attempting to refurbish it and try to resell.

Is it worth anything? Can I justify any value in the parts? I can't even remember what the current specs are, or even if I did any upgrades.
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https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/

I'll bet your tower still has enough power to run Sequoia decently.
 
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