Mac Pro Has A 'Removable' Intel Processor

mope54 said:
good point...it's impossible to get a BIOS update for a Mac lmao
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Apple has released many firmware updates: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237?viewlocale=en_US

It's EFI firmware since Apple never used PC-style "BIOS" on its Intel or any other models. ;)

But the general question of whether you can upgrade your Mac Pro firmware later, it's been done with pretty easy hacks: http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,852.0.html As you can see from there, many people have been able to upgrade CPUs on the prior models.
 
Those are uniprocessor models, not suitable for 2s systems.
 
pxc said:
Those are uniprocessor models, not suitable for 2s systems.
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He said Xeons. Besides the Mac Pro is uniprocessor, the base quad is an E5-1620, one of those pesky uniprocessor models.
 
I didn't really pay much attention to the Mac Pro since idrc about those. ;)

It's a good find on those BGA versions, but 1GHz and 2GHz (no turbo on either) are not very interesting options vs the base 3.6GHz E5. It's not like either of those two Sandy Bridge-based (32nm) Xeons would have been options for the new Mac Pro anyways. The 2GHz one would be slower than the base 2010 Mac Pro model configuration.
 
Red Machine D said:
Look, I know the policy around here is to shove as much Mac news and as many Hover hound popups as possible into every single thread view, but literally every other major builder has been making computers with socketed processors for decades. This is not news.
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You clearly do not know the history of Apple, as noted already in this thread if you actually read it, and their "lack" of upgrade options, including CPU's because they often solder them into the mainboards.

Apple upgrade path has always been simple, buy a new Apple product every X years.
 
MrGuvernment said:
including CPU's because they often solder them into the mainboards.
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Mac Pro models have always had socketed CPUs, since the first one in 2008.

The click-bait article just shows the know nothing level of derp by its author(s).
 
Apple will want to keep this quiet.
Everyone who is going to buy this should get the lowest CPU offered. Immediately sell the CPU, then buy the CPU they want, not from APPLE, and save themselves major $$. I would suggest the user does the same with the RAM as well. The only bargain in this gimmick bucket is the two GFX cards that AMD sold to the at a fraction of their street price.
 
MrGuvernment said:
You clearly do not know the history of Apple, as noted already in this thread if you actually read it, and their "lack" of upgrade options, including CPU's because they often solder them into the mainboards.

Apple upgrade path has always been simple, buy a new Apple product every X years.
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then you clearly don't know the history of apple... the PowerPC macs had their processors on removable cards (except for a couple exceptions like the PowerMac 7200 series which could be upgraded through the cache slot)

the first compact macs were mixed of socketed and soldered processors (motorola 68000).. the later macs that used 68020, 68030, 68040 etc were mostly socketed
 
pxc said:
Apple has released many firmware updates: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237?viewlocale=en_US

It's EFI firmware since Apple never used PC-style "BIOS" on its Intel or any other models. ;)

But the general question of whether you can upgrade your Mac Pro firmware later, it's been done with pretty easy hacks: http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,852.0.html As you can see from there, many people have been able to upgrade CPUs on the prior models.
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I know but I was being facetious :)
 
MrGuvernment said:
Well your talking way way back ;) ;)

i was just thinking since they went intel..
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the first intel mac pro was in 2006 and it has removable processors, I should know it's sitting on my desk with "unsupported" processors in it :p

I never played with the following one but I know it also has socketed processors, then they went to the 1366 processors which were socketed and on a little removable daughter card to make it easier to work on
 
ScottSwing said:
I don't think there's ever been a BGA Xeon processor, has there?
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mhmmm, desinked it just for you.
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funkydmunky said:
Apple will want to keep this quiet.
Everyone who is going to buy this should get the lowest CPU offered. Immediately sell the CPU, then buy the CPU they want, not from APPLE, and save themselves major $$. I would suggest the user does the same with the RAM as well. The only bargain in this gimmick bucket is the two GFX cards that AMD sold to the at a fraction of their street price.
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You know its almost like you could apply this to any PC manufacturer there is.
 
funkydmunky said:
Apple will want to keep this quiet.
Everyone who is going to buy this should get the lowest CPU offered. Immediately sell the CPU, then buy the CPU they want, not from APPLE, and save themselves major $$. I would suggest the user does the same with the RAM as well. The only bargain in this gimmick bucket is the two GFX cards that AMD sold to the at a fraction of their street price.
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the people buying these up in qty are companies and professionals... not enthusiasts...

I guarantee you they will not be doing this... they will keep everything stock apple so they

1) have a "supported" configuration in case of issues/instability
2) don't risk voiding warranty

you can apply your theory to any workstation on the market, and my reply will still hold true
 
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