A friend has one, and decided that he did not like it (not fast enough, not as good as his current WinTel system, he wants a dual-core, etc), so he has offered to sell it to me. He will add the 30" monitor. It has 48 gb of ram, and he is going to put a 1 tb SSD into the system. What I want to know are the following things:
1) Are there any USB 3.0 add on cards that work with the Mac Pro 2009?
2) How do you open the DVD drive?
3) Is it compatible with my Macbook Pro running Sierra? Will my programs/apps sync?
4) Should I tell him no thanks, and get a newer model, maybe a 2011+?
5) Or should I just get an iMac?
Everything is in great shape, he just got it a week ago for $900 (inlcuding the monitor), and is offering it to me at the same price. I will be able to get it in April ($$$$ save up).
1) Are there any USB 3.0 add on cards that work with the Mac Pro 2009?
2) How do you open the DVD drive?
3) Is it compatible with my Macbook Pro running Sierra? Will my programs/apps sync?
4) Should I tell him no thanks, and get a newer model, maybe a 2011+?
5) Or should I just get an iMac?
Everything is in great shape, he just got it a week ago for $900 (inlcuding the monitor), and is offering it to me at the same price. I will be able to get it in April ($$$$ save up).