I Bought a Cheap Mac Pro (Risk vs Reward)

So, you want to buy a "refurbished" Mac Pro, huh? Well, let me tell you how that went for me!
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[@techexprt1]

I bought one last year, It's not worth it for thw follwng reasons: 1. macOS Monetrey is the last OS (Can be upgraded using Oepncore but you lose stability and performance due to cpu/gpu instrustion are old) 2. Thunderbolt 2 in Windows (BootCamp) is very bad and not hot swappable so if any Thunderbolt peripherals are connected must do a cold boot: which connects the devcie before turning on the mac pro to detect the device-SSD-Thunderbolt Dick etc...) and teh big problem is the computer will not go to sleep 3. Limited upgradability.

[@stephenvalente3296]

Wish they were as cheap here in the UK. Want one for my collection.

[@shengyi1701]

I got the same configuration as you in Singapore. The 6-core, with 32 GBs of RAM and with the dual D700s and 512 GB SSD. Cost me about SGD $1900. It was late build in 2018 based on serial number I checked. Pricey still but excellent condition. But you got a real steal. Mine serves as a home theatre computer with external Asus Blu-ray drive attached and with Blu Ray Pro software. Wont beat a Mac Mini but it's got a classy design and something that all PCs and computers should strive. But NVDIA has to come up with massive GPUs in 2023-24 and their RTX 4090 alone costs SGD $2980! A refurbished M3 16-inch MBP goes for only SGD $3079! For once, Apple product is cheaper!

[@m.hreels9822]

I ended up not getting a refurbished one on Amazon I found a fully maxed out model for only $400 on eBay!

[@jeffreysmith4304]

i've had good luck on Ebay Buying a Used MacBook Pro several years ago and an LG Monitor more recently

[@rorywalters1614]

It’s not really worth getting. A maxed out trash can can’t even beat the entry level M1 Mac mini, both in CPU and GPU performance in real usage. You can also boot the M1 Mac mini from an external thunderbolt enclosure+drive, so memory swap wouldn’t brick your Mac.

[@shengyi1701]

Agreed but the insane will fork out US2000 plus foe NVIDIA's RTX 4090 GPU! Compared to refurbished trash can, better to get thrash can or refurbished M3 16-inch MBP!

[@m.hreels9822]

I disagree I like mine. 👍🏻

[@user-wr6ib9tk4s]

hey , it is better to get Mac mini 2018 i7 6 cores 16 GB RAM ddr4 or Mac pro 2013 64 GB RAM DDR Xeon 4 cores . I will use for excel , ( I am economic student). I feel love for Mac pro but i am wondering if this is not too old machine. thanks for answer

[@GarrettCrespo]

The mac mini would definitely be a better option. Not only does it have intel's quick sync function for video work and playback, but it also has thunderbolt 3. This allows for eGPU's for a performance boost. It's also going to get at least one more year of official support. The Mac Pro is already unsupported and needs software modding to run the latest version of MacOS