the-iBlog » Mac Pro http://www.the-iblog.com Home of Oliver Haslam Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:13:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Mac Pro Ultra Mini shows Apple how it SHOULD be done ! http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/11/17/mac-pro-ultra-mini-shows-apple-how-it-should-be-done/ http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/11/17/mac-pro-ultra-mini-shows-apple-how-it-should-be-done/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:34:45 +0000 Oliver Haslam http://www.the-iblog.com/?p=882 Along with a Mac netbook, a more powerful Mac Mini is the most wished for addition to the Mac lineup, especially for people like me who just don’t need a Mac Pro and already have a large screen making the iMac a waste of time.

Enter the Mac Pro Ultra Mini. A [...]]]> http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/11/17/mac-pro-ultra-mini-shows-apple-how-it-should-be-done/feed/ 3 25.6GHz not enough? Mac Pro overclocking tool http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/06/30/256ghz-not-enough-mac-pro-overclocking-tool/ http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/06/30/256ghz-not-enough-mac-pro-overclocking-tool/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:40:07 +0000 Oliver Haslam http://www.the-iblog.com/?p=770 If you’re lucky enough to own a Mac Pro chances are you don’t find yourself sat staring at too many loading screens. If however, your 8 cores of 3.2GHz just don’t cut it anymore, ZDNet have the answer.

The ZDnet Clock tool is designed for overclocking Intel Mac Pros and Xserve machines, and allows [...]]]> http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/06/30/256ghz-not-enough-mac-pro-overclocking-tool/feed/ 4 8 Core Goodness – Arriving Soon! http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/05/29/8-core-goodness-arriving-soon/ http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/05/29/8-core-goodness-arriving-soon/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 17:03:20 +0000 Craig http://www.the-iblog.com/?p=638 This maybe not ‘hot news’ direct from Apple, but it certainly is for me. I’ve taken the plunge and ordered my first ever Mac Pro.

My story of switching began in 2005 with a Mac Mini, I was over joyed to finally own a Macintosh. This soon was replaced with the very first Intel [...]]]> http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/05/29/8-core-goodness-arriving-soon/feed/ 7 Software updates galore! http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/04/09/software-updates-galore/ http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/04/09/software-updates-galore/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:24:16 +0000 Oliver Haslam http://www.the-iblog.com/?p=272 With no hardware launches this Tuesday, Apple saw fit to release a collection of software and firmware updates for their Mac line.

Apple Aluminium keyboard firmware 1.0

First up is new firmware for the Apple aluminium keyboard. The update is for both the wired and wireless versions, and can be downloaded either from Apple’s [...]]]> http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/04/09/software-updates-galore/feed/ 0 Mac Pro EFI update 1.3 http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/29/mac-pro-efi-update-13/ http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/29/mac-pro-efi-update-13/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:41:00 +0000 Oliver Haslam http://ojhaslam.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/mac-pro-efi-update-13/ Apple have released an EFI firmware update for their Intel Mac Pros, which:

This update fixes several issues to improve the stability of Mac Pro (Early 2008) computers.

To complete the firmware update process, please follow the instructions in the updater application (/Applications/Utilities/Mac Pro EFI Firmware Update.app). The updater will launch automatically when the Installer [...]]]> http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/03/29/mac-pro-efi-update-13/feed/ 0