However it was shipped with more RAM, two hard drives, and a pre-installed copy of Mac OS X 10.6 Server.
Likewise, the Apple Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010 Server) is identical to the Apple Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010). This model came with pre-installed server software. I hope someone finds another way out of this. It was often configured with more RAM and/or a larger hard drive. What I particularly find very unpleasant. Some people use thunterbolt pci card on Mac Pro, but the Apollo interface only works if you start with Bootcamp with Windows and restart with Mac OS. : : : Mac Pro Mid 2010BTO CTO/A1289/5.1 CPU: Intel Xeon-X5650 2.66GHz 2 (1224) : 16GB(2GB×8) : HDD 1TB + 250GB×3 (1.75TB) : BD-RE(Blu-ray. Installing Windows is no longer officially supported, but it’s completely possible though not quite easy. It’s pretty disappointing considering how capable and upgradable these machines still are. I saw some users on Youtube using SSDs from the brands: Crucial, Samsung, ScanDisc and Kingston. Classic Mac Pro 5,1 (or simply cMP, also 4,1 upgraded to 5,1) is now considered by Apple as vintage.
I already bought the OWC Mount Pro 2.5-inch Drive Sled for Mac Pro Models adapter. And I have doubts about which model to buy.
So I can update my Avid Mbox with an Apollo UAD Thuntherbolt. I will buy an SSD for my Mac Pro (mid 2012) Quad-Core 3.2GHz. The sound bank is on a 2TB Segate HDD, with the sound library, and now there is no more dropout in Pro Tools, all very fast! PERFECT!!! Now we just need to manufacture a Thunderbolt card with a Mac compatible drive. At the heart of the system is an Intel Xeon processor with up to 28 cores the most ever in a Mac. From production rendering to playing hundreds of virtual instruments to simulating an iOS app on multiple devices at once, it’s exceedingly capable. It installed perfectly, and now the Mac is very fast, even though it is SATA 2, before the startup time was 1:37 and now it is only 37 seconds. Mac Pro is designed for pros who need the ultimate in CPU performance. Kinda made me decided to buy a couple of these for experiment. Mac Pro 4,1 RM 1,300 Each (USD 319) Mac Pro 5,1 RM 1,600 Each (USD 393) Saw this video online for an upgraded Mac Pro.
The pricing that the seller posted is very reasonable. I pasted in the Mount Pro OWC sled adapter, then into bay 1, booted from my High Sierra HDD and formatted in HFS, but when I installed the High Sierrra on the SSD via the installer that was on the other HD, it automatically converted the SSD format to APFS (Apple's newest standard, and most suitable for SSDs). Just a couple of months ago, I have found a post in forum for some Mac Pro 4,1 and 5,1 for sale. Hello friends, I came here to share my experience with you: I bought the Crucial MX500 1TB SSD, and it is working perfectly on my Mac Pro 5.1 Quad-Core (mid 2012).