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We believe in the long term value of Apple hardware. You should be able to use your Apple gear as long as it helps you remain productive and meets your needs, upgrading only as necessary. We want to help maximize the life of your Apple gear. lowendmac.com

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Low End Mac@lowendmac.bsky.social · 3d ago

Just picked up a Highpoint RocketRAID 2720GDL for $28 shipped! What's this? Converts internal drive bays on cMP from SATA II, to SAS + SATA 6 Gb/s! Even on a 1,1, PCIe v1.1 x8 = up to 2GB/s, so this will be a massive speed bump for boot drives.

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Low End Mac@lowendmac.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hey everyone, thank you for your patience! Low End Mac is back up and running for visitors. Some tweaks will be made soon, but the theme-related server migration hiccups are over with. 😊

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Low End Mac@lowendmac.bsky.social · last wk.

Update 7: Installing Windows 10 to a physical 3 TB HDD while booted in El Capitan via VirtualBox. Once I get Windows + boot camp drivers going, then the Oculus Rift! P.S. not using windows via Virtualbox, only as a vehicle for OS installation. Instructions will be included in an article later on.

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Low End Mac@lowendmac.bsky.social · 2w ago

Update 5: After a few detours in terminal for the firmware upgrade, the CPUs now work! Here are the upgrades completed so far: 64 GB RAM ✅ GeForce GTX 980 4 GB ✅ Install FB-DIMM RAM heatsinks ✅ Firmware upgrade 1,1 --> 2,1 ✅ Broadcom BCM94360CD ✅ macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 ✅ New thermal paste ✅

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Low End Mac@lowendmac.bsky.social · 3w ago

The GTX 980 is in, and it works! The last 2x 8GB sticks came in as well so I'll be doing the heatsinks on those as well, to complete the 64 GB of RAM. Still waiting for: The Xeon upgrades, PCIe boot SSD, and a couple other things.

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Low End Mac@lowendmac.bsky.social · 3w ago

Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the old and new Bluetooth + Wi-Fi cards. With this drop-in upgrade the Mac Pro 1,1 —> 2,1 will gain 802.11ac Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.0, AirDrop, HandOff, lower latency, and better compatibility with Apple Magic Gen 2 peripherals.

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Low End Mac@lowendmac.bsky.social · 3w ago

This has to be the cleanest and nicest 1,1 I’ve ever seen, and now it’s all mine! Time to turn it into a 2,1 and resurrect my Mac Pro from 10 years ago, but slightly better. Stay tuned! 😁

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Low End Mac@lowendmac.bsky.social · 4w ago

Just got this in! For $35, a 2010 13” MacBook Pro in it’s original config with a charger, and a speck case! It has a single dent but is otherwise in remarkably good shape.

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Low End Mac@lowendmac.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Did you know Low End Mac has a small software repository? Meant mostly for hard-to-find things, community projects, abandonware or small tools to help your Mac, we hope it helps. lowendmac.com/lem-software...

LEM Software Index - Low End Mac

Copyright laws protect work from being freely duplicated and redistributed which extend over to the makings of software and hardware wherever the law is unexpired. When the copyright holder no longer ...

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