Video: The finer details of opening the Mac Pro and installing a new drive
David Chartier on April 30th, 2008
I picked up a second internal (SATA 3.0Gbps) drive for my Mac Pro and popped it in yesterday. After working on probably hundreds—if not thousands—of desktop PCs in my past across various jobs and the personal machines I used to build, I have to say this is the greatest experience I’ve ever had inside a desktop. Granted, The Mac Pro may not be quite as hackable as a beige box in a few respects (due in part to sensitive areas being blocked off with metal enclosures), but this hard drive installation experience was so enjoyable I had to create a video.
Apple pays a lot of attention to the little details, and the pleasantly accessible construction of the Mac Pro is a great example of how that effort pays off.
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May 1st, 2008 at 6:29 am
I don’t know what’s more interesting, the guts of the Mac or the sounds of your congestion.
May 14th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
[...] still streaming), then shut down the Mac Pro so I could swap out a hard drive (remember how much I love playing inside our Mac Pro?). The Apple TV, to my surprise, kept playing straight through the album without skipping a [...]
May 14th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
yeah, but the “vanity screws” they included? Now I can finally sound like a codger, but the G5 screws were way more functional. These’ll strip out if you use them more than once. Thanks for all the form, apple, striking difference, but how about just a teensy bit more function?
May 15th, 2008 at 10:07 am
@Sacrilicious: I never owned a G5 tower, but I’ve worked inside a boatload of other desktops in my days. The screws used on the hard drive enclosure/carriage feel pretty solid to me, and I’ve had to mess with one carriage twice now because a drive I installed was DOA.