Mac Pro: the Resurrection
Two years ago, I purchased a Mac Pro for development. In the first few months, I had problems with the Mac Pro waking up from sleep. Randomly, the PC would not have video on boot. I took it in for service and was totally unimpressed by Apple's technical support.
Publicly, Apple claimed that there were no problems with the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT card, even though people like me have continually and consistently reported otherwise in various Apple support forums. Horror stories abound about people taking in their Mac Pros under warranty and being given a defective video card multiple times. Most give up and opt to purchase an "upgrade" video card to make the pain stop.
As a work around, I disabled sleep and only rebooted sparingly when I had to. Some later firmware updates made the system much more stable, provided I didn't try to force it to sleep or reboot.
Well, last week, after I installed Snow Leopard, the video card in my Mac Pro, the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, finally died. No video on boot, no matter how many boots I tried.
I purchased a new video card and no more problems, in spite of what Apple's "technicians" have told me on numerous occupations.
Publicly, Apple claimed that there were no problems with the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT card, even though people like me have continually and consistently reported otherwise in various Apple support forums. Horror stories abound about people taking in their Mac Pros under warranty and being given a defective video card multiple times. Most give up and opt to purchase an "upgrade" video card to make the pain stop.
As a work around, I disabled sleep and only rebooted sparingly when I had to. Some later firmware updates made the system much more stable, provided I didn't try to force it to sleep or reboot.
Well, last week, after I installed Snow Leopard, the video card in my Mac Pro, the ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, finally died. No video on boot, no matter how many boots I tried.
I purchased a new video card and no more problems, in spite of what Apple's "technicians" have told me on numerous occupations.
