I upgraded several systems to newer, (still second-hand) macs. Just listed the last surplus system I have for sale - it's a macpro 3,1 (harpertown) 3GHz 8-core, with 14gig ram, radeon 4870 graphics, system drive moved to optical bay #2. Fresh 10.8.5 install. Scratched and dusty but no dents. Works fine.
Ebay #151184073903
The first one went for about $700, the second, with a bad USB port, sold for $500. Those both had avid-qualified nVidia cards, though. The Radeon isn't 'avid-qualified,' but it was running media composer just fine before it was removed from service.
We do a ton of internet delivery, and updating our most-used edit bays to second-hand 12-core systems was well worth the cost in time savings. Media Composer runs fine on this machine - just doesn't render as fast as the 'westmere' machine that cost 6x as much as these are selling for.
Ok, i do have one other surplus machine - a 4-core first-gen intel that won't run the 64bit OS. So, if your boat is floating away, or if you want to run FCP like you did in 2001 (?) I'll make you a great deal on THAT computer!
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Greg Huson
Secret Headquarters, Inc
Post Production / Production
Culver City, CA
323 677 2092
www.DigitalServiceStation.com
greg (at) SecretHQ.com
www.SecretHQ.com
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