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Mac Pro (Early 2008)

A1186 · Cheese Grater

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Identifiers

Order number	A1186
Machine ID	MacPro3,1

Reference

Original price	$2,799 – $13,699
Announced	2008-01-08
Discontinued	2009-03-03
Max supported OS	macOS 10.11 El Capitan
Design era	Cheese Grater

Configurations

Colors	Anodized aluminum
CPU	Dual Intel Xeon E5462 @ 2.8 GHz, Dual Intel Xeon X5472 @ 3.0 GHz, Dual Intel Xeon X5482 @ 3.2 GHz
Memory	2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB (max, FB-DIMM)
Storage	320 GB SATA HDD, 4× SATA bays
Graphics	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT (256 MB), NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB), ATI Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB)
Operating system	Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.3, Mac OS X 10.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.1, Mac OS X 10.6.2, Mac OS X 10.6.3, Mac OS X 10.6.4, Mac OS X 10.6.5, Mac OS X 10.6.6, Mac OS X 10.6.7, Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.7.1, Mac OS X 10.7.2, Mac OS X 10.7.3, Mac OS X 10.7.4, Mac OS X 10.7.5, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.8.1, OS X 10.8.2, OS X 10.8.3, OS X 10.8.4, OS X 10.8.5, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.9.1, OS X 10.9.2, OS X 10.9.3, OS X 10.9.4, OS X 10.9.5, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.10.1, OS X 10.10.2, OS X 10.10.3, OS X 10.10.4, OS X 10.10.5, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, OS X 10.11.1, OS X 10.11.2, OS X 10.11.3, OS X 10.11.4, OS X 10.11.5, OS X 10.11.6
Removable media	2× SuperDrive (DVD±R DL)

Physical

Ports & connectivity	5× USB 2.0 · 2× FireWire 400 · 2× FireWire 800 · 2× Gigabit Ethernet · 3.5mm audio in/out · Optical S/PDIF in/out · PCI-E 16× graphics slot · 3× PCI-E slots
Dimensions (W×H×D)	206 × 511 × 475 mm
Weight	19.2 kg

Known quirks

Last Mac Pro with FB-DIMM RAM — expensive and runs hot
Penryn Xeons — higher TDP means loud fans under load
Firmware update unlocked 3.2 GHz "Harpertown" CPU upgrades
Supports up to 32 GB RAM but official Apple cap was 32 GB

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Configurations

Colors

Anodized aluminum

CPU

Dual Intel Xeon E5462 @ 2.8 GHz, Dual Intel Xeon X5472 @ 3.0 GHz, Dual Intel Xeon X5482 @ 3.2 GHz

Memory

2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB (max, FB-DIMM)

Storage

320 GB SATA HDD, 4× SATA bays

Graphics

ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT (256 MB), NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB), ATI Radeon HD 3870 (512 MB)

Operating system

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.3, Mac OS X 10.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6.1, Mac OS X 10.6.2, Mac OS X 10.6.3, Mac OS X 10.6.4, Mac OS X 10.6.5, Mac OS X 10.6.6, Mac OS X 10.6.7, Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.7.1, Mac OS X 10.7.2, Mac OS X 10.7.3, Mac OS X 10.7.4, Mac OS X 10.7.5, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.8.1, OS X 10.8.2, OS X 10.8.3, OS X 10.8.4, OS X 10.8.5, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.9.1, OS X 10.9.2, OS X 10.9.3, OS X 10.9.4, OS X 10.9.5, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.10.1, OS X 10.10.2, OS X 10.10.3, OS X 10.10.4, OS X 10.10.5, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, OS X 10.11.1, OS X 10.11.2, OS X 10.11.3, OS X 10.11.4, OS X 10.11.5, OS X 10.11.6

Removable media

2× SuperDrive (DVD±R DL)