The 5,1 Mac Pro - Could You and Should You run one

This is the kind of computer you explicitly know you want; you don't head out to buy a computer and end up with a cMP.
My voice is still thrashed from my friends Holloween party.

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I'm starting to think Apple is using "inflated" RAM/Storage upgrade costs to subsidize the M-series chips in the entry level machines.

The NRE on those things has to be super high, and with non-volatile storage these days being so fast it doesn't impact the user experience...
New graphics APIs also let the GPUs directly pull data from your storage device through the PCIe bus.

00:00 Why would I buy this?
01:39 Can you? Yes*
02:54 Choose: Works Well or Is Flexible
03:10 It's old & outdated...
04:15 Got it working
05:02 Should you? No*
06:38 A Unit of Engineering Effort
06:58 Security & Ageing
07:58 If you *really* want one...

Greg Gant's Definitive Upgrade Guide: https://blog.greggant.com/posts/2018/05/07/definitive-mac-pro-upgrade-guide.html
OpenCore Legacy Patcher Walkthrough: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/HOW.html#boot-process-with-opencore
Manual Guide: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/manually-configured-opencore-on-the-mac-pro.2207814/

cMP: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-twelve-core-2.66-mid-2010-westmere-specs.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_operating_systems
SSD: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-990-pro-2tb-internal-ssd-pcle-gen-4x4-nvme/6523595.p?skuId=6523595&extStoreId=1031&ref=212&loc=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtJKqBhCaARIsAN_yS_lPfMOVIAU5pyCc7Ckloi5FMp2POyMDqbZRTq6wUGyPHS-zwXdt9VkaApbjEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds