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Here you go, I imagine some of these are underhand pitches for the HN crowd, but here you go. There's a few that most users are simply unaware of, such as replacing the Airport card with one that supports ant continuity and handoff and Airdrop support.

7.5 years later, and my 2008 Mac Pro is still going strong.

http://blog.greggant.com/post/58331227038/recommended-mac-pr...

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Thanks for posting this. Perhaps I will have to screw up my courage and try to do the firmware upgrade and go to twelve cores. If anyone knows a really good source for a tray swap please post here.

Thanks, there are plenty of great tips!

I'm in the market for a powerful desktop and I considered getting a 2012 Mac Pro. It would be awesome if the 2016 Mac Pro was a tower design. Alas, we can only dream.

You and me both. 2012 Mac Pros have retained their value quite a bit because of Apple's 2013 debacle. The Firmware upgrade (if you can score CPUs) makes the 2009 the best bang for buck.

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