The Mac Pro was designed with the environment in mind, including 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets, and 100 percent recycled gold plating and tin soldering in multiple printed circuit boards. The Mac Pro also uses far less energy than desktop computers in the same class, and over 40 percent less than the ENERGY STAR efficiency requirement. The Mac Pro is free of mercury, PVC, beryllium, and over 95 percent of the packaging is fiber based.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Can you add memory later?

A: Yes, I immediately swapped my memory and put 64GB - not too large of an investment (I used a reputable aftermarket company that will take the old memory in trade). My thought is this, buy the base model (4 core) and when the 12 core CPU comes down in price you have a plug and play 4X throughput improvement (not 4x the speed for every application - only if the app is written for multithread operations) - 12 core is also great if you run lots of concurrent applications. Get a fast thunderbolt external drive for storage. My favorite computer over the last 30 years (love the design, super powerful and no white noise) and I've been building systems since high end was adding a 8087 math coprocessor to your 4.77MHz 8088 PC... (On a side note 64GB of ram would have cost $24,000,000 when I first started playing with these types of toys)

Q: 2. what software is included?

A: Mine came with Mavericks and a FREE upgrade to Yosemite. LOVE IT! Very easy setup.Rick Rahim

Q: 3. I will be purchasing the 6 core Mac Pro. I plan on mainly using it with Final Cut Pro X. Will I see that much difference compared to the 4 core Mac Pro?

A: I really can't answer your question. I have no comparison between the 4 and 6 core. I do know that I am very satisfied with my quad core. It meets all my needs. I use bought it mainly for Capture One Pro 10 and It does a great job. I did add the AMD 300s. tony system

Q: 4. Could I get the same student discount online that I would get from Apple Retail store?

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Q: 5. What is the memory module configuration (8GB x 2 or 4GB x 4)?

A: 16 GB 1866 MHZ DDR3 ECC

Q: 6. This Refurbished Mac Comes With Warranty? Original Box Is Included??

A: This product has a one year, limited manufacturer's warranty and original box.

Q: 7. If i buy this mac, can i use a 4k 50 samsung smart tv as monitor for it ?

A: Yes. I have a Samsung 55 4K smart tv that I use as a monitor.

Q: 8. If someone plans on running logic pro x in conjunction with large sample libraries and plug-in's,does this have the onboard capabilities? or is an additional 64-bit driver required? etc.

A: I am running this for Pro Tools 12 (Not HD,) Reason, along with alot of samples outside of Reason. I have the 3.7 GHz Quad-Core, 32 GB and 1000 gig.The system is lightning fast,and quiet. No complaints. A whole new world.

Q: 9. Updates

A: Updates, what? Be more specific.

Q: 10. Mac OS X El Capitan or macOS Sierra comes in this computer do you get a choice? Will this with either OS's work with Final Cut Pro 7?

A: It came with Sierra we reformatted the drive and put El Capitan on it witch will run Final Cut 7 I herd Sierra won't run 7 we switched to Adobe and its pretty similar.