Just like anyone else who frequents Low End Mac, I wanted to get more value out of my Apple hardware.īefore going further into detail, I would like to give special thanks to MacRumors forum user “Tiamo”. As a daily Mac Pro user, I wanted to provide the Low End Mac community with the necessary steps to take a base model 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 or 2007 2,1 (that can now be easily obtained for under $500) and show you how to make it as modern as any current Mac, while retaining all of the expansion that the older tower style Mac Pros provide. My name is Robert Bryant, and I am a computer tech in Central California just south of San Jose.