"In addition to my newer Mac Pro and my MBP, I have a 2009 2.93GHz Quad Core Mac Pro that still pulls heavy duty around here. Unfortunately, the card that Apple installed in it didn't support Air Drop, so I poked around and bought one of these on eBay for $16.99!

(Broadcom) BCM94322MC Mini PCI-e Card 487330-001
(Same card a reader w/2007 mac pro noted in monday's post. As far as I know, 2006-2010 Mac Pros, intel-based iMacs, MBPs and pre-2009 (intel-based) Mini's used a Mini-PCIe airport card.)

Popped it in and Air Drop now works!

(I asked Paul what model card was in his Mac Pro and if it shipped with one (or was added later), since Apple's Lion Specs page AirDrop compatible Mac listing includes the 2009 Mac Pro w/Airport extreme card. But as usual they didn't include any info on card model(s). Yesterday's post had a compatible cards list.)
    I believe it was what it shipped with, although I have a dim memory of no card shipping with one machine and me adding one later. I don't think that was *this* Mac Pro.
the card that I pulled says: Model No.: BCM94321MC. The Broadcom chip on it says: BCM4321FBG - the last three characters were a little hard to read.
Best, Paul"

"Upgraded my 2007 Mac Mini 2.0Ghz (T7200) with an 2.33GHz (T7600) yesterday. Bought T7600 at ebay and the seller included a "special" tool to prevent break off the brittle, springed nylon locks holding the heatsink in place against the CPU.
Overall I'm very happy, though it was a small jump :)
Lars AH, Norway"

Asked if he planned on trying Lion to report back. (Using earlier posted tip - i.e. install lion on drive connected to supported mac, then deleting "/System/Library/CoreServices/PlatformSupport.plist" file.)
  

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