How easy is it to install or remove drives?
Pretty easy. Each Mac Pro hard drive is mounted on a metal drive chassis with four screws. The chassis slides into place, attaching directly to the Mac Pro’s motherboard. There are no cables to attach. (Although this method seems similar to the method Apple’s Xserve uses to attach drives, it’s not really comparable: the Xserve’s drives are hot swappable and include status lights; these drives can only be swapped when the Mac Pro is shut off, and the drive chassis are simply metal, with no special lights or other electronics.
