My new silver monster Apple

Sniper X · 10-05-2012, 11:51 AM

I have it on my bench today getting all the downloads and such. It is a MAC PRO 12 core, 3.06 processors, 64g ram, 2tb on board, 27in cineama display, and a 4tb firewire drive, pretty friggin fast so far. Downloading FCP X, Compressor, and motion.

troidus · 10-05-2012, 11:54 AM

And for only a year of house payments!

j/k -- sorta.

Have fun with the new toy.

Jonnylotto · 10-05-2012, 11:55 AM

All that and you chintzed out on the display?

Sniper X · 10-05-2012, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonnylotto

All that and you chintzed out on the display?

yeah, hasta fit on a small edit desk....and it is too slow going with two displays after you get used to using one. I edit in half the time using the one display since I learned that way.

Sniper X · 10-05-2012, 11:58 AM

[QUOTE=troidus;19755218]And for only a year of house payments!

j/k -- sorta.

Have fun with the new toy.[/QUOTE

Good thing I don't have to pay for it myself. HEHEH!

Anorak · 10-05-2012, 12:00 PM

64G, 30 years ago I had an AppleII + with 64k of ram and that was amazing. That 64G probably cost less adjusted for inflation than 64k did 30 years ago.

JamesG · 10-05-2012, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Anorak

That 64G probably cost less adjusted for inflation than 64k did 30 years ago.

It does.

bobobob · 10-05-2012, 03:37 PM

Very nice. Are you going to use some of that memory for a ram drive?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_drive

Sniper X · 10-05-2012, 06:51 PM

I am going to do almost nothing but edit video on it.

Drifting Fate · 10-05-2012, 07:43 PM

My little MacBook Pro seems so insignificant.

Josephvman · 10-06-2012, 07:59 AM

I assume you need all that horsepower for your editing stuff, but I'm curious if an off-the-shelf iMac could do it, and if so what differences you'd have between them.

ImaPoser · 10-06-2012, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Anorak

64G, 30 years ago I had an AppleII + with 64k of ram and that was amazing. That 64G probably cost less adjusted for inflation than 64k did 30 years ago.

The box I'm using right now only has 333mb of ram.

CodeMonkee · 10-06-2012, 10:54 AM

I have an early '08 (8 core, 16 GB of RAM) and it is still faster than most desktops being sold today. The boot drive went bad so I bought an SSD, but haven't stuck it in. I run three displays off it - a 30" and two 24". I code, so this works fine for me.

I need the RAM less than I need the CPUs - I run multiple VMs to work in. OSX as the host, Linux and different versions of Windows depending on the project.

For what they are, MacPros are fairly competitive in price - try pricing a Wintel machine with 4 to 12 cores with up to 64 GB of RAM capacity and 5 drive bays, and able to drive 6 displays. Finally, find one that will run OSX.

House payments? Two. And I will earn it back in less than a month. Plus it is tax deductible.

CodeMonkee · 10-06-2012, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Josephvman

I assume you need all that horsepower for your editing stuff, but I'm curious if an off-the-shelf iMac could do it, and if so what differences you'd have between them.

Mostly the differences are RAM and drive and video display expansion capacity.

Sniper X · 10-08-2012, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Josephvman

I assume you need all that horsepower for your editing stuff, but I'm curious if an off-the-shelf iMac could do it, and if so what differences you'd have between them.

These days not a lot except for heavy rendering and such when needed in things like multiple layers and so on. Plus the faster the box, the faster the video format (codec) conversions and such as well. I work with Panasonic P2 in all the HD DVC PRO formats as well as AVEC Intra, and also will use both AVCCAM and at times even formats (file structures) from DSLR's of both Canon and Panasonic persuasion.

10-05-2012, 11:51 AM	#1
Sniper X ^OP De Oppresso Liber Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Central New Mexico, 7420ft above sea level Oddometer: 30,423	My new silver monster Apple I have it on my bench today getting all the downloads and such. It is a MAC PRO 12 core, 3.06 processors, 64g ram, 2tb on board, 27in cineama display, and a 4tb firewire drive, pretty friggin fast so far. Downloading FCP X, Compressor, and motion. __________________ "I claim to be frightened of horses but do so only to get out of attending parades. It's peculiar but ...it works. The Horses get it. RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE. IT'S VOLTAGE DIVIDED BY CURRENT

10-05-2012, 11:55 AM	#3
Jonnylotto Kumbaya my ass Joined: Jun 2006 Location: Sunnyvale Oddometer: 12,238	All that and you chintzed out on the display? __________________ "Honor does not need to defend itself nor does Valor need to fly a pennant to say 'I am brave'. This is Pride mistaking itself for Virtue."

10-05-2012, 11:58 AM	#5
Sniper X ^OP De Oppresso Liber Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Central New Mexico, 7420ft above sea level Oddometer: 30,423	[QUOTE=troidus;19755218]And for only a year of house payments! j/k -- sorta. Have fun with the new toy.[/QUOTE Good thing I don't have to pay for it myself. HEHEH! __________________ "I claim to be frightened of horses but do so only to get out of attending parades. It's peculiar but ...it works. The Horses get it. RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE. IT'S VOLTAGE DIVIDED BY CURRENT

10-05-2012, 12:00 PM	#6
Anorak Woolf Barnato Joined: Jul 2004 Location: OAK Oddometer: 29,146	64G, 30 years ago I had an AppleII + with 64k of ram and that was amazing. That 64G probably cost less adjusted for inflation than 64k did 30 years ago. __________________ 'Gonna get me a six pack...push people off the highway!' "they live off the carrion of our mutual distrust and bribe us with symbols that equate hatred with manhood." "I mean at the end of the day, I was addicted to Starting Fluid for Christ's sake!" "Yeah, that guy sure is terrible at touching moms"

10-05-2012, 03:37 PM	#8
bobobob badbadbad Joined: Feb 2011 Location: On a hill Oddometer: 4,235	Very nice. Are you going to use some of that memory for a ram drive? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_drive __________________ . It is just a bunch of inner tubes Roy . . . - Cannonshot Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional. - Haroon

10-05-2012, 11:54 AM	#2
troidus Beastly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Oddometer: 6,947	And for only a year of house payments! j/k -- sorta. Have fun with the new toy.

10-05-2012, 06:51 PM	#9
Sniper X ^OP De Oppresso Liber Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Central New Mexico, 7420ft above sea level Oddometer: 30,423	I am going to do almost nothing but edit video on it. __________________ "I claim to be frightened of horses but do so only to get out of attending parades. It's peculiar but ...it works. The Horses get it. RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE. IT'S VOLTAGE DIVIDED BY CURRENT

10-05-2012, 07:43 PM	#10
Drifting Fate Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Arizona Oddometer: 446	My little MacBook Pro seems so insignificant. __________________ Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote! --Benjamin Franklin

10-06-2012, 07:59 AM	#11
Josephvman I'm the Decider Joined: Nov 2002 Location: Houston, TX Oddometer: 3,313	I assume you need all that horsepower for your editing stuff, but I'm curious if an off-the-shelf iMac could do it, and if so what differences you'd have between them. __________________ '11 Ducati Multistrada 1200S Sport "Stormtrooper II" '09 BMW HP2 Sport '98 Ducati 900SS Final Edition "The old whore" '93 Ducati 900SS "Slightly older whore" "Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!"

10-06-2012, 10:54 AM	#13
CodeMonkee Geek Adventurer Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Orygun Oddometer: 4,601	I have an early '08 (8 core, 16 GB of RAM) and it is still faster than most desktops being sold today. The boot drive went bad so I bought an SSD, but haven't stuck it in. I run three displays off it - a 30" and two 24". I code, so this works fine for me. I need the RAM less than I need the CPUs - I run multiple VMs to work in. OSX as the host, Linux and different versions of Windows depending on the project. For what they are, MacPros are fairly competitive in price - try pricing a Wintel machine with 4 to 12 cores with up to 64 GB of RAM capacity and 5 drive bays, and able to drive 6 displays. Finally, find one that will run OSX. House payments? Two. And I will earn it back in less than a month. Plus it is tax deductible. __________________ '09 Husaberg FE570 '99 Beta Alp '04 Ducati MTS - sold Not all who wander are lost

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