I placed order for a MP7,1 today.
Hardware
I'm open to any comments about the above, as I can easily modify the MP7,1 configuration up to the point it ships out, that at this time is early Feb 2020. Thanks...
Hardware
- 3.3GHz 12‑core Intel Xeon W processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz
- 32GB (4x8GB) of DDR4 ECC memory
- Radeon Pro 580X with 8GB of GDDR5 memory
- 4TB SSD storage
- Apple Afterburner card
- Stainless steel frame with wheels
- Magic Mouse 2
- Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - US English
- Accessory Kit
- AppleCare+
- Promise Pegasus J2i 8TB Internal Storage Enclosure for Mac Pro (comes with Enterprise 8TB Toshiba and can add a 2nd 8 TB one for total of 16 TB)
- Son and I like the fact this MP7,1 can be future proofed for years to come with its ability to upgrade its components.
- We expect and plan an 8 year life span for this MP7,1.
- Business discount is 6%.
- We at first gave consideration of using grandson's skate board instead of the Apple's wheels for the MP7,1, but in the end thought what the heck.
- Son and I agree the 12 core is our sweet spot for the types of Apps that will be used. OWC may possible offer processor upgrades in future.
- My work is occasional consulting work for doing Computational Fluid Dynamics using personal software that is cpu, core and memory intensive.
- We already have a Promise3 R4 that can be directly attached to the MP7,1's TB3 port if required.
- The Promise J2i is convenient in that it keeps the disk storage integrated inside the frame. To be used for holding current project data, Time Machine backups, etc.
- The Promise J2i probably can be made RAID-0 and/or can use 3.5"-to-2.5" adapters for using 2.5" SATA III SSDs.
- There are 3.5" Toshiba spinners out there of greater capacity to stock 8 TB Toshiba that come with the J2i; 10 TB, 12 TB and 14 TB. This allows a growth to around 28 TB as required for future needs.
- The abundant PCIe slot should allow for adding more SSD capacity when needed.
- The base/stock Radeon can easily be upgraded when needed.
- We like the 10G ethernet ports as we already have 10G networking in the office.
- We went for internal 4 TB SSD for holding fast access to Adobe Premier cache space.
- 8k projects are quickly becoming the norm.
- We're hoping the Apple Afterburner will prove to be beneficial for the video editing and filming projects because have to ingest vast amounts of raw footage from the high-end cameras and work with the results.
- Will upgrade Immediately the RAM offered by OWC and maybe trade in the Apple's 32 GB to save some brass.
- We expect we will be able to add SSDs into the Promise J2i at some point for extra fast i/o when needed.
- We feel adding in the 32 inch Apple monitor and stand is not useful for us at this time, and also blows the budget at this time. So will use TB2 and DP displays; Apple 27" and LGs that we have an abundance of.
- May sell off one of our MP6,1.
- Will be keeping the 2 yr old 10-core, 128 GB RAM iMac Pro in the 'family' and son will pay off my share over next year.
- I will be sole owner of the MP7,1 and will allow son to use it when needed and allow for it to be rented out along with the iMac Pro and MP6,1s during office idle periods. Renting out the iMac Pro over past 2 yrs has paid for it several times over.
I'm open to any comments about the above, as I can easily modify the MP7,1 configuration up to the point it ships out, that at this time is early Feb 2020. Thanks...