I have no idea what you just said. I use an iPhone 8 and a GoPro Hero 6. Can I connect a ninja to that to record in Pro Res?
Again, I'm a hobbyist.
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I have no idea what you just said. I use an iPhone 8 and a GoPro Hero 6. Can I connect a ninja to that to record in Pro Res?
Again, I'm a hobbyist.
Yes. Let's see, make my next 11 mortgage payments on my house, or get this maxed out version of the iMac Pro. I'll take paying my mortgage first any day LOL. Seriously though, lets not get too bent out of shape over price because this machine, while anyone can buy it, is really geared towards professionals, content creators working for a business or a business itself (movie studios for example as mentioned above). I can totally see a business investing in these computers and that is what I figure the primary target will be.
For me personally, this would be overkill by miles and even if I were wealthy and had money to burn I wouldn't spend crazy money like this on a computer ( and I love Apple Products and think they are worth every penny). In the end, its all personal preference.
For me personally, this would be overkill by miles and even if I were wealthy and had money to burn I wouldn't spend crazy money like this on a computer ( and I love Apple Products and think they are worth every penny). In the end, its all personal preference.
What’s your billing rate? How much time would an iMac Pro save you, per day, on average?
Even the top of the line only costs about $300/month after taxes on a 3-year schedule.
If you can increase your billable hours by even 0.25 per day, and you bill $100/hour, that’s an extra $500 per month in revenue.
That’s better than break-even, from day one. And some will save a lot more time than 15 mins a day and/or they bill more than $100/hr.
So, if you're building a NEW Windows machine, you can use a BOOTLEG Win 7 or 8 key, right?
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So get an NVidia eGPU.
Problem solved!
...and people thought buying an Apple Branded Monitor used to cost BANK? Look how much these monitors cost!! (they have/sell that VESA mount, you could get 3 with Synergy and Compressor Core Sharing and TB3 connections, with GB ethernet etc etc!)
Apple made a machine like that.
It was called the Lisa. Incredible industrial design. Everything modular except the CRT tube.
No one bought them.
It would be easier to just keep a spare iMac Pro in the closet and use NetBoot to provide the software load and configuration.
Keep in mind that Apple was careful to call it a MODULAR Mac Pro. It will most likely NOT be another cheese-grater tower; but it WILL be something that you can mix'n'match CPU, GPU, RAM and Storage; and in some way, be able to "upgrade" those "modules" through the Apple Store. You will NOT be able to go on NewEgg and stick a new HGST HDD in it, or go to Crucial and get some RAM DIMMs for it, though.
But it WILL be "upgradeable", in some sense of the word.
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Where did you get the spec that the CPU and GPU in the iMac Pro is underclocked, or that it has an issue with thermal throttling?
That's why I want to wait and see. If Apple will control all the future upgrades, that could make me go the iMac route since they charge an arm and a leg for RAM, storage, etc.
I hope we can somewhat have the freedom like the cheese grater to buy components from third part retailers. If not, then maybe just going with the iMac and upgrading at a shorter cycle might make more sense. What Apple wants us to do anyway. Not holding my breath. We'll see.
I wouldn't personally buy an AIO even for personal use, but there are plenty of professional applications where they'll use them to bill plenty of hours.. and recycle / replace when something better comes along.
People complaining about the price just aren't in the target market and are too small minded to grasp as much.
People complaining about the price just aren't in the target market and are too small minded to grasp as much.
Okay the configuration I want will cost $NZ10,890.00. 8core,64Gig RAM,1TbSSD. But my couch is proving to be a bit resistant
Apple claims its cooling system can only sustain up to 500W of heat.
Their 10 core CPU is supposed to be the W-2155, which is normally at 3.3 GHz, Apple has theirs at 3.0 GHz. Apparently their version might be called the W-2150B.
Their peak FP32 performance of the Vega 64 is 11 TFLOPS. The Radeon Pro Vega Frontier Edition (Vega 64) is normally 13.2 TFLOPS.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/12152/apple-starts-imac-pro-sales-on-dec-14Anandtech said:
It will be interesting to see how long these machines can run at 100% before thermal throttling kicks in.
It's been 4 years since a workstation grade Mac was released. A whole bunch of OSX users who need to upgrade their Mac Pros will jump on this. The big question is will users be kicking themselves if Apple actually ships out a new modular Mac Pro Dec 2019 thats incredible? Luckily Macs hold value so might not be too bad if any decide to sell.
Uh oh, SSD is soldered. That's make pretty hard times when unprecedented disk failure/death occur, it would require one set logic board.
Since iMac Pro using Skylake-SP W-Xeon series which literally same with consumer/prosumer retail i9 model (with ECC capability removed), as comparison, i9-7900X (which actually same with 10 core Xeon W-2155) is pretty darn hot. Stock speed (not over clocking) will fine but start throttling when reached 4.5 Ghz with air cooler, so probably iMac Pro will suffer a lot of throttling when they pushed heavily.
Since iMac Pro using Skylake-SP W-Xeon series which literally same with consumer/prosumer retail i9 model (with ECC capability removed), as comparison, i9-7900X (which actually same with 10 core Xeon W-2155) is pretty darn hot. Stock speed (not over clocking) will fine but start throttling when reached 4.5 Ghz with air cooler, so probably iMac Pro will suffer a lot of throttling when they pushed heavily.
"Speaking of the air vents, that brings us to the internal design of the iMac Pro. Though you’ll probably never see the insides, Apple made a great effort to address the cooling needs of this Mac. The iMac Pro doesn’t use a hard drive or a separate solid-state-drive mechanism; all of the flash storage is on the motherboard. This allowed Apple to install a massive heat sink and dual blowers, which Apple says results in 80 percent better cooling than the iMac’s design."
Sorry, probably I'm read it wrong. It said on "all of the flash storage is on the motherboard" make paranoid at first time, but let's pray is socketed, not soldered.
Source.
Sorry, probably I'm read it wrong. It said on "all of the flash storage is on the motherboard" make paranoid at first time, but let's pray is socketed, not soldered.
Source.
Actually, it's "You get what you SPEC, so don't get upset.", isn't it?
Want more, SPEC more.
That's why there are configs from just under $5k to over $13k.
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Probably the difference in keeping the RAM refresh going for the two systems.
Is there really no market for a 4-8 core non-xeon, non-ECC, nvidia sort of Mac Pro? It seems like that's what a lot of people on here really want. Does the market exist apart from an enthusiast forum? I'd think Apple's complete lack of interest in that sort of prosumer market would say "no"...
Don't know that for a FACT, Jack!
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REAL Pros do NEITHER of those things.
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What I "like" is the fact that, for the past (n) Years, the Haters whined that "Apple has abandoned the Pro Market".
So now, they come back with a competitively priced, competitively spec'ed workstation-class computer, and NOW all the Haters whine about is price and "upgradablility" (which REAL Pros seldom/never do, anyway! They just buy a whole new system and go on about their money-making day!)
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And yet, you provide no links...