New Mac Pro desktop?

[cstanhwz]

Apple - Mac Pro

 

[davidktw]

Apple - Mac Pro

If you are feeling rich, why not ?

 

[Snoweagle]

Made in the US of A!

 

[ahsiao80]

my friends say its ugly, but i think its kinda cool they think out of the box for the design of a CPU

 

[Snoweagle]

I think it's the best-looking CPU I've ever seen!

 

[chris888222]

My dad loved the new design.

But I always see it as a black toilet roll...

It's cool though, I don't think there has been a CPU designed like this before.

 

[keytheboogamer]

black color easily to see the dust on the tower after awhile. :s8

 

[blimey]

Feel like buying but don't know why i need some much computing power too.

 

[davidktw]

Feel like buying but don't know why i need some much computing power too.

Normally most consumers don't need a Mac Pro, even most power users may not need the kind of power endowed by the machine.

If you are not using specific applications to make full use of the dual GPU and also the 12 cores, they are basically there just wasting electricity.

Only some particular usage will fully benefit from the power of these machines

1) Video encoders, they can install a couple of such machines performing farm encoding via Qmaster in Final Cut Pro

2) 3D rendering, and design workstation. For design workstation and proofing, having the dual GPU and large number of cores will be very useful. A few of such machines form a farm to perform rendering is also very attractive

3) Simulation via HPC will also benefit alot from such systems

I personally don't feel graphic designers will rip much from such setup because most time spent by graphic designers are design time, not computational time. I suppose a powerful MBP will suffice; However having a MP will bring them more burst power, just I suppose most power will be under utilized.

If one really want to make good use of such machine, the application would be best to support OpenCL effectively to utilize the computing resources across the CPU and the GPU.

 

[PetPet]

The new Mac Pro is a beast. The graphics card... is insane in terms of computing performance.

 

[negativzero]

Normally most consumers don't need a Mac Pro, even most power users may not need the kind of power endowed by the machine.

If you are not using specific applications to make full use of the dual GPU and also the 12 cores, they are basically there just wasting electricity.

Only some particular usage will fully benefit from the power of these machines

1) Video encoders, they can install a couple of such machines performing farm encoding via Qmaster in Final Cut Pro

2) 3D rendering, and design workstation. For design workstation and proofing, having the dual GPU and large number of cores will be very useful. A few of such machines form a farm to perform rendering is also very attractive

3) Simulation via HPC will also benefit alot from such systems

I personally don't feel graphic designers will rip much from such setup because most time spent by graphic designers are design time, not computational time. I suppose a powerful MBP will suffice; However having a MP will bring them more burst power, just I suppose most power will be under utilized.

If one really want to make good use of such machine, the application would be best to support OpenCL effectively to utilize the computing resources across the CPU and the GPU.

And yet some people buy it and play WOW on it

 

[davidktw]

And yet some people buy it and play WOW on it

Games wise, even as a die hard user of Apple, I don't think Apple is targeted for games. The fact that Apple need to have some involvement in gaming platform is business coverage since there are users enjoy playing games on their platform.

For games, I rather users just spend their worth piecing up together their dream Windows platform. It's quite wasteful to use Apple machines for gaming.

All being said, we do know a lot of times, procurement is not driven by NEED, but rather by WANT.

 

[ceecookie]

The iMac AIO systems do not provide the required graphical power as seen on DIY PCs. So naturally, I guess Mac Pro comes in here.

Of course, this assume the user wants to play intensives games on Mac OS.