8 Core 3GHz Mac Pro: http://www.apple.com/macpro/
30" Cinema Display is now $1799.-
Guess I know what I will get in about two weeks. :D
Fredi
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8 Core 3GHz Mac Pro: http://www.apple.com/macpro/
30" Cinema Display is now $1799.-
Guess I know what I will get in about two weeks. :D
Fredi
Holycarp. But just consider for a moment: who needs a computer this good? Pretty sure you wouldn't feel much difference between a mid-range and top-range one. Even the bottom-specced ones are about as fast as you could ever need.
Ha ha!Quote:
Originally Posted by VENGEANCE MX
Uh, people who do 3D and HD video/film. Certainly not everyone, but damn, that beast gives me a chubby.Quote:
Originally Posted by VENGEANCE MX
Like 640k of RAM? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by VENGEANCE MX
Basicaly I don't need an 8 core machine right now. Thing is that I normaly use the same machine for 3 to 4 years, so it has to be fast enough to run everything that comes out till than. (my current G5 is now a few months older than three years, so it's a good time for an update as even my MacBook is now running faster than my workstation)
Fredi
:) the 'carp' was intentional.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAlexC
Still doubt that anyone would be able to justify such a purchase. Even the biggest animation studios have a budget to keep to.
33 Million different configurations? How is that even possible...
options^options
Fredi
I just ordered mine- $17,372.00
I'm waiting for NAB, I'm pretty sure they will announce new displays (37"?) there (for Aperture users). There's a reason for this price drop, I'm sure.
Fredi
37" display? That 30" is a monster.
Why would Aperture users need 37"?
Humans, they can never have enough. ;)
Fredi
I'll take 2.
I vote we change Subby's name to mac-sony lakey
I take that name if you send me one of those 8 core Macs, a 30" Cinema Display and a Sony STR-DA5200ES A/V receiver. Thank you. :)
Fredi
Some animation studios have very BIG budgets. You have to look at it in terms of productivity too. If you cut rendering / preview time by a third, look at that exponentially in terms of the number of animators, and the number of projects you can squeeze in during the lifecycle of that hardware.Quote:
Originally Posted by VENGEANCE MX
Plus, new toys keep the worker bees happy.
Dude, thats awesome. I wish I had that kind of money to drop on a new PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by WannaBe_80z
I would wait for NAB to see if this is just a "smoke screen" as someone else put it. There are rumors of a possible Final Cut Extreme hardware setup, along with rumors of Apple's interest in the upcoming ATI cards that put your refrigerators power consumption to shame.
Awesome. Maybe now I'll pick up a Dual G5 for mad cheap now.
Is it just me or is Apple trying hard to convince people this is a machine with an 8-core CPU? It's just two separate quadcore CPUs, people. Been around for PCs for a while now.Quote:
The world’s first 3.0GHz, 8-core Intel Xeon-based Mac Pro.
Actually, 8-core is just easier and less confusing to say than 'dual Quad-core'.