I used to visit Apple's site and build towers that topped out at 11 grand, then drooling before closing window. This new Mac Pro is a lot more fun, and keeps getting better!
An 8K pro sensor (just the sensor, not the whole camera) costs more than a fully-loaded Mac Pro. See https://www.red.com/dsmc2 High quality glass (lenses) can be five figures easily.
The reason why more "pro" users aren't responding to this nonsense about the Mac Pro being "expensive" is that they're too busy making money, not trying to save $500. Speaking of which...
Shhh... You don't want logic and real-world use to upset the weekend wannabe-"pros" that think they know what real "pros" want.
Is this storage much faster than a PCIe board with Nvme? Seems like the economical way to go is get enough for your OS/apps and then do PCIe for bulk storage and move your user folder there even if need be.
My understanding is that the Mac Pro has two NVMe slots, with both slots configured to one as one with RAID0.
I used to think they're RAID, but not really. The T2 is designed for x4 despite having 8 lanes for storage, but I'm sure the speed were set differently between Macs, at least the potential is there.
Then again, I don't think the speed from the system drive is that important anymore, it's still pretty fast and designed primarily to run the OS.
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I'm sure they can, the board certainly has enough space to fit. That would hurt your thermal performance and means less power for cards.
I believe they chose Xeon W primarily because the workload doesn't require you to have dual CPUs, nor having software that utilized that much.
Then again, I don't think the speed from the system drive is that important anymore, it's still pretty fast and designed primarily to run the OS.