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  • High-end users on 'Why I'm buying the new Mac Pro'

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    UrbaneLegend said:
    From the List it looks like the 24 core and 28 Mac Pros will use the M variant CPU to give them the 1.5 TB Mem support. M as in MASSIVE dent in your wallet.

    24 core = $4.5k
    28 core = $7.45k

    I don't know if they're even end user prices, they won't be Apple prices.

    The 8 core - 16 core Mac Pro would be handed its arse by a 16 Core Ryzen ($749) let alone a 32 core Threadripper based workstation for creative tasks.

    Again, who the heck is going to buy this? I'm still waiting to hear from someone who is going to spend their own money on this new Mac Pro.

    That'll be me then. Freelance writer, hobbyist (occasionally paid) CG artist, lover of Macs and macOS. I'm buying one with my own money. Because I want one and, well, it's my own money.
    philboogiecornchipcgWerks

  • Mac Pro, Pro Display XDR orders start December 10

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    wierdninja said:
    No NVidia support. This is DOA. Apple is stubborn beyond belief. $6000 base price includes an anemic GPU. Ridiculous. I wanted to love the new Mac Pro. They gimped it and then limited hardware compatibility. Tim Cook is bad for Apple. This latest release is not the only reason. I considered buying one. High price for pointless omissions and limitations. I’ll pass.
    Good. That means there's one less person in the queue when I hit the BTO options :smiley: 
    williamlondonStrangeDayschabigcgWerkslkruppmac_dogdoozydozenfastasleeppscooter63bb-15

  • Editorial: Will Apple's $6k+ Mac Pro require brainwash marketing to sell?

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    Making the decision to buy this thing – at Apple's prices and with tech that's already six months old (if not older) – is hard enough as it is. People like Madan are not making it any easier, but I won't be swayed; I'm buying one. Although the endless wait is killing me...
    watto_cobra

  • Editorial: Will Apple's $6k+ Mac Pro require brainwash marketing to sell?

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    I write for a living and do CG for fun (and occasional income). I've been sitting on my 12-core 2010 Mac pro since launch day, and I'm defintely buying this machine, as tricked out as I can afford. I just cannot wait. I'm hoping that everything I do currently will be transformed by the power of this system; I assume with twice as many CPU cores, twice as many GPUs, modern I/O and motherboard, it should at least be 'snappier' :smile: 
    fastasleepwatto_cobra

  • How Adobe InDesign took over publishing with Steve Jobs' help

    SkippermonkeySkippermonkey
    I worked at large publishing house that was exclusively Mac/QuarkXpress – and shifted every seat to InDesign because Quark failed to deliver any innovation or even regular bug fixes. Hell, for years it didn't even have an undo function, let alone multiple undoes or history. InDesign was glorious by comparing. Now at home I'm working towards an Adobe-free environment, with Affinity Photo instead of Photoshop and Apple Motion instead of After Effects.
    cornchipargonaut