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Poll: What do you use your Mac Pro for?
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film and tv post production (working and delivering at all resolutions), graphic and web design, general productivity and browsing.
Watching YouTube
Well you need the 12-core for that!
We (used to) get double duty out of it at my household.
(1) My wife used the mac in molecular biology for modeling/figuring out the folding of proteins and tetanus antibodies, but she always switched to her personal laptop for doing technical writing.
(2). I use the Mac Pro for prepping class lessons, html-stuff for online classes, and archiving digital images of medieval manuscripts. I've dabbled in amateur graphic design with it, again--mostly for making stuff to add some pizzazz to classroom presentations for my students.
Unfortunately, the pro is too long in the tooth now (it was a 2008), and I'm reluctant to hackintosh it further, so right now we aren't getting much use from it until either a new Mac Pro design comes out or we break down and switch to an iMac.
(1) My wife used the mac in molecular biology for modeling/figuring out the folding of proteins and tetanus antibodies, but she always switched to her personal laptop for doing technical writing.
(2). I use the Mac Pro for prepping class lessons, html-stuff for online classes, and archiving digital images of medieval manuscripts. I've dabbled in amateur graphic design with it, again--mostly for making stuff to add some pizzazz to classroom presentations for my students.
Unfortunately, the pro is too long in the tooth now (it was a 2008), and I'm reluctant to hackintosh it further, so right now we aren't getting much use from it until either a new Mac Pro design comes out or we break down and switch to an iMac.
I have so many...
- personal workstations
- servers (time machine, crash plan, caching, software update, OD, file, plex, iTunes, home automation, etc.)
- enthusiast
- gaming
- HTPC
- other (machine learning, hash cracking, GPGPU)
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- personal workstations
- servers (time machine, crash plan, caching, software update, OD, file, plex, iTunes, home automation, etc.)
- enthusiast
- gaming
- HTPC
- other (machine learning, hash cracking, GPGPU)
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Have you upgraded this 2008 with max RAM, SSD, and a modern GPU? They are still very capable machines.
With slow PCIe, slow USB, slow processors, slow RAM, slow SSDs....
Hopefully the amigos won't screw up the mMP, and Apple will again make a reasonable high end workstation.
Until then - listen to the roses, smell the music. The cMP is dying. Desperate attempts to update it to 2013 technology won't save it.
the original use for my macPro was for professional use.
now, it's just taking up space.. not plugged in so not a space heater.
i guess i'll choose 'other'.. space waster
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would you maybe prefer something considerably smaller in those scenarios?
now, it's just taking up space.. not plugged in so not a space heater.
i guess i'll choose 'other'.. space waster
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would you maybe prefer something considerably smaller in those scenarios?
What've you got?the original use for my macPro was for professional use.
now, it's just taking up space.. not plugged in so not a space heater.
i guess i'll choose 'other'.. space waster
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would you maybe prefer something considerably smaller in those scenarios?
heh, probably nada.
just curious if you'd rather use something more portable than toting a cmp around to gigs.
I haven't done the most recent upgrades (last time I upgraded it was 2012), but it's also got some water damage from a spillage incident and some other wear-and-tear issues that make me long for a more current replacment.
You'd be surprised - once you rack the machine up with all the necessary gear, they're pretty much the same footprint.
As an Artist, as in traditionally studio trained, with a degree in fine arts, a recipient of nationally funded grants etc (not to brag, but to provide context for a level of professionalism of practice, as opposed to being a hobbyist), I'm one of those edge cases - the work i do requires the heavy lifting of a mac pro (and sometimes a crane), BUT realistically, Art doesnt (reliably) pay bills - the whole "it's a pro machine, so you should be able to afford it if you're a pro" just doesn't apply. Leases, financing etc, they're just not part of the world I work in. Peacemeal upgrading, when the financials suit me is pretty much a necessity.