Wait for New Mac Pro?

[poematik13]

Just buy the machine that you need now to get the job done.

you can wait for years and years constantly browsing forums and thinking "oh im just gonna wait for the next one, its better" and you'll never have anything.

get out of that consumer mindset and purchase something as soon as you need it for your work.

 

[handsome pete]

Just buy the machine that you need now to get the job done.

you can wait for years and years constantly browsing forums and thinking "oh im just gonna wait for the next one, its better" and you'll never have anything.

get out of that consumer mindset and purchase something as soon as you need it for your work.

You're under the assumption that most who ask this question actually need it to get a job done. I'd imagine that not to be true in most cases. If they truly needed it for their livelihood, then the question of "should I or shouldn't I" doesn't really apply.

 

[dopeman]

I have an old, 8-Core, 2007 Mac Pro which is starting to get very taxed by the heavy usage I put it through with my music software. It's also still running OS10.6.8. As you can imagine, I need to upgrade asap.

There's a rumor that a new MAC PRO might be out by end of this year (2014) / early 2015 with the new Xeon processors, so I'm wondering if I should wait till then?...

Also, some say that an 8-Core machine would be better than a 12-Core, because each processor is a higher speed (i.e. 3GHz vs 2.7).

For heavy audio use (I used Digital Performer with many VIs, plugs, video etc), are 8 cores at a faster speed better than 12 Cores at a slower speed?...

Any thoughts would be most appreciated!

Gracias!

what say you?

 

[MacProCard]

...Which was exactly my point. It means what it means. The parts are available. That's all anyone knows. This was entirely my point. You're the one speculating as to "economics" and other things you, nor I, nor anyone else would know for sure. The dude I quoted wanted to know what is up, and I gave him the straightest answer possible: What we know for sure. And nothing else.

And insinuating that I'm an Apple fanboy (if that's what you were going for, your comment could be taken a number of different ways) is laughable. I use Apple computers because my industry relies on working with a stable implementation of OS X. Nothing more, nothing less. If Windows was an option, I would buy a PC in a heartbeat, and if Hackintoshing was stable enough to rely on it for income-driven work, I'd be there. (I also think Samsung makes better mobile devices and Android is superior to iOS, so calling me a fanboy is just wrong).

My point was just because the technology exist has nothing to do with the economics of product development. That would be demand for the product. And of course competition plays a big role as well. Your opinion seemed skewed to me towards the tech side.

No mission critical system runs on Macs.

 

[MMcCraryNJ]

My point was just because the technology exist has nothing to do with the economics of product development. That would be demand for the product. And of course competition plays a big role as well. Your opinion seemed skewed to me towards the tech side.

No mission critical system runs on Macs.

You can roll your eyes all you want dude, but your presumptions are incorrect.

 

[MacProCard]

You can roll your eyes all you want dude, but your presumptions are incorrect.

That was meaningful. Waiting for you to take your ball and go home.

Sure. Your video is mission critical.

 

[sigmadog]

Now, Children! Be nice to each other or you'll be sent to different ends of the schoolyard.

 

[aliajwalker]

I have an old, 8-Core, 2007 Mac Pro which is starting to get very taxed by the heavy usage I put it through with my music software. It's also still running OS10.6.8. As you can imagine, I need to upgrade asap.

There's a rumor that a new MAC PRO might be out by end of this year (2014) / early 2015 with the new Xeon processors, so I'm wondering if I should wait till then?...

Also, some say that an 8-Core machine would be better than a 12-Core, because each processor is a higher speed (i.e. 3GHz vs 2.7).

For heavy audio use (I used Digital Performer with many VIs, plugs, video etc), are 8 cores at a faster speed better than 12 Cores at a slower speed?...

Any thoughts would be most appreciated!

Gracias!

A 12 core 2014 Mac Pro will be much faster at rendering etc than an 8core by 3 times your Mac. So will the 2012 Mac Pro which is faster than all the new ones bar the 12 core 2014. RAM is more important. 16-32gb is a significant speed advantage especially in Adobe software and to get the advantage of those cores you must have at least 32gb in it.

SSD is a must or a Raid configuration again anything less will bottleneck your CPU. Graphics card wise this depends on if you do much 3d work. Adobe CC suite is as fast on an iMac than a Mac Pro on heavy composites due to not supporting Gpu and being badly programmed. Nuke, smoke etc fly on Mac Pro.

I would install the boot.efi install Yosemite put in a fast graphics card like the Radeon HD 7950 32gb ram- you can get this cheap on eBay and also but it 3ghz 5365 in. That'll more than double your Mac speed for very little outlay.