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What are you going to do until the 2013 upgrade of the Mac Pro?

I will most likely keep my 2006 1,1 mac pro and work with it as long as it will hold up. Grab a sdd and boost the ram.

Since I need a tax write off this year:
Get a top spec 2012 iMac if it is released and a Pegasus R4 and look for a Thunderbolt pcie solution if a reasonable one exists.

Since I need a write off next year:
I will see if the 2013 Mac pro's are what I really need. If so, I will give the iMac to my wife and call it a day.

As pissed as I am about all this, I am waiting to be 100% sure that a PC transition is necessary. I don't want to have to jump if i don't have to. With the investments in software and peripherals iI have made, it only makes sense to be 100% certain.
 
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Flood123 said:
I will most likely keep my 2006 1,1 mac pro and work with it as long as it will hold up. Grab a sdd and boost the ram.

Since I need a tax write off this year:
Get a top spec 2012 iMac if it is released and a Pegasus R4 and look for a Thunderbolt pcie solution if a reasonable one exists.

Since I need a write off next year:
I will see if the 2013 Mac pro's are what I really need. If so, I will give the iMac to my wife and call it a day.

As pissed as I am about all this, I am waiting to be 100% sure that a PC transition is necessary. I don't want to have to jump if i don't have to. With the investments in software and peripherals iI have made, it only makes sense to be 100% certain.
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My company's tax year ends in September so I might as well reduce my profit before tax and enjoy a shiny new MBP.
 
Nostromo said:
What are you going to do until then?
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Give up! Switch Back! Hate every minute of it :(

I am tired of giving life support to my 1.1 Pro! I am dissapointed with my Mac mini (AMD), dissapointed that Apple has demed my iPad not worthy of iOS 6 even if iPhone 3GS runs it. Lion and from what M Lion looks will be a downgrade from Snow Leopard so Win7 doesn't look to bad anymore....:(
 
what about buying a couple of old used mac pro's, and use xgrid. I have never used xgrid so not to sure how it works tbh.
 
Superfly503` said:
Isn't that upgrade fairly significant? 2.66 vs 3.0, dual-cores vs. quad cores?
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Apologies for confusion - I was referring to my experience before the upgrade. Of course 5365 vs 5130 is a tremendous upgrade, but running SL on 5130s was exactly the same performance-wise (even a tad slower) as Lion on the same 5130s.
 
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I just ordered 8 GB of memory for a 2008 MP 3,1 (ouch) to upgrade to 12 GB. With lots of VM activity I needed it.

I'd consider upgrading the HDD with eSATA but disk prices are out of sight. Then there's TB. Waiting.

Might consider a new video card (current ancient Radeon 2600) as long as I could move it to a new MP next year, but that might not be such a great idea depending on how TB works out with video.

Might consider a USB 3 card ... probably will.

So it's largely a waiting game.
 
Buy a new hexcore, and upgrade the other 2009 Quads we have with hexcore cpus as well (and the 2009 - 2010) firmware update utility.
 
tamvly said:
I just ordered 8 GB of memory for a 2008 MP 3,1 (ouch) to upgrade to 12 GB. With lots of VM activity I needed it.

I'd consider upgrading the HDD with eSATA but disk prices are out of sight. Then there's TB. Waiting.

Might consider a new video card (current ancient Radeon 2600) as long as I could move it to a new MP next year, but that might not be such a great idea depending on how TB works out with video.

Might consider a USB 3 card ... probably will.

So it's largely a waiting game.
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I might be doing this as well. I have a early 2008 as well and kept putting off getting more RAM cause it's expensive ... then it got to the point were I was thinking I'd upgrade once a new Mac Pro was released. But now it seems we definitely have a wait on our hands, I think I'm going to cave on the RAM.

Around a year ago I did install a SSD and 5770 ( had a 8800GT, glad I got rid of that, sounded like a jet engine ), which were nice upgrades. Adding more RAM should keep me happy for a while longer.
 
I've just ordered the parts to build up a Hac. It's been close to four years since my last one, and from what I've heard it's significantly quicker to get it all up and running now :)

At the same time, I'm still going for a relatively cheap machine with the intention of upgrading to the 2013 Pro if it ends up being as good as we're hoping.
 
Buying a 6 core now, and if one comes out next year, and it's good, then ill sell and upgrade.
 
ogs - may well do the same thing.

I've been tempted to buy the MBPr, but at $3,000 plus the cost of external drive arrays I may as well just go 6 cores, continue to use all my current hardware, and see what happens in another year or so.

Like many others I suspect, just don't have another 6 - 18 months of messing around with this issue in me.
 
zephonic said:
I think they know dang well how tech-savy the pro market is.

Like I said, they shot themselves in the foot with Thunderbolt.

They publicly committed to it in a big way, and now there aren't any LGA2011 boards with native ThB support and they look really stupid. Their flagship model is the only machine that does not sport this cutting-edge tech that every other Mac has. But it would be even worse if they released a brand-spanking new MacPro WITHOUT ThB! Either way, they can't win. It's hilarious! :D

I bet they're mighty pissed about it, too. They have to wait until Intel remembers to include ThB in their Xeon lineup. Whahaha, that's what you get for being an Intel preferred development partner!
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They could of done a lot more then they did.
how about a new gpu card? a 7950 or a 670
how about a real price cut for ssd? crucial m4 512gb ssds were selling for 400 bucks at amazon last week.
How about price cut the base quad to 2k?
how about the hex at 2.5k?
how about 3 sticks of 4gb ram as stock?

all vasoline or lube while we wait til 2013.

dell and hp both have the newer cpus and sata III with the newer gpus they can also load up on ram.

btw later 2013 can mean nov 2013 or oct 2013. I read it as July 2013 as a minimum .
 
ogs said:
Buying a 6 core now, and if one comes out next year, and it's good, then ill sell and upgrade.
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Ditto, except I'm planning to hold on to it through most of 2014. My net cost for this machine (with the 5870 card and 20 GB RAM) is gonna be something around $2200 after I sell my 1,1 (excluding a $50 gift certificate I'm getting from Apple for pain and suffering). I think I'll be able to cut this at least in half when I sell it at the end of 2014. $35-40/month isn't all that bad. The 1,1 (with all the upgrades, the ones I won't be able to carry through to the hex) has cost be about $50/month.
 
do? Did.

Was disappointed on Monday like everyone else. I wanted to upgrade my 1,1 for ML. Tuesday went to eBay and scored a 5,1. With the thousand I saved over the 'update' I bought a 240 gb raid 0 SSD rig that goes into the PCIe slot (can you say fast?) from OWC the Mercury Accelsior, 4 Gb ram (total 16) and still had plenty of beer money left to cry into.

When/If Apple comes out with a serious update in 2013... I will be in a position of want versus need. The beer may be a memory but not this 2012 disaster.
 
I have a MP 2010 now. I have no reason to believe other than that machine will serve me well until the end of 2013.
I am of “the old school”. I will save an appropriate amount each month until then, so I can buy a brand new MP 2013 when it reaches the market, without having to use credit cards.
Too many individuals, and whole countries for that matter, is today in serious debt crises because they have consumed before they have earned.:rolleyes:
I consider myself as a wise guy, who has learned of others mistakes.;)
New MP late in 2013 fits me actually very good.:)
 
What would you folks do IF apple stopped with the computers and just made the iPhone and tablets today! You folks needing the computers to make a living would loose allot while switching to another platform. The new Mac pro may or may not materialize. Why would you take that chance. I left and built my own and learned new software/OS before selling my Mac pro's. Point is to have a backup to switch to in the event apple does jam you. Sure win7 isn't perfect, but works pretty darn good. Learning curve stunk after 6 years on Mac only. Will still look at a new Mac pro IF it ever gets released. My bet is its dead. But possibility of an arm based system isn't out of the question either. Good luck folks. Hope you figure out a solution.
 
bearcatrp said:
What would you folks do IF apple stopped with the computers and just made the iPhone and tablets today! You folks needing the computers to make a living would loose allot while switching to another platform. The new Mac pro may or may not materialize. Why would you take that chance. I left and built my own and learned new software/OS before selling my Mac pro's. Point is to have a backup to switch to in the event apple does jam you. Sure win7 isn't perfect, but works pretty darn good. Learning curve stunk after 6 years on Mac only. Will still look at a new Mac pro IF it ever gets released. My bet is its dead. But possibility of an arm based system isn't out of the question either. Good luck folks. Hope you figure out a solution.
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impossible. There whole business model would collapse. They need macs in order to write apps for iOS... They will just make thin laptops and and soon they will merge with the tablet but I don't see that happening for the next 5-7 years.

Just look at the new Macbook pro's. Has a higher res then any large monitor.. Pretty fast cpu and not to bad of gpu. 12k+ on geek bench. Thats pretty good for a .71inch machine. Hook a few thunderbolt drives and you have a killer machine.
 
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Just look at the new Macbook pro's. Has a higher res then any large monitor.. Pretty fast cpu and not to bad of gpu. 12k+ on geek bench. Thats pretty good for a .71inch machine. Hook a few thunderbolt drives and you have a killer machine.
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Will agree with you on maintaining MacBooks. One thing has crossed my mind is apple putting low voltage xeons in a iMac. Ivy bridge 8 core processors could be possible if they can control the heat. Hard to say though. If Microsoft can code Win8 on an arm platform, could see apple doing the same. Guess we will see in 2013 what apple has up its sleeve.
As for building apps for iOS, a mini or MacBook is all you need. Really no reason to use a Mac pro. Can't see apple spending resources on something not needed at apple anymore. Reason why I posted my remark to look for alternatives. They did it to Xserve, why not the Mac pro?
 
Superfly503` said:
Isn't that upgrade fairly significant? 2.66 vs 3.0, dual-cores vs. quad cores?
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Going from 5150's to 5355 (2.66Ghz) costs around $120 and an hour or so of your time. I'll be converting my system over the 4th of July weekend.
 
I'm on an old iMac and have to get a new computer.

I'm thinking of a retina MBP (until the next, real Mac Pro update): faster than a 4-core, has SSD, and 16GB RAM should be fine for now. Will read reviews over heat/fan spinning noise first. I don't mind it being hot (built for that) as I don't put it on my lap when doing CPU straining work.

A mini: I don't know... integrated graphics, low RAM, 2-core only... could be damn slow.
 
I've been thinking about getting the base Retina MBP with the 16GB RAM option and selling my 8-core 3,1 while it still has some resale value, but with the reasonable assumption that next year we'll see Retina MBPs across the board, we can expect the 15" Retina to drop $400 in one year (to match the current non-Retina 15" price), and thus an instant $400 decrease in resale value. That just seems like adding insult to injury for this Mac Pro user.

So I don't know. I guess I'll probably just keep this MP for another year and hope the MP redesign talk isn't just damage control.
 
Lance-AR said:
I have been accumulating thunderbolt devices while waiting for the refresh. If I had a way to hook my existing dual TBDs to the 2012 Pro I would be okay. I need desktop graphics. Not a Mini. I believe selling the TBDs and purchasing ACDs is unacceptable.

I'm pretty frustrated.
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Perhaps buy the cheapest mac mini and hook your tbd in that and then access the mini through firewire?

edit: I thought you were talking about disks but suspect you are talking about displays in which case it does not work.
 
MJL said:
Perhaps buy the cheapest mac mini and hook your tbd in that and then access the mini through firewire?
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How would this work? Accessing a mini through firewire suggests target disk mode. It won't help him to access the display.
 
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