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What do you do with your Mac Pro?
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I have an 09 2.66 Quad with a 6870 Radeon, 12GB Ram and 6TB of internal drives. I am an expat and a freelance so it gets used for stock photography and video, video editing, voice-overs, screencasting and writing. When I am not doing that I am flying around in X-Plane
The machine has paid for itself many times over, and to keep it, if not at the cutting edge of technology, but at least somewhere along the blade, I will be upgrading to a i7-990X in the next month or two.
The machine has paid for itself many times over, and to keep it, if not at the cutting edge of technology, but at least somewhere along the blade, I will be upgrading to a i7-990X in the next month or two.
About the only thing we don't do together...
My 4,1(5,1 boot rom) 2.26 8 core is on 24/7 some photo editing, some video editing, lots and lots of word and pages (orphan control and layout flexibility in pages rocks), lots of Powerpoint and keynote, statistical analysis, reading and storing journal articles and books -texts and otherwise, communications, calendar keeps me somewhat organized, ordering pizza, watching movies, and it even plays music while I do it all
I am a mega multitasker (short attention span) and I use dragon to take my notes while I read the papers. I also use it to map backcountry hikes and explore future dive sites (travel even when I can't afford it). Been to the Smithsonian even though I've never been there or the Louvre.
Yes, I could do all of this with an iMac -for a few years- but with my Mac, I will be doing it a long time from now and there is no glass to break!
I love my girlfriend but I love my Mac Pro and if it could do one other thing, we'd be having threesomes every day...I think she's a bit jealous of it LOL!
My 4,1(5,1 boot rom) 2.26 8 core is on 24/7 some photo editing, some video editing, lots and lots of word and pages (orphan control and layout flexibility in pages rocks), lots of Powerpoint and keynote, statistical analysis, reading and storing journal articles and books -texts and otherwise, communications, calendar keeps me somewhat organized, ordering pizza, watching movies, and it even plays music while I do it all
I am a mega multitasker (short attention span) and I use dragon to take my notes while I read the papers. I also use it to map backcountry hikes and explore future dive sites (travel even when I can't afford it). Been to the Smithsonian even though I've never been there or the Louvre.
Yes, I could do all of this with an iMac -for a few years- but with my Mac, I will be doing it a long time from now and there is no glass to break!
I love my girlfriend but I love my Mac Pro and if it could do one other thing, we'd be having threesomes every day...I think she's a bit jealous of it LOL!
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Mac Pro 5.1
I'm an IT-Guy so I use my Mac Pro mainly for training and fooling around in general. At work we use mainly Windows.
Main use at the moment
Solaris/Oracle 11g in VMWare
Linux/Oracle 11g in VMWare
Oracle APEX
Lisp development
Clojure development
And then some games, internet surfing, ... well the usual stuff.
I'm an IT-Guy so I use my Mac Pro mainly for training and fooling around in general. At work we use mainly Windows.
Main use at the moment
Solaris/Oracle 11g in VMWare
Linux/Oracle 11g in VMWare
Oracle APEX
Lisp development
Clojure development
And then some games, internet surfing, ... well the usual stuff.
Wow!
WOW DUDE you still have a 30in ACD! Well done! I have a 27 inch that was the most beautiful display I had until this year. I have heard we are lucky they still run. I have read countless forums where they gave up the ghost a long time ago! I still use my old G-4 which I have my 27 ACD but once in a while I will get this little book of black where the cursor is.
I have read countless and endless issues with all APPLE displays the last few years as well. Some that were delivered DOA
WOW DUDE you still have a 30in ACD! Well done! I have a 27 inch that was the most beautiful display I had until this year. I have heard we are lucky they still run. I have read countless forums where they gave up the ghost a long time ago! I still use my old G-4 which I have my 27 ACD but once in a while I will get this little book of black where the cursor is.
I have read countless and endless issues with all APPLE displays the last few years as well. Some that were delivered DOA
Do you notice any lag?
yeah i do, i need to upgrade to the 12 core or wait for a 16 core mac pro to come out. 64gb of ram will help also!
My 30" is an 08 and is still nice and even it's really a great display. It's only drawback is it's power consumption.
I agree farmville is highly threaded, I'd go with a 16 core.
Since DAZ made the decision to chase off half their customer base, I haven't spent much time there, just on the Star Trek thread.
Hexagon is ok, I just wish it was more stable on OSX.
2006 2,1 2 x 2.66 GHz CPU, 16 gig ram , SSD boot drive, 4 x 2tb hard drives, Radeon 5670. Dell 24 inch monitor.
Photo and video editing with FCPX ( HD videos for TV viewing ) and Aperture ( photo books, prints and sideshows). DVD production with DVD Studio Pro. Tax prep and some gaming in Bootcamp with Windows 7. Genealogy with Reunion. Usual,web surfing, email, research, vacation planning ... in Safari
Photo and video editing with FCPX ( HD videos for TV viewing ) and Aperture ( photo books, prints and sideshows). DVD production with DVD Studio Pro. Tax prep and some gaming in Bootcamp with Windows 7. Genealogy with Reunion. Usual,web surfing, email, research, vacation planning ... in Safari
Did you put your SSD into the optibay or where? I have the same system minus the drives and ram.
Hex tip!
Yea HEX is some what buggy and heres a tip for you. NEVER CLOSE or QUIT a hex file that has ANYTHING in the DYNAMIC GEOMETRY AREA. Such as SMOOTHING. ALWAYS ALWAYS DISENGAGE it or what ever needs to be done to CANCEL out ANY DYNAMIC GEOMETRY before closing or you will almost always LOOSE that FILE! and or anything in it~
Yea HEX is some what buggy and heres a tip for you. NEVER CLOSE or QUIT a hex file that has ANYTHING in the DYNAMIC GEOMETRY AREA. Such as SMOOTHING. ALWAYS ALWAYS DISENGAGE it or what ever needs to be done to CANCEL out ANY DYNAMIC GEOMETRY before closing or you will almost always LOOSE that FILE! and or anything in it~
I decided to try Diablo III on my 1,1.. HOLY MOLY. It ran far better than my Macbook and I've decided that this is by far the fastest system (home/personal system) I've ever had. I played it with everything on high. Amazing.
This is with a 5+ year old 320G 7200RPM drive and 4Gs of ram. I didn't think it'd run it as well as it does. Amazing.
That is all.
This is with a 5+ year old 320G 7200RPM drive and 4Gs of ram. I didn't think it'd run it as well as it does. Amazing.
That is all.
I don't own one anymore but I did own a 2008 MP 8 core.
I simply bought it because I could at the time with a bonus I got from my job. I used it for watching movies in iTunes and internet. The ability to house four hard drives at the time was what really interested me. I had bought a 23" ACD to go with it.
When I wasn't using it, I left it on for SETI at home. After a month of that, I had to stop because the power bill doubled.
I was never able to afford to upgrade it so when I sold it a year later, it was still stock with the only thing being added was WiFi. There are still pictures of it here in this forum from June of 2008 when I bought it.
I used the money from the sale to buy a MBP.
Funny thing when I went to the Apple store to buy it was that they called the business sales rep over to talk to me thinking I was buying it for a business although I was wearing a ragged T-shirt and jeans and Nikes. I told him I was buying it for personal use.
I simply bought it because I could at the time with a bonus I got from my job. I used it for watching movies in iTunes and internet. The ability to house four hard drives at the time was what really interested me. I had bought a 23" ACD to go with it.
When I wasn't using it, I left it on for SETI at home. After a month of that, I had to stop because the power bill doubled.
I was never able to afford to upgrade it so when I sold it a year later, it was still stock with the only thing being added was WiFi. There are still pictures of it here in this forum from June of 2008 when I bought it.
I used the money from the sale to buy a MBP.
Funny thing when I went to the Apple store to buy it was that they called the business sales rep over to talk to me thinking I was buying it for a business although I was wearing a ragged T-shirt and jeans and Nikes. I told him I was buying it for personal use.
It has been my experience that this is the only rep that isn't there to look trendy and cool. They are actually sales people who are knowledgeable and can do things. I always ask for them the second I walk into the store.
Mac Pro 5,1 3.33 six-core, 16 GB RAM, 670 SC
I do print and interactive production, so the usual suspects: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and the like. But, since I stopped freelancing and got a full time job I am doing a lot less of that at home.
It's the only machine in the apartment, so I obviously use it to do all the normal stuff: web, email, movies, music, posting this message. I also game on it. At the moment it's primarily ME3 in a Windows VM and X-Plane which, unfortunately, only works well in Boot Camp.
At this rate my next Mac will probably be a Mini, with a Windows machine for gaming.
I do print and interactive production, so the usual suspects: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and the like. But, since I stopped freelancing and got a full time job I am doing a lot less of that at home.
It's the only machine in the apartment, so I obviously use it to do all the normal stuff: web, email, movies, music, posting this message. I also game on it. At the moment it's primarily ME3 in a Windows VM and X-Plane which, unfortunately, only works well in Boot Camp.
At this rate my next Mac will probably be a Mini, with a Windows machine for gaming.
I use my Octo-08 as a generic home machine, it still works really well with two SSDS (OSX and Windows)
OSX for music, Latex, web browsing, odd simulation via Windows virtual machine
Windows 7 for gaming
Linux for tinkering, but I don't have time to tinker so I removed it for now.
I may retire it once my PhD is over and I get a job. I might just build a single DIY PC and be done with OSX.
OSX for music, Latex, web browsing, odd simulation via Windows virtual machine
Windows 7 for gaming
Linux for tinkering, but I don't have time to tinker so I removed it for now.
I may retire it once my PhD is over and I get a job. I might just build a single DIY PC and be done with OSX.
Situated in a remote machine closet, my 4,1>5,1 Hex is the heart of my music studio. Although I do a little email and web surfing too, the MP is running Digital Performer and all the plug ins and VIs that go with it almost exclusively. Just moved from Snow Leopard and DP7.24 to 64 bit DP8 under Mountain Lion. Working nicely.
http://DG-Digital.com
Freelance CADD Design, Rendering and more....
http://DG-Digital.com
Mac Pro Dual Xeon X5680 @ 3.33 GHz, 12 core, 24 thread
64 GB Ram
Dual 500 GB SSD & 7TB 7200 RPM HDs
Two ~ EVGA GTX 680 FTW+ 4GB GPUs
Dual PSU: Stock 980 watt & 450 watt internal for GPUs
27" Apple LED Cinema Display 2560 x 1440
3Dconnexion SpacePilot Pro (Spaceball)
Freelance CADD Design, Rendering and more....
http://DG-Digital.com
Mac Pro Dual Xeon X5680 @ 3.33 GHz, 12 core, 24 thread
64 GB Ram
Dual 500 GB SSD & 7TB 7200 RPM HDs
Two ~ EVGA GTX 680 FTW+ 4GB GPUs
Dual PSU: Stock 980 watt & 450 watt internal for GPUs
27" Apple LED Cinema Display 2560 x 1440
3Dconnexion SpacePilot Pro (Spaceball)
Can't legally say what I do with my Mac Pro. It's a legal thing!
Thou I can brag about my 13 year old daughter, she started out 2 years ago creating digital photo albums for family and friends and now has expanded into a Mac Pro from an iMac. Recently she started working with a professional wedding photographer editing, shooting & creating wedding albums and will be doing a 1 week work shop with Jerry Ghionis this summer.
She's producing some stunning images and she claims she couldn't do it with out her Mac Pro.
Thou I can brag about my 13 year old daughter, she started out 2 years ago creating digital photo albums for family and friends and now has expanded into a Mac Pro from an iMac. Recently she started working with a professional wedding photographer editing, shooting & creating wedding albums and will be doing a 1 week work shop with Jerry Ghionis this summer.
She's producing some stunning images and she claims she couldn't do it with out her Mac Pro.
That's reassuring. What graphics card is in there? I recently picked up an '06 2.66GHz w/ 6GB RAM, and I'll stick my 6570 in there for now. Is it a decent system? How does it fare up against your MacBook (forgetting 4GB vs 16GB RAM)?