What do you use your Mac Pro for...

[Ploki]

Machine: 2008 octo
Location: home "office" (project studio)
Purchased by: me
Revenue: part-time revenue
Workload #1: music/audio
Workload #2: graphic arts (just for fun though)

 

[Genghis Khan]

Machine: G4 PowerMac
Location: Home
Purchased by: Me
Revenue: Full-Time
Workload #1: Collating blackmail material.
Workload #2: Emailing blackmail material.

invaluable machine.

 

[ventro]

I use mine to read the macrumors forums, that's it.

 

[UltraNEO*]

System 1 :
Machine:　　2008 3.2 Octo
Location:　　Home office (work from home)
Purchased by: me (paid for itself after two projects)
Revenue:　　FT revenue (on 24/7, except when i'm away)
Workload #1:　　audio/video processing
Workload #2:　　graphic design

System 2 + System 3 :
Machine:　　2008 2.8 Octo (headless)
Location:　　Home office (work from home)
Purchased by: me
Revenue:　　FT revenue (on 24/7, except when i'm away)
Workload #1:　　audio/video processing
Workload #2:　　file server/storage/printer spooler

 

[Ploki]

how do you distribute cpu to the 1st system?

 

[daceymathers]

The current model of Mac Pro features Intel Xeon processors based on the Nehalem microarchitecture/Westmere microarchitecture. There are options of up to 12 processing cores, up to four optional 2TB hard disk drives/512GB solid state drives and ATI Radeon HD 5770/5870 graphics.

Machine:
two Quad core Intel E5620 Xeon processors @2.4 GHz

Location: Residence

Purchased by: Me

Primary Workload: Software/web development

 

[Fotog]

Machine: 2006 MP Quad w/flashed 4870
Location: home office
Purchased By: me
Revenue: yes
Primary usage: photo editing (i.e. work)
Secondary usage: 2nd computer
Tertiary usage: gaming (win)

 

[FluJunkie]

Machine: 2010 Quad Core
Location: Home Office
Purchased by: Me
Revenue: Part-Time
Primary Uses:
Scientific computing/mathematical models
Games
General Productivity

 

[JeepGuy]

Machine: 2010 Hex
Location: Work
Purchased by: Company
Revenue: full-time revenue
Workload #1: Architectural (Revit MEP)
Workload #2: 3D modeling
Workload #3: Acoustical Analysis and Speaker modeling.

Machine: 2010 Quad
Location: Home Office
Purchased by: Me
Revenue: part-time revenue
Workload #1: Architecture (Revit MEP)
Workload #2: 3D modeling
Workload #3: Photography

 

[initialsBB]

Machine: 2010 hex 3.33
Location: home
Purchased by: me
Revenue: some, but it's really for self training (freelance video editor)
Workload #1: After Effects / Photoshop / FCP / Avid
Workload #2: Aperture for my hobby... 6*3.33 GHz + 16 GB RAM really changed my life.

 

[roblin]

Machine: 2008 8x2.8ghz
Location: home(my office)
Purchased by: me
Revenue: online gambling(NLTH)
Workload #1: postgresql, tons of windows with HUD layers
Workload #2: starcraft, games, chess(houdini)