What would you currently do if your MP bust?

[AidenShaw]

If my 3,1 dies, I'll buy an HP workstation or something. WIN-DOS, not hackintosh. Therefore also no need to invest in a new Iphone.

OS X was a killer OS for a while, but it is losing ground, and is becoming as bug ridden and bloated as WIN-DOS was before.

Why do you say "WIN-DOS"???

There's no DOS in Windows (at least in this millennium).

 

[howiest]

I recently bought a power supply for my 4,1 just in case the worst were to happen (it was a bargain too), if it completely failed I would only get another 4,1/5,1 if I could get it for as good a price as this one, if not I would probably build an X79/X99 based system from used parts.

From eBay?

 

[nigelbb]

I recently bought a power supply for my 4,1 just in case the worst were to happen (it was a bargain too), if it completely failed I would only get another 4,1/5,1 if I could get it for as good a price as this one, if not I would probably build an X79/X99 based system from used parts.

The power supply in my 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 died a few years ago I found obtaining a replacement power supply a struggle. Ideally I would have bought a new one but these were unavailable. I eventually paid £150 for what was described as a used one but when it arrived it was clearly brand new. Nowadays it would be nearly as cheap to buy a whole working 3,1 system.

 

[deckard666]

Performance wise how would a new iMac compare as I see a second-hand 2017 model are around 1500 quid or so..

 

[Kris Kelvin]

Performance wise how would a new iMac compare as I see a second-hand 2017 model are around 1500 quid or so..

Unless you do 3d rendering or video encoding all day long (utilizing 8+ cores), any recent iMac with a dedicated GPU will be just as fast – or faster. Just make sure it has an SSD and enough RAM.

The iMac Pro outclasses all previous Mac Pro in regards to performance.

 

[orph]

just compare cpu models gpu models and other parts to see potential speed change then add in the apps you need/want to use and if they can actually use the full potential speed of a part

ie if app x will only use 1-core of a cpu then 4c v 8c cpu will be mute it will just come down to single core speed, if there close in clocks the speed will be close.
if app x will use only 4-cores of a cpu then 4c v 8c cpu will be mute it will just come down to single core speed, if there close in clocks the speed will be close.

etc