Mac Heads & Window Peoplez: the new Mac pro vs. What?

[mailboxpimp]

Mac Pro, starting at $5,999

Intel Xeon processor w/ up to 28 cores,
300 W of power and heavy-duty cooling,
System memory can be maxed out at 1.5TB
6-channel memory across 12 DIMM slots.
8 PCI Express slots, w/ 4 of them being 2x wide for larger expansion cards.
2 USB-C / Thunderbolt
3 and two USB-A ports will be on the rear of the system,
2 USB-C / TB3 ports

MPX Module for Thunderbolt 3-
a giant quad-wide PCIe card that fits two graphics cards, has its own dedicated heat sink, and also has a custom Thunderbolt connector to hook into that backbone.

Apple says you can spec that out with AMD’s Radeon Pro Vega 2 or Radeon Pro Vega 2 Duo — and you can configure the system with two of the latter, giving you four GPUs and 128GB of HBM2 graphics memory in total.

What is the comparable windows based version of this? Is this even worth the money given the bullshit apple pulls with repairs, part availability, & the lack of the consumers ability to buy good expansion products for a cheaper price....

It seems like the macbook pro should me a slim down version of this shit...

 

[flx2000]

You can build a comparable system


Motherboard:gigabyte x299
CPU: Xeon of your choice

 

[thismybgolname]

There is a thread on this.

https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/first-look-the-new-mac-pro.1051788/

This is a machine for people that are professionals, not the average consumer looking for a computer.

You can build a comparable system


Motherboard:gigabyte x299
CPU: Xeon of your choice

I worked for an animation/movie studio once and I brought up a hackintosh device for them.

They laughed and said they value of the stuff they were creating was worth more than saving a few dollars on a computer.

 

[flx2000]

There is a thread on this.

https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/first-look-the-new-mac-pro.1051788/

This is a machine for people that are professionals, not the average consumer looking for a computer.



I worked for an animation/movie studio once and I brought up a hackintosh device for them.

They laughed and said they value of the stuff they were creating was worth more than saving a few dollars on a computer.

And they are correct but I was just pointing out the specs on their pc, I should have stated that.
You can build a windows version of this but with some limitations

 

[Adam Knows]

but can it play minecraft?

Apple: absolutely not

 

[mailboxpimp]

There is a thread on this.

https://www.bgol.us/forum/threads/first-look-the-new-mac-pro.1051788/

This is a machine for people that are professionals, not the average consumer looking for a computer.



I worked for an animation/movie studio once and I brought up a hackintosh device for them.

They laughed and said they value of the stuff they were creating was worth more than saving a few dollars on a computer.

thanks ..... I didnt see it!

 

[mailboxpimp]

And they are correct but I was just pointing out the specs on their pc, I should have stated that.
You can build a windows version of this but with some limitations

what would those be?

 

[flx2000]

• 1.5TB of ram
• you can do 4 way SLI but I don't know what video suite can actually utilize the full power of that on windows.
• Do they have a dedicated GPU for video acceleration on the PC? back in the day I had a Matrox card that was sold with premiere pro, it handled special effects and had a dedicated output to view playback on a dedicated screen (I think black magic does)
• video card options with space for other add-in cards

I will say that windows users will be able to use intel optane, which is a plus (never used it)

This is just with what's for sale on the current market, I'll give it a few months and I bet better motherboards will be created

if you follow Linus build, that should be a kickass system for premiere or any other non-linear editing (NLE) system

 

[flx2000]

Great breakdown

 

[gtg305h]

Great breakdown

Apple fanbois: $2000 for a folding screen is ridiculous!

Also Apple fanbois: $12000 for a desktop computer is a steal!

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

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