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Mac Pro GPU may be replaceable
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https://dylanreeve.com/computers/2013/building-the-mac-pro.html
An interesting and very competent review. One has to wonder – just what proportion of video professions need all that RAM etc, and how many will lash out all that money just because it’s a MacPro, and they have expensive gadget lust. I’ve just completed my first hour-long show for some time – being mostly retired now – shot on three cameras recording in ProRes LT. This PC is a long way now from being the fastest, but it coped perfectly well with its i5-750 and 8Gb ram. Rendering maxed out the CPU, as designed, but not the ram, and the two screens in front of me accommodated Premiere Pro CS6 without trouble. When I need to upgrade I’ll just rip out the motherboard etc and bung in new bits.
Just down the road from me they make the McLaren P1 and I see them around the place. I don’t actually need one to get around though, my Toyota Avensis does the job perfectly well. Most people don’t need the fastest or flashiest. Actually no-one needs a McLaren P1.
B
Bernie
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[Julian Bowman] ” I already have 2 external drives (one for my internal raid drives and the other my launch drive, “
Just as a matter of curiosity, you have a current mac pro and you boot from external drives? Why?
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
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[Julian Bowman] “Personally I would have liked some ports on the front, or all the thunderbolt and usb ports on the front and the other stuff on the back. But hey, I guess I can get a usb hub which will give me more than 2 frontal usb slots, so not ideal but not particularly a deal breaker.”
I do a lot of drive swapping as well, and this will by my solution. A Thunderbolt to Thunderbot, USB2, USB3, and Firewire800 hub that can sit on my desk seems like the best solution.
So who’s making one?
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Just like with the old MacPro- the purchase here will mean a longer interval between upgrades. I am starting to feel some strain on heavier jobs on this 2011 iMac- but it’s done well for 2 years.
With the fairly topped out system I plan to buy in December, I’m betting that the machine will serve me at least 3-5 years, unless something changes dramatically in that time.
The only reason I didn’t hold onto my old MacPro tower was because of timing- I bought the fastest and last PowerPC you could get. The G5 Quad. Oh well… But amazingly I still got $800 for it when I sold it 3 years ago.
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Hey Herb.
no sorry didn’t explain properly. I have 8 x 2TB raided together (internal) and then put an SSD into my disc drive bay and use an external blue ray burner for discs.
The two externals are currently for backing up my files drive (raid) and my boot up drive (SSD).
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Please create a thread in here if you find one 🙂
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[Marcus Moore] “I do a lot of drive swapping as well, and this will by my solution. A Thunderbolt to Thunderbot, USB2, USB3, and Firewire800 hub that can sit on my desk seems like the best solution.
“Belkin: https://www.belkin.com/us/p/P-F4U055/
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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This one has esata: https://www.sonnettech.com/product/echo15thunderboltdock.html
Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy
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One thing is clear from looking at the picture of the Sonnet Echo 15 Thunderbolt dock and that is that it wasn’t designed by Jonathan Ive.
Another thing is that at $400 it isn’t cheap but it certainly covers all the bases and even has space for a drive bay for a SSD or HDD.
If all one is after is to connect eSATA drives, the LaCie eSATA Hub at $199 is another option. One can also daisy chain onwards with this unit and it’s got a nice blue light on the front.
I use one of these to connect 2 GTech eSATA drives and an Apple USB SuperDrive when I want to import CD’s or burn DVDs.
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