New Mac Pro “three years ahead of it’s time”

[David Roth weiss]

I love the design, it’s about as good as this:

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist & Workflow Consultant
David Weiss Productions
Los Angeles

David is a Creative COW contributing editor and a forum host of the Apple Final Cut Pro forum.

[David Mathis]

Looks like a high tech outdoor speaker. By the way, what is with that blue light? Perhaps it could be featured in a K Mart commercial?

[Oliver Peters]

But will it burst into flames?

– Oliver

Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com

[Joseph W. bourke]

Yes…and the color of the flames can be changed via an iPhone app.

Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com

[Herb Sevush]

I just bought a trash can MacPro for a new series and I must say that there is absolutely nothing about the cylindrical design that is helpful in anyway. Too small to reach the “power on” button when placed on the floor, impossible to mount in a rack, a vipers nest of wires sticking out when placed on a desktop. It’s good to see Samsung following up it’s disastrous handling of the Note by copycatting one of the worst designs in modern technology. Hey maybe Samsung can get theirs to blow up the graphics card as well.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Claude Lyneis]

Herb, tell us how you really feel.

[Herb Sevush]

[Claude Lyneis] “Herb, tell us how you really feel.”

AS long as your asking …

The trash can’s performance can’t be faulted. I bought a 6 core, 32 gig, D700 on ebay and while I haven’t done any direct tests against my beefed up tower, it feels a bit faster. Plus Thunderbolt raids are cheaper and easier to build without need for controller cards. I intend to do some rendering tests soon and will post my results.

Now if only I could rip out the guts and put the whole thing in a tower case with a DVD burner and add some PCIe slots, I’d be a happy guy.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Herb Sevush]

[Herb Sevush] “I just bought a trash can MacPro for a new series”

I should also add that the Ebay nMpro cost about 2K more than a beefed up used tower at this point, but the savings on the Raid side, due to Thunderbolt, pretty much balanced that out. If I didn’t need the raid, I would have bought another cheese grater. I would have gladly paid an additional 1-2K for a nMpro in a tower config with PCIe slots – but Apple wasn’t offering.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf

[Mark Suszko]

There is an inexpensive ring-shaped adapter that lets you mount the “trashcan” on it’s side, in a standard equipment rack, if you’re so inclined.

[Herb Sevush]

[Mark Suszko] “There is an inexpensive ring-shaped adapter that lets you mount the “trashcan” on it’s side, in a standard equipment rack, if you’re so inclined.”

It might almost be worth the $500 to get it off my desk, but for now I think I’ll just leave it there with a label on it with a quote from that high-water mark of American cinema “The Towering Inferno” —

“I don’t know. Maybe they just oughta leave it the way it is. Kind of a shrine to all the bullshit in the world.”

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
\”Deciding the spine is the process of editing\” F. Bieberkopf