The Cheese Grater is back

[Scott Thomas]

According to the Apple website, The Radeon Pro Vega II gives you four more Thunderbolt 3 ports per card. They claim a total of 12 possible on the machine.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Michael Gissing] “NVIDIA is a deal breaker for me and I’m sure many Resolve users will be torn.
“

Blackmagic Design
“DaVinci Resolve is the world’s most advanced color correction and online editing software for high-end film and television work. It was the first professional software to adopt Metal and now, with the new Mac Pro and Afterburner, we’re seeing full-quality 8K performance in real time with color correction and effects, something we could never dream of doing before. DaVinci Resolve running on the new Mac Pro is easily the fastest way to edit, grade and finish movies and TV shows.” — Grant Petty, CEO, Blackmagic Design

Are people really going to pay $50,000 for one single computer though?

https://9to5mac.com/2019/06/03/maxed-out-mac-pro-cost-estimate/

[Martin Curtis]

[Jeremy Garchow] “It’s the … Catalina Wine Mixer!”

Pow!

[Michael Gissing]

[Jeremy Garchow]”Are people really going to pay $50,000 for one single computer though?”

Grant is probably saying what Apple want to hear while they sort RAW format licensing from each other (hopefully).

For $50,000, I’m confident I could build a more powerful PC with NVIDIA cards that would outperform the maxed MacPro with AMD cards running Resolve.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Michael Gissing] “Grant is probably saying what Apple want to hear while they sort RAW format licensing from each other (hopefully).”

Here’s all the quotes. It seems a little more than just flowery language.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/06/pro-app-developers-react-to-the-new-mac-pro-and-pro-display-xdr/

I guess we will know in the “fall”.

[Ricardo Marty]

Linus Mac Pro technical analysis. Says some interesting Things.

https://youtu.be/PPiEpSMkzoo

Ricardo Marty

Some will buy it, not me

Some contents or functionalities here are not available due to your cookie preferences!

This happens because the functionality/content marked as “Google Youtube” uses cookies that you choosed to keep disabled. In order to view this content or use this functionality, please enable cookies: click here to open your cookie preferences.

[Michael Gissing]

[Jeremy Garchow] ” It seems a little more than just flowery language.”

I recall Grant being effusive about the trashcan.

[Steve Connor]

[Michael Gissing] “For $50,000, I’m confident I could build a more powerful PC with NVIDIA cards that would outperform the maxed MacPro with AMD cards running Resolve.
“

How on earth could you be confident about that when we have NO idea about how the new Mac Pro will perform?

[Bernard Newnham]

Just a mile down the road here they make the McLaren Senna –

Performance
0-100KPH (62MPH) 2.8s
0-200KPH (124MPH) 6.8s
0-300KPH (186MPH) 17.5s

Engine
Type V8
Technology Twin-Turbo
McLaren M840TR 3,994CC
Power 800PS (789BHP)
Torque 800NM (590LB FT)

It’s jolly pretty, very high spec, and if I get rid of my house and live on the street I could afford one. But actually, I drive a Toyota Avensis, which does the jobs required of it. I can’t think of anyone (maybe a Pixar render farm?) actually needing this new Mac, except as a boy’s toy (mine is bigger than yours). And Pixar might not be interested as it has no CUDA. So in the wider world, what’s it for?

Bernie

[Steve Connor]

[Bernard Newnham] “So in the wider world, what’s it for?
“

People who actually bill a couple of hundred ££ or more a day for Edit suite hire?