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The iMac “Pro” rumor looks interesting
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[Roy Pearson] “Well there aren’t any 10-core i7 chips so no choice there, even the Xeon E3s are 4-core only. That’s why Apple needs a Mac Pro in their lineup.”
Intel Core i7 Broadwell can have up to ten cores…
Shawn
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[Craig Seeman] “If you buy peripherals to take advantage of TB3 it’s pretty much an island though.”
Not true actually. As opposed to e.g. various Tbo 1 & 2 adapters, you CAN in fact flip a Tbo 3 adapter around and use it any way around you like. I can hook a Tbo3 RAID up to a Tbo1 machine if I like. Which is one of the many many reasons I’m absolutely in love with Tbo3/USB-C. By far THE most flexible and overall powerful port to date.
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[Robin S. Kurz] “I can hook a Tbo3 RAID up to a Tbo1 machine if I like. “
Sure but then you’re not getting TB3 speeds. Maybe I wasn’t clear on that point.
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Ah you’re right I was only looking at the current Skylake lineup, my bad. Looks like Skylake-X will have the 10-core option too… I’m just getting caught up on the confusing Intel product names hah.
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Apple always seems to go the expensive is better route. You can build a screaming 8 core AMD workstation right now for under 2 grand. i7 or Ryzen iMac or Mac Pro built around a GTX 1080 or whatever AMD comes out next with would be awesome. But wasting money on ECC RAM and XEON CPU’s and Quadro GPU’s is just stooopid.
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[Craig Seeman] “[Robin S. Kurz] “I can hook a Tbo3 RAID up to a Tbo1 machine if I like. ”
Sure but then you’re not getting TB3 speeds. Maybe I wasn’t clear on that point.
“Sure, but it’s still good to know that if I’ve got a TB1/2 system (and don’t want to upgrade just yet), I can still future-proof a bit by purchasing TB3 storage, as needed, in the meantime.
FWIW, I’m using a nMP as my primary, have a 2012 MBP for travel, and a late 2013 27″ iMac at home. Looking forward to upgrading the home machine when the ‘Pro’ models are released…
Doug Metz
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[Lance Bachelder] “Apple always seems to go the expensive is better route. You can build a screaming 8 core AMD workstation right now for under 2 grand. i7 or Ryzen iMac or Mac Pro built around a GTX 1080 or whatever AMD comes out next with would be awesome.”
I made mentioned of AMD’s Ryzen months ago.
[Lance Bachelder] ” But wasting money on ECC RAM and XEON CPU’s and Quadro GPU’s is just stooopid.”
I tend to agree. I can see it as an option but not the only option. Perhaps Intel will start to lower the price of their CPUs. Perhaps the six core Coffee Lake will come in at $360.00 to be competitive. If not a lot of people might switch to AMD. Having said that there is one down side to AMD but that could change in another 7-8 months.
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[Craig Seeman] “Sure but then you’re not getting TB3 speeds.”
????… erm, yeah. That’s pretty much a given, no? Just as little as I’m getting USB3 speed with my USB3 disk on my USB2 port, FW800 speed with my FW800 disk on my FW400 port etc. etc. etc. But then I never suggested one would or could. Maybe I wasn’t clear on that point. ????
The point was backwards compatibility i.e. your assertion “TB3 it’s pretty much an island“. It has by far the most “two-way streets” of any port I know of.
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[Doug Metz] ” I can still future-proof a bit by purchasing TB3 storage, as needed, in the meantime.”
Exactly. Just the savings on CABLES is monstrous in comparison. Or has anyone here ever seen a Tbo1 or 2 cable of any kind for under $20?? I haven’t. Not even close. Never mind the low cost and plethora of adapters and hubs if you need them. So the whole notion that there is somehow something wrong or BAD about Apple just putting Tbo3/C ports on the MBP is complete nonsense and utterly backwards imho. But then I only hear that from people that don’t even have them to begin with. Go figger. ????
– RK
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