We have an 8-core MacPro in our facility, and we find that, in addition to the positive comments mentioned so far on this thread, it handles multiple programs open at once quite nicely. For example, Photoshop, AE, and FCP, all humming along at the same time as though the other programs weren’t open. We don’t see the RAM bottlenecking like we do on the G5 2.0DP machines that we have when trying to do the same thing. So the 8-core is good for multi-tasking, too.
Aaron Kruse
BBC&S Video Communications