Rick Lang
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[Paul Dickin] “Not a test, but this analysis of Intel’s spec sheet is informative over the turbo boost constraints on the 12-core versus 8-core and lower:
https://www.marco.org/2013/11/26/new-mac-pro-cpus“Paul, that analysis makes the 6-core look quite attractive compared to the 8-core. Lots to ponder…
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Thank you, Andy.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Marcus Moore:
“That 8-core, 500GB, 64GB RAM, and D700s machine was priced for me at $7,700. Which leave me a bit of room since I’ll have to buy some displays. Probably refurb Thunderbolt ACDs unless they offer something in a 4K flavour…”I’m also looking at that configuration but wonder if 32 GB RAM will suffice. I know I exceed the 16 GB I have on the iMac but hope that 32 GB will suffice. Problem is my inexperience with 4K raw video that I hope to start shooting in 2014 for better or for worse. If my HD video maxes out the 16 GB machine, it may mean that realistically 64 GB is a requirement for good performance on 4K raw video. Of course only having 32 GB may only affect the raw debayer and final render steps and I could handle that.
I’m waiting for Peter Chamberlain (Blackmagic Design), product manager for DaVinci Resolve, to give his configuration guidance once the machines are released as he already knows better than anyone what is needed for 4K debayer and render. I’m sure by the end of January other software product managers will also chime in on what configuration is sufficient for their post products to work in 4K on the Mac Pro. Surely, they won’t all say, “max out the specs and you’ll be fine!”
I can remember Grace Hopper of the US Navy commenting on the memory requirements of PCs saying that you can do a lot with a 64 KB PC. And now we know some creative professionals lament that the new Mac Pro only supports 64 GB!
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[Marcus Moore] “I hear you. I was one of the insane maniacs to pay $1500 for the 750GB SSD in the last 17″MBP.”
Must be something in the water we Canadians drink (naturally carbonated Kool-Aid?).
Buying their options can seem outrageous but necessary. The thing is Apple knows what you will realistically need to have a comfortably functioning working machine and 128 GB on a laptop or 256 GB on the Mac Pro for your system storage probably is anemic especially the way the OS treats your ‘home’ as holding all your data possessions by default. Easy to locate your media assets elsewhere but all the rest can add up quickly. I may consider keeping “all the rest” on the iMac, but at this point I think I may opt for a larger PCIe flash drive than the standard 256 GB. My iMac is the 3 TB option and I’ve lots of room to spare, but I see 500 GB as the easiest to migrate to on the Mac Pro as that is what I use now for my iMac boot partition. Looking at prices of quality 1 TB SATA SSDs, even $1,000 for Apple’s 1 TB PCie flash drive seems reasonable given how much faster than SATA it is.
“Happy New Year everyone” from Apple.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[Marcus Moore] “As for the RAM, I’m just relaying the info. $1,200 for 64GB.”
That’s a nice change from my current iMac, late 2009, when the 16 GB RAM option cost me $1,500 from Apple. I know, I know, buy cheaper from OWC, but there’s a sucker born every minute and I guess I am one of them. Looking forward to aggressive pricing from Apple to make a statement that they intend to be competitive and to make a dent in the market.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[Keith Koby] “It would be great to see that pricing on the 171 stay there instead of going back to regular. At that pricing the panasonic 17s look like a bad joke.”
Thanks, Keith. Would be sweet if they kept that price on the CM171 when they introduce a CM1741 for support of 6G-SDI and native 2K. Trying to research what equipment best suits the Blackmagic Production Camera 4K (UHD) with 6G-SDI to deliver video in 2K. Maybe the BMPC4K will be available off the shelf in time for the Black Friday sales in 2014!
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[Keith Koby] “I did not but a guy who works for me saw it over at CCW and gave it the thumbs up.”
Keith, did your employee get any sense that new models would be released next year that supported SDI-6G and higher pixel-for-pixel resolutions such as 2K or 4K (UHD)? I understand the monitor will take a 2K input but you lose the precise 1:1 view of the video that HD video has.
For HD, the CM171 seems very attractive, but nice to have a crystal ball for 2014. Thanks.
Rick
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[Steve Connor] “Interesting, will an iPad Pro get Pro Apps?”
What seems most interesting is that the 12.9” screen should just accommodate an UHD 3840×2160 pixel screen with a pixel density of 326 ppi. Would be a perfect match for anyone working in 4K video if the colour gamut is exceptionally good. Could conceivably be a production monitor, a video viewer or an extension of production apps panels with a touch interface. Something dynamic with the operators needs in mind. Could be FCP X, DaVinci Resolve, etc.
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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Looking at a MacWorld review of the new Garageband 10 app for the Mac, it also has undergone a transformation to 64-bit code and its functionality appears to be derived from Logic Pro X (rather than the previous version of Garageband). Many of the capabilities in Garageband.app for Mac are lifted completely or partially from the same features in Logic. Seems to be a pattern here. And it can even be controlled, like Logic, with Logic Remote for iPad!
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB
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[Marcus Moore] “I’d go cross-eyed trying to look for this stuff…”
Same here. For a simpler hint at the inner workings from 10,000 feet, I looked at the Mac App Store size of the two current apps and it is interesting, although not exactly comparing apples to apples since we don’t know the size of FCP X 10.1 yet:
iMovie v10.0 1.94 GB updated October 22, 2013
FCP X v10.0.9 1.64 GB as of July 30, 2013
Rick Lang
iMac 27” 2.8GHz i7 16GB