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The almost predictable death of the Mac Pro line? (pg. 3)
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
I was just looking at the Thunderbolt setups oddly.
You can grab a 13" MBP with a 128GB SSD and i7, a Thunderbolt 27" docking display and a Thunderbolt 4TB storage bay for about £3k.
That's pretty tempting. |
Don't do it just yet Geoff - this is first Gen thunderbolt and the first time apple has incorporated. I expect to see a big shift in processing power and system resources in the next release of imacs, macbook pros and mac pros (if they ever get released). |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Don't do it just yet Geoff - this is first Gen thunderbolt and the first time apple has incorporated. I expect to see a big shift in processing power and system resources in the next release of imacs, macbook pros and mac pros (if they ever get released). |
No fear dude.
It's at least 6 months away yet (need to find/build the dedi studio first).
But I do like the idea of of a docking MBP or two. In fact I don't see any reason not to grab a couple of the big screens and a couple of MBP's sharing a big Pegasus drive, that's still only about £5k.
Better than golf ;) |
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| Timothy |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Don't do it just yet Geoff - this is first Gen thunderbolt and the first time apple has incorporated. I expect to see a big shift in processing power and system resources in the next release of imacs, macbook pros and mac pros (if they ever get released). |
Ivy Bridge is just a die shrink. There isn't going to be a major upgrade in performance. The next big upgrade is Haswell which will be released in 2013.
And this "first gen" Thunderbolt will be here for a very long time. The "2nd gen" Thunderbolt is coming around 2015. |
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| Fledz |
| quote: | Originally posted by dj_alfi
If they allowed the use of OSX on non-Apple hardware, not one of those machines would work. Not one. |
Why? The stability largely comes from the OS, not the parts. Of course the configuration has an impact but it's about the coding. |
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
Trust. Apple are screwed. Queue some of the worst business decision ever.
I'd better PM System-J and let him know now so he can jump ship and for once in his life be ahead of the curve.
Bail people.
I predict Microsoft will smash their game up.
Props to apple for stirring up though Tech looks a damn site better all round thanks to them. |
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| meriter |
| what's bugging me is having to scour the earth for a decent firewire hd :mad: |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Timothy
Ivy Bridge is just a die shrink. There isn't going to be a major upgrade in performance. The next big upgrade is Haswell which will be released in 2013.
And this "first gen" Thunderbolt will be here for a very long time. The "2nd gen" Thunderbolt is coming around 2015. |
I disagree. Look at the benchmarks and performance of the Air refresh: The entry level air is now on a par with the current mid/top spec macbook pro. I expect the performance increases in other models with only a slightly different processor.
It's not just about processor speed itself, but what they get out of it and what they're doing the with the busses and rest of the component choices.
Oh and I didn't mean wait for the next gen of thunderbolt - it's not going optical for a good while - I meant I personally will never buy a first gen of anything from apple. This is the first product that they incorporated thunderbolt in, so I'll personally wait until they iron out the creases with this model and put it in others.
@meriter - just buy G-raid or LaCie. Problem solved. I just got a G-drive mini 500gb and the thing is amazing. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
I bought a bunch of those 3 TB G drive things. I ended up consolidating them into a mega raid storage unit.
The good news is that even tho it says don't remove sticker or your warranty is void, when you do a warranty claim, you just send the hard-rive.
I had 1 drive with some bad sectors. No issues. Fill out a ticket, send the drive. Got a new one 1 week later. Those cases are sweet. I like the heat sink. In fact i was looking for a way to add something similar to the drives in a Mac Pro. |
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| meriter |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
@meriter - just buy G-raid or LaCie. Problem solved. I just got a G-drive mini 500gb and the thing is amazing. |
Thanks, I'll check it out. I have one of those LaCie 1tb with usb, eSata, and IEEE and I'm super happy with it. I'd like to get another but I guess they're out of production. Great product even came with all the necessary cables including a fw800 -> fw400 cable. |
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| meriter |
| quote: | | G-DRIVE mini is bus powered when attached to a 6 or 9-pin FireWire port. |
I came. |
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| Timothy |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
I disagree. Look at the benchmarks and performance of the Air refresh: The entry level air is now on a par with the current mid/top spec macbook pro. I expect the performance increases in other models with only a slightly different processor.
It's not just about processor speed itself, but what they get out of it and what they're doing the with the busses and rest of the component choices.
Oh and I didn't mean wait for the next gen of thunderbolt - it's not going optical for a good while - I meant I personally will never buy a first gen of anything from apple. This is the first product that they incorporated thunderbolt in, so I'll personally wait until they iron out the creases with this model and put it in others.
@meriter - just buy G-raid or LaCie. Problem solved. I just got a G-drive mini 500gb and the thing is amazing. |
The new Macbook Air can come close to the last gen of the 2010 MBP due to switching to Sandy Bridge. It was a change in architect and not a die shrink like Ivy Bridge is. You're not going to see a similar bump in CPU power with the 2012 upgrade. You'll have to wait till 2013. |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by meriter
I came. |
Properly.
Those drives are amazing. The g is also tiny and damn robust. Only problem I've ever had is that very occasionally (I mean once a month maybe) it isn't mounted when I boot up so i just flick the power switch off/on and it's back.
Also has way faster file transfer that my western digital or seagate external drives.
@timothy - I reckon the mac pros will see a bump though - It's been a long time since a revision and even though CPU's have not had leaps and bounds in that time, the thunderbolt & new mobo developments will squeeze a lot more out of a slightly faster CPU, not to mention the new mac pros are going to have a faster buss speed all round. |
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