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From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:17:17 -0500
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Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?
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OK I got a little carried away. Maybe I am a little bitter. But that 12
core xeon will run circles around the base New Mac Pro, and have tons more
storage, for only $750 more. And if you built it yourself it would
completely negate the price increase at all.

However, I agree, it is a fast SSD with little to compare it to. But
considering my base OS 10.9 + Apps takes up over 150GB on my laptop, I
can't imagine it being functional to actually store projects on. And then
you're back to using a RAID


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:20 PM, dennis@reelsolutions.com <
dennis@reelsolutions.com> wrote:

> You say "Not interested in starting any mac vs. pc debate..." Then
> "I imagine they are mainly for rich nerds to show off?" ... Ok...
>
>
> Count me in as a rich nerd I guess - I'll be buying one. I've never
> regretted buying a Mac, when I've gotten a bad one (1 in 16+years, they've
> been great at correcting the problem).
>
> I've made a couple PC purchases I'd rather not go into...
>
> Why make an assumption how long it will take to get repaired? I had a
> MacPro way out of warranty that had a power supply go bad; I guess they
> didn't have the part because they gave me a brand new base model MacPro for
> no charge at all, they didn't even charge for the diagnostic fee. (And they
> let me pay the difference to upgrade it to the fastest MacPro). What a
> waste of money!
> This was for a 4+ yr old machine, they weren't obligated to do anything.
> Time to receive the new machine was about a week ( mainly because I
> requested a non-stocked configuration).
>
> HP wants $3,749 for the 12 core Xeon chip, they're not cheap.
>
> 800.00 to upgrade from a 256GB SSD isn't bad considering it will do 1200
> MB/s. To match that speed, you can't really replicate it easily (RAID adds
> latency).
>
> mho... Dennis Wilkins
>



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<div dir=3D"ltr">OK I got a little carried away. Maybe I am a little bitter=
. But that 12 core xeon will run circles around the base New Mac Pro, and h=
ave tons more storage, for only $750 more. And if you built it yourself it =
would completely negate the price increase at all.<br>

<br>However, I agree, it is a fast SSD with little to compare it to. But co=
nsidering my base OS 10.9 + Apps takes up over 150GB on my laptop, I can&#3=
9;t imagine it being functional to actually store projects on. And then you=
&#39;re back to using a RAID<br>

</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri,=
 Dec 20, 2013 at 2:20 PM, <a href=3D"mailto:dennis@reelsolutions.com">denni=
s@reelsolutions.com</a> <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dennis@reel=
solutions.com" target=3D"_blank">dennis@reelsolutions.com</a>&gt;</span> wr=
ote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div><span></span></div><d=
iv><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><font color=3D"#000000"><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255=
,0)">You say &quot;Not interested in starting any mac vs. pc debate...&quot=
; Then=A0<br>

&quot;I imagine they are mainly for rich nerds to show off?&quot; ... Ok...=
</span></font></div>
</div>
</div></blockquote><br><div>Count me in as a rich nerd I guess - I&#39;ll b=
e buying one. I&#39;ve never regretted buying a Mac, when I&#39;ve gotten a=
 bad one (1 in 16+years, they&#39;ve been great at correcting the problem).=
</div>

<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve made a couple PC purchases I&#39;d rather not =
go into...=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Why make an assumption how long it w=
ill take to get repaired? I had a MacPro way out of warranty that had a pow=
er supply go bad; I guess they didn&#39;t have the part because they gave m=
e a brand new base model MacPro for no charge at all, they didn&#39;t even =
charge for the diagnostic fee. (And they let me pay the difference to upgra=
de it to the fastest MacPro). What a waste of money!</div>

<div>This was for a 4+ yr old machine, they weren&#39;t obligated to do any=
thing. Time to receive the new machine was about a week ( mainly because I =
requested a non-stocked configuration).</div><div><br></div><div>HP wants $=
3,749 for the 12 core Xeon chip, they&#39;re not cheap.</div>

</div><div><br></div><div>800.00 to upgrade from a 256GB SSD isn&#39;t bad =
considering it will do 1200 MB/s. To match that speed, you can&#39;t really=
 replicate it easily (RAID adds latency).</div><div><br></div><div>mho... D=
ennis Wilkins</div>

</div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<div>VFX &amp; Motion Graphic artist<span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>NE=
W - <a href=3D"http://www.teddygage.com" target=3D"_blank">teddygage.com</a=
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