Return-Path: Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp004.mac.com ([17.158.161.3] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5330715 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:56:09 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp004.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0MYJ00FDB3AZU570@nk11p00mm-asmtp004.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:59:24 +0000 (GMT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.11.87,1.0.14,0.0.0000 definitions=2013-12-28_02:2013-12-27,2013-12-28,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1308280000 definitions=main-1312280122 From: Jim Curtis Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_DBF3BDDE-27FD-421E-8277-D2F49903715E" Message-id: <3661BC75-82DC-41A8-B3AF-599345CFC48B@me.com> MIME-version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Mac Pro 2013 Review Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 11:59:23 -0600 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_DBF3BDDE-27FD-421E-8277-D2F49903715E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I'm curious about heat and dust. Perhaps my space is dustier than most = (I live under three enormous pecan trees that spew matter year round.), = but I blast the dust out of my MacPros two or three times a year to = allow the air flow to glide smoothly across the internal components. My = box sits on the floor, which may contribute to the build up. But, I = wonder, with all that stuff jammed into one little cylinder is going to = fare with situations like mine, or worse, for people who live in really = dusty environs like Oklahoma. On Dec 28, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote: > Here=92s a review of = http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/23/apple-mac-pro-review-2013/. It=92s as = quiet as advertised but runs warm. I suspect if really pushed (render = farm) Apple may have to boost fan speeds a tad. > =20 > Benchmarks and testing are fairly thin =96 of note is they apparently = got underwhelming GPU performance and theorized only FCPX was able to = use the second GPU card. The storage system is fast as expected. They = claim the CPU is not upgradable but GPU=92s are. However, tear downs = reveal that is could be upgraded as it=92s socketed. But I would bank on = ease or workability of those upgrades until actual parts and testing = reveals if they will work. > =20 > But still waiting for a much more thorough review (i.e. Anandtech or = Tom=92s Hardware) to unravel mystery of GPUs. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > =20 > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick > =20 --Apple-Mail=_DBF3BDDE-27FD-421E-8277-D2F49903715E Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 I'm curious about heat and = dust.  Perhaps my space is dustier than most (I live under three = enormous pecan trees that spew matter year round.), but I blast the dust = out of my MacPros two or three times a year to allow the air flow to = glide smoothly across the internal components.  My box sits on the = floor, which may contribute to the build up.  But, I wonder, with = all that stuff jammed into one little cylinder is going to fare with = situations like mine, or worse, for people who live in really dusty = environs like = Oklahoma.




O= n Dec 28, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> = wrote:

Here=92s a review = of