Thanks Henrik.
I am getting the feeling that it's a better idea to invest into another
linux box and tidy up my trusty iMac for quicktime.
Cheers,
frank
On 28/09/15 12:11, Henrik Cednert wrote:
Hi frank
I have a love/hate relationship with it. They're overpriced but still
sort of nice if you don't need loads of expansions. Expansions leads
to cable and break-out box hell.
Also, the gpu's on them are notorious for dying. Had one just this
weekend.
Personally I would wait or build a supermicro rig. Next Intel release
is around the corner but on the other hand Apple "missed" the last one
so I'm not sure they care. =/
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On 27 Sep 2015, at 23:13, Frank Rueter|OHUfx <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Thanks everybody for your input.
I initially thought I'd just put together another high powered linux
box but then thought about the ol' quicktime beast and thought that
it may pay off to have an equally grunty mac in the office instead to
also run Final Cut or Avid as needed.
I don't like paying Apple prices but depending on how much time you
save for set up and config, it sometimes pays off I think.
Considering the rumors of the Mac Pros being EOL I am still very
hesitant and may end up with another linux box instead after all.
I might just wait a little bit longer and see what happens.
Thanks again Howard, Feli, Randy and Nathan!
Cheers,
frank
On 27/09/15 11:31, Nathan Rusch wrote:
I definitely wouldn't switch from Linux if that's what you're
already running. We did an OS comparison on a trashcan, and also
against Linux on a (slightly older) Dell Precision workstation, and
it wasn't even close.
You will always pay to run things on OSX, and I don't just mean
financially... It just isn't a performant operating system.
-Nathan
On Sep 26, 2015 06:21, Frank Rueter|OHUfx <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi everybody,
I am playing with the idea of buying a mac pro to run
Nuke/Hiero. I have a mixed linux/osx environment but my main
(grunty) workstations so far have been linux.
Any anecdoets/advise that might be interesting here?
I noticed that it's been a long time since the last mac pro came
out, not sure what to make of that.
Does the gpu(s) work ok with Nuke? Any downsides other than the
price tag?
Cheers,
frank
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