Is the MAC PRO right for me?
I am in the market for a new MAC since I need to upgrade to CS5 and my old MAC is not INTEL Based, which I found out I need for CS5 and Snow Leopard to work. I would like something at least similar to my old MAC but with enough juice that it keeps me moving and up-to-date. I currently have a PowerPC G5, Processor: Dual 2 GHz, Memory: 2.5 GB DDR SRAM (2004 Model). It would need to be able to run CS5 (InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop, Dreamweaver, Bridge & QZID version 5). I am a Graphic Designer mainly creating print design with a small amount of web design such as photo galleries etc. Would the MAC PRO Quad-Core or 8-Core be a suitable replacement? See link: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_pro?mco=MTg5MTY5NDQ
I appreciate any suggestions you can offer.
One of the big differences between a MacPro and all other desktop Macs is the abiltiy with a MacPro to add fast/big external storage.
An iMac, a Mini, MacBook or even the MacBookPro, all have limitations in that regard. The MacPro is able to take a PCIe card for very fast and diverse types of external storage from simple and robust eSATA storage on up through SAS, hardware RAID, Fiber Channel and so on. The sky is the limit.
The afore mentioned iMac, MacBook or Mini all have Firewire as the storage limitation. Or USB, except I would never recommend USB over Firewire. Firewire 800 is slower than a single hard drive. So if you move a lot of data files you will find that Firewire is a performance choke point.
MacBookPro has Thunderbolt, and it will one day fullfil the promise for fast externals storage plus other stuff - and at reasonable prices. Choosing a MBP is a viable alternate as we start to see products come out for Thunderbolt. Going to have to wait for Thunderbolt to go mainstream before much in the way of choices.
I personally recommend MacPros for photographers and videographers with large databases. Also, with multiple internal drive bays it is easiest to maintain a true backup of every drive, including/especially your boot drive, when you can just drop another drive inside.
Rick
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Home music recording- is the Mac Pro better for this than an iMac?
I know it seems like a daft question but if you were to recommend a Mac for a DECENT home studio and money were (within reason) nearly no object WHAT Mac would you recommend? I always believed that a good sized desktop would be better than an iMac or a MacBook Pro (which is what I have been using for just a hobby home recording set-up) but is this a myth?
Please advise because the Mac Pro looks SCARY. I mean- the options are vast but what DO I NEED as opposed to want? Thank you kindly for reading.I guess there is nothing wrong with the set-up except that the MacBook Pro is mine and the musicians need their own as I need mine for work.
Ah, I see. I think an iMac should be sufficient. Just be sure to get more RAM than the stock 1GB. Apple's prices on RAM are pretty severe compared to other vendors, so I'd recommend adding RAM after purchase. If you search the iMac forum for "RAM UK", you should find recommendations on reliable vendors. Don't go with lowest price; there's nothing that can cause you fits with a computer system more than flakey RAM, so you want a vendor with a good reputation for quality. I'd suggest bumping the iMac to the maximum 4GB. As to screen size, I tend to prefer having two screens rather than one big one - you can put palettes on the second monitor - so if it's a choice and desk space is sufficient, consider a 20" iMac and a second 17" or 20" screen to go with it.
If you reckon the interface is enough to do the mic justice and that Logic Express or Pro would do when the musicians know and love Cubase then I am happy to help them learn more Mac-based software and get that instead as it is also cheaper and looks like it would make more sense to ME.
Unless they're wedded to Cubase, I'd think that Logic Express should work quite well. You may all want to take a trip to an Apple reseller and take a look at it.
Unless there is a reason to "upgrade" the interface I guess that is one less item to acquire
An upgrade would seem logical only if the Safire isn't giving the quality you want or there aren't enough inputs.
I'd call your recommendation but I am in the UK and will probably talk to the nice folk at Dolphin Music in Newcastle as that is where I got the interface.
I wasn't sure where you were. If you are located in or near Newcastle-On-Tyne, you can find a list of authorized resellers here, or if you're near Manchester or Sheffield or don't mind taking a paddle down, you can drop by an Apple Store. You can then perhaps preview Logic Express before you decide. You might want to call before you make a special trip just to make sure your dealer can indeed demo LE.
Final recommendation; get really good microphones. Garbage in, garbage out, as they say, and having the right microphone, one that's suited for the instrument that's being recorded, is vital. The Neumann is of course high quality, but if you haven't already purchased, check around. You can find really good mics for less than Neumann charges; unless things have changed, you pay a bit of a premium for their reputation. AKG used to make really good mics, quite well suited for piano and acoustic guitar in particular, and there are no doubt others as well (my knowledge of specific models is rather out of date).
Cheers.
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer
EDIT: P.S. If you can find Mix Magazine or EQ Magazine, those are pretty good reading. Lots of tips, product reviews, etc. Also, you can read a brief review of Logic Express 8 here:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=2370 -
Okay i am currently intrested in a Mac Pro. I am 17 and am switching over from pc to mac. Now i Was wondering is a Mac Pro in the long run a better computer than a Macbook Pro? How long does a Mac Pro last compared to a macbook pro? I know i want to get final cut studio. And run other programs like garage band...btw what type of software package does garage band come in and is it preloaded on a mac? anyone have any good experiences with mac pros that they would like to share? I am looking at a buget of about 3200 ish and i will most likely get a used one from ebay. also what type of monitors can i use on it? only apple ones? I plan on asking a lot of questions on this forum.
the cool guy wrote:
How long does a Mac Pro last compared to a macbook pro?
They will both last indefinitely. My Macs stay in some kind of service for around 7 years each. However, if you are asking which one stays current for longer, with the Mac Pro it's obviously easier to upgrade the RAM, disks, optical drives, and video card with newer ones later. Also, being a desktop, it's going to have better ventilation which can lengthen a computer's life, since heat is the enemy. And a MacBook Pro will likely suffer bumps and vibration when you transport it, while a Mac Pro is almost never moved. On the other hand, my PowerBook is still going strong after almost 5 years.
the cool guy wrote:
now how much does a gig of ddr cost? do i need apple only or can i get it from some where else?
You should buy RAM from somewhere other than Apple, because Apple charges way too much. It does need to have the proper heat sinks on it. My Mac Pro contains RAM from this company and also this company, since I upgraded it twice. Both sets of RAM are still running reliably, and I have also bought drives from both companies. -
Is the mac pro good for me (specific need)
Hi all,
I am looking for a computer to do a lot of number crunching and are having a hard time researching whether the 8 core mac pro will give the performance boost i hope.
We have an (C++) application that does intensive number crunching which we need to run multiple of times at the same time (eg. ~50 times) on win xp.
We currently run them on a quad core Dell system which works okay - but will the performance roughly double on the Mac Pro?
The question I'm really asking will the system spread the load across the 2 processors and their cores even though the application has not been built to utilise multi-processors?
Hope you know what i mean and can help me,
thanks,
alani just read this:
http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:fEWgf8PD2E0J:download.microsoft.com/download/ f/1/e/f1ecd771-cf97-4d98-9a1b-b86e3f24e08f/multicorehyperthreadbrief.docwin+xp+number+of+coressupported&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk&client=firefox-a
(google version of the doc release by MS).
The Mac pro has 2 processors each with 4 (quad) cores and therefore win xp pro should be fine.
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When is the Mac Pro due for new chips?
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Thanks guys and gals.Hi Hi I'm A Mac;
Probably the day after you buy one, they will come out with one that has all of that.
Seriously, no one here will be able to answer that question for you.
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I've been fighting with my PC for years, and I am finally giving up. I'm looking forward to joining the Mac community. I want to buy a mac mini with the new Leopard OSX(10.5), however, I have some unique requirements:
- I live on a boat in Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island, Southern California.
- The natural choice for me would be a laptop computer.(Currently a Toshiba)
- Power consumption is an important factor
- I need a new TV, and I've acquired a KVH TracVision II satellite tracker to
use with it.
- I'm looking at a Vizio VX37L with the following specs:
- Native Resolution: 1366 x 768 Format: 16 x 9
- Input Formats: 1080i 720p HD 480p DVD 480i Normal TV
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- Connections: HDMI w/HDCP
- Inputs: Comb.NTSC/Ant/Cable/ATSC HDTV etc. 2xHDMI Stereo S-Video RGB
I have trouble with my eyesight, and a 37" monitor about 5' away might be a good solution, but not if it doesn't work as a package, and not if the resolution isn't HD-sharp. I've been reading on this forum of several difficulties experienced by mini users. This flies in the face of Apple's salesman, who says the mini is purposed to be monitored by a tv. Am I on the right track, or should I stick with the laptop?
Sure would appreciate your input to my dilemma
DaveI think the problem you have is not that the mini isn't capable of what you want it to do, and that if it works as expected that it will provide you a workable solution, but that some TVs are just not quite ready for prime time as computer displays, because as yet TV manufacturers are not widely adopting standards and designing their product for this kind of use.
As such, the question is whether the specific TV you are proposing will work well or not. Much depends on whether it signals the correct data to the mini or not. Some do, and many do not.
However, the salesman who claimed the mini is intended to be used with a TV is talking out of his hat. It is designed to be capable of it, and many have used them that way with great success, but if the salesman was right, Apple would hardly have decided to develop and market the Apple TV device, which is their 'official' way to connect an Apple product to a TV, and natively has most of the common range of connectors for the purpose, whereas the mini does not.
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Does Apple sell the mac pro box for shipping a mac pro to a new address
I am being relocated across the country, USA, by my employer. And need to ship my Mac Pro to the new location. Does Apple or any commercial supplier provide a Mac Pro Specific shipping box that can be bought. I.E. that has all the correct foam and spacers for the tower. Thanks.
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I can pretty much get whatever Mac I want at work... My boss is sick and tired of watching Fireworks crash all the time... I figure a hefty processor and lots of RAM and maybe a SSD will help…
I should get a Mac Pro right? Which processor?
• Two 2.40GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon processors (12 cores)
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Should I get 24GB RAM?? Or is that overkill?
I'll get a 2TB serial hard drive…
I should get a 512 GB solid state drive offered by Apple right?
Or is it possible to get a larger better 3rd party SSD?
And then maybe two 21" Displays… Two 27s seems a little much… or does it?
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my connection problem on my mac pro is :
that when i try to open a website on safari .... it delays ... and takes more than 30 seconds to open completely ...
but when i move the mac pro to another location ... its internet opening speeds up ....
also in one room ... web opening delays .... but on other rooms it is normal
so what can i do to solve this problem ....
Note : also when i hold it up and move in the same room ... the speed changes and somewhere speed up ... and in another location speed down ..
thanks for you all ...
Waiting for your support ... as quick as possible ...WiFi signals get stronger the closer the machine is to the router and the less interference/blocking of the signal like via walls with metal in them or of thick concrete.
Since the signal emanates outwards in a sphere, your supposed to place the wireless router in a central location in the building so it covers all areas.
The power of the router also has a affect, if your router is old or something not that powerful like a Airport Express, it doesn't have the ability to filter out other signals or enough punch to get through walls etc. or cover a large area as effectively.
If you buy/have a powerful router of newer make and have issues where there is metal in the walls or thick concrete, then you can buy something like OpenMesh and by using Ethernet cables from the back of the router, extend the WiFi signal into other rooms and areas past the blockage.
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Contavct Adobe support thru chat:
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Hello there!
I am a new Mc Bok Pro user and had been using my mac since Sept, 2012 with no problem. Just recently however, I have been experiencing a Keychain access problem. Specifically, whenever I open the mac, it asks for my keychain password... Can I restore my mac to its condition before Jan. 18, 2014? What should I do?
Thanks everyone!
GeorgemThis is only for Local Items key chain not Login Keychain.
“Local Items” keychain prompt?
Try this.
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS5362 -
I have purchased the Acrobat pro subscription for 1 year and have followed the steps to install it. But when i go to start it, It crashes and it does this every time! I have restarted my mac pro and also restarted in safe mode but it just doesn't work! PLEASE HELP!!
Hi jim1287,po
Check for the latest updates. Installing latest updates should resolve this problem.
Also, try to ran disk repair using safe mode in Mac, for instructions please visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
Try enabling root user profile on mac and try to check. OS X Mavericks: Enable and disable the root user
Regards,
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