Apple's Mac Pro is up for sale. Top configurations are around $10,000! - See why it's better build your own.
Anyway here's the link: http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/mac-pro
Interested in a build alternative check out Logan's video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=KeIW7PAi6_o
So how long until we find out if that thing does in fact have stupid overheating issues?
You can build your own computer and save $1500 - $2000, maybe even a little more, but you could not build a comparable system for $2000. The $2000 will probably play games better, but that's not what these are designed for. That 12 core xeon and dual fire pro gpu's would probably set you back $6000+ by themselves if you bought your components individually. And since the D700's are basically just W9000's, getting exact replacements would cost you $6000 in GPU's alone. ECC RAM is also pretty expensive. If heat is not an issue, this machine would be an extremely awesome workstation to own IMHO. I would have no use for it, but for those that need two W9000 GPU's and a 12 core Xeon, the value's not too bad.
A flaming trash can is most likely what you'll end up with. All apple based prejudices aside, I DO NOT see how that thing is going to possibly stay cool and if I ever saw a thing like that in any place, be it an office environment or not, I would mistake it for a trash can.
It does look like a trashcan, but I do like that Apple is experimenting with the form factor. I don't think it will be the winning formula, considering it isn't very upgradeable and will prob melt, but at least it is different.
If the "Thermal Core" cooling system works I will be amazed.
How could you assume that you can build your own one if you haven't tested Apple's machine yet? You got to take measurements, benchmarks, readings and any other info that you can gather from it so you can come up with a very good conclusion. That fact is sure biased until proven with sufficient info.
The hardware specs of the machine aren't much of a mystery to us. We can approximate how it will perform and, from a hardware standpoint, build a machine with very similar specs. BUT, if people would actually bother looking at the price of the components in a maxed out mac pro, they'd see that the value isn't bad. Some people only think about gaming and don't realize just how much the components in the Mac Pro cost. If you're going to benchmark the mac pro against a gaming pc in crysis 3, a Titan equipped gaming PC would probably run circles around the Mac Pro.
Why a cylinder? cubes work better, and finding them a place in your office is allot easier.
I can't wait to hear the horror stories of office coworkers "accidently" putting something unfriendly to electronics in the top because they thought it was a trash can.
I made this picture. Lets make this go viral. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=598099148223&l=9da8ae1088
Objectively, if you select the 12-core Xeon (retail $2,750) and the D700s (spec match W9000?, or $3,200 each), the total price comes to $7,600 with no other changes. That's a savings of $1,500...
Am I missing something, or is this a pretty good deal?
I am suspicious that the GPUs are actually altered 7970s, based on evidence with 7970s showing up as D700s in Hackintoshes. That would explain the "savings."
I'll wait till Chris Pirillo gets one and hear his verdict. Attempting to conclude your findings without doing the test with the actual Mac Pro is like a farmer driving the tractor around the whole cornfield with a seed dispenser behind but he can't be bothered to discharge the seeds and just say that he hopes the corns will grow.
If I was rich I would put this next to my computer and use it as a trash can lol. Maybe hollow out the middle more so it can hold more trash too. Seems like a good use of money to me.
its these posts that make us seem like a bunch of dickheads.
just saying it does look like a trash can. I have nothing against mac I use them at school all the time. Except this design is not there best I think they should have stuck with the normal mac pro look just made it small the trash can look is not doin it for me.
Actually, see if Elric of TechOfTomorrow will get one for review, seeing that he has taste of Apple products. But I would imagine somebody else might've done one already.
inb4 it sounds like a jet engine