They talked about a new Logic X version.Considering how bad Logic's multicore support is, and the fact that this processor likely isn't capable of high boost speeds, is this really going to be ideal for audio unless you're 100% samples with few synths/FX? I'd think one of Intel's 18-core monsters in the 9xxx family would be a lot better with speeds likely ~1.5 to 2ghz higher than this.
ill be interested to see the benchmarks against what most poeple do with their builds at $1200 or so.
sure looks expensive for the base price but several times there have been comparisons using the same components and its about the same. the mac pro is def going after the high end video market dominated by HP for creative user not doing their own builds. but if you can load 28 cores at 3.5 and 1.tb ram then im thinking building something similar might get to about the same price. then again, those poeple doing builds only need enough for gaming, which more than 32gb of ram is unnecessary. and since thats such a big market, components for those type of builds have come down in price a lot since they can apply economy of scale.
But they didn't run a bajillion Kontakt instances with OT libraries in there, were they? Or a decked out Omnisphere multi? Or some really really heavy Alchemy patches?
28-coreHere's from the Mac Pro page. The animation shows the CPU falling into place into the socket. More than likely socketed. Meaning upgradable once we find out the SKUs.
I specced out my future computer:
Base: $6,000
Upgrade to 16 core processor: $2,000 (estimated based on iMac Pro's processor pricing)
(16 cores seems to be the sweet spot between clock speed and core count for this computer)
Upgrade to 64gb RAM: $400
(I can always throw in more RAM, but I'd like to start with 64)
Upgrade to 1TB SSD: $600
(I only need 500GB, but I'd rather be able to never have to think about this in the future)
Apple Total: $9,000 + tax
28-core
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...on-w-3275-processor-38-5m-cache-2-50-ghz.html
24-core
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...xeon-w-3265-processor-33m-cache-2-70-ghz.html
16-core
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/193753/intel-xeon-w-3245-processor-22m-cache-3-20-ghz.html
12-core
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...n-w-3235-processor-19-25m-cache-3-30-ghz.html
8-core
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/u...on-w-3223-processor-16-5m-cache-3-50-ghz.html
I'd take a $12,000 Mac and universal healthcare any day.Yikes! What's worse is that's in USD, that would be $12,000 Canadian.
funny how no one is crying about HP desktops being crazy expensive after customizing
So, in summary:
Mac Pro = Video
iMac = Music (?)
PC = Freedom
Haha.
if Apple took the motherboard of the iMac Pro, added PCI slots and put it into a cheesegrater case for under $5k, I would buy it this afternoon.