![]() ![]() 1654: Urgent OS security updates, upgrading to macOS 13 Ventura, using smart speakers while temporarily blind.#1655: 33 years of TidBITS, Twitter train wreck, tvOS 16.4.1, Apple Card Savings, Steve Jobs ebook.#1656: Passcode thieves lock iCloud accounts, the apps Adam uses, iPhoto and Aperture library conversion in Ventura.Also it's intended to work with Thunderbolt 2, which is a quickly dying format.Īlso I love how sleek the design is for the Mac Pro, but what you don't think about is how you'll have about a dozen cables and peripherals attached to it cluttering up your desk.Īll things considered, the performance is great, it's super quiet, but just too cumbersome and expensive for me to recommend. So that's minimum like $6K just to get it off the ground. It doesn't even come with a mouse and keyboard! The difference is the Mac Pro cost $3K for the machine, $500 monitor, $2K RAID hard drive, $1K for PCIe attachment, and all the other accessories that make it usable. And I've had sessions with up to maybe 60 tracks, video sync, tons of plugins, etc. I use a Mac Pro 6-core running Pro Tools HD 12 at my day job, and an iMac 2014 Retina with i7 4.0GHz running Pro Tools 12 (not HD) at home for freelance and hobbies. Once everything is setup and running they are awesome systems, I've ran 100+ tracks 96k 32bit float sessions and not run over 15% system usage its great. Only 4 USB 3.0 Ports, and no firewire ports so if you have any older equipment that uses firewire you will have to get adapters that are bulky, and only one video output. If you want any extra PCI or PCIE cards you have to get another chassis that connects to one of your few thunderbolt ports and if you get the rack unit that holds the computer and the PCI expansion it is such a hassle to get it put together correctly and one of the racks that had the front plate was cut wrong at factory. The power button is in the worst possible spot, its behind the computer under all of the cables just a terrible spot. I will just list several of the things that I feel are problems. They are really powerful machines that can do just about anything you want the issue being is that they are very very awkward. I work with 3 of them daily for video and audio editing. Sorry for the slow response I'm mostly a live engineer and my weekends are nuts right now The most important part of doing this is that you follow a guide and use tried and tested hardware. My last several builds have been very smooth and easy to get up and running. Sometimes it takes a while to get the original install up and running, but I feel like it has gotten easier since I first started building these. I'm always at least 1 OS behind to make sure everything still works but I was that way even when I was on a real Mac. If you are constantly updating hackintosh might not be the choice for you. new OS might not work with old video card. Updates can be a pain, usually it only involves re-installing 1 or 2 kexts, sometimes system updates can break drivers, but the main issue is usually video cards. All my Slate stuff is current as far as I know and works fine. I use Logic 9 (don't care for X) and I'm still on Mavericks. TLDR You're damned if you do, damned if you don't. So to some extent you are paying for reliability and the ability for them to fix something if your studio goes down. This is not true of many many other computers that you can build or buy. ![]() They run quietly, and pretty much as expected. With all of that said, those Trash Cans do run quite well. But this overpriced stranglehold that Apple has on us is pretty awful. Personally, I am considering moving to Windows as my main computer, which won't be easy, as I'm a Logic user. We are in the middle of a game of chicken right now, where I do think probably the best thing is to buy an older Mac Pro Desktop, and then upgrade. Time is money in this business, and stopping to chase down a fix for something can really cost you.Īpple is a terrible company who wants to milk as much money from us as possible. With new updates, new software, new plugins, new peripherals, it can become a real pain to chase down fixes, and really slow you down. Hackintoshes are way way more finicky than Hackintosh people like to admit. It is a good question, but I'm not sure everyone is giving you a straight answer. ![]()
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