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Oops... I read that wrong. I read it as "Don't buy a computer that's more than five years old." As it's written, I disagree.Do not buy a computer less than 5 years old.
Oops... I read that wrong. I read it as "Don't buy a computer that's more than five years old." As it's written, I disagree.Do not buy a computer less than 5 years old.
Oops... I read that wrong. I read it as "Don't buy a computer that's more than five years old." As it's written, I disagree.
You have to go a little further back in the thread to get the ethos behind the post.
Pricing & Availability
The new Mac Pro will be available in August through the Apple Store® (Apple), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.
The new quad-core Mac Pro, with a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US), includes:
one 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon W3530 processor with 8MB of fully-shared L3 cache;
3GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 16GB;
ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
two Mini DisplayPorts and one DVI (dual-link) port (adapters sold separately);
1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
18x SuperDrive® with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
four PCI Express 2.0 slots;
five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire® 800 ports;
AirPort Extreme® 802.11n;
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; and
Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Magic Mouse.
The new 8-core Mac Pro, with a suggested retail price of $3,499 (US), includes:
two 2.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5620 processors with 12MB of fully-shared L3 cache per processor;
6GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory, expandable up to 32GB;
ATI Radeon HD 5770 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
two Mini DisplayPorts and one DVI (dual-link) port (adapters sold separately);
1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive running at 7200 rpm;
18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW);
four PCI Express 2.0 slots;
five USB 2.0 ports and four FireWire 800 ports;
AirPort Extreme 802.11n;
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR; and
Apple Keyboard with numerical keypad and Magic Mouse.
Configure-to-order options include:
one 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon W3565 processor for the quad-core Mac Pro;
one 3.33 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon W3680 processor for the quad-core Mac Pro;
two 2.66 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon X5650 processors (12-cores) for the 8-core Mac Pro;
two 2.93 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon X5670 processors (12-cores) for the 8-core Mac Pro;
two ATI Radeon HD 5770 cards with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
one ATI Radeon HD 5870 card with 1GB of GDDR5 memory;
up to 16GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory for the quad-core Mac Pro;
up to 32GB of DDR3 ECC SDRAM memory for the 8-core Mac Pro;
up to four 512GB solid state drives (SSD); or
up to four 1TB or 2TB Serial ATA hard drives running at 7200 rpm;
Mac Pro RAID card;
dual-channel or quad-channel 4Gb Fibre Channel card; and
up to two 18x SuperDrives with double-layer support.
Here's what we don't hear about, the specs and pricing of said 5 year old Mac.
The base Mac Pro was $2,500. 2.5x more expensive than whatever I listed in a notional PC build. We haven't heard anything about options, external, storage or any details (a Mac Pro as we all know can option up to 8-10k easy if we clicknon everything in the configurator) other than "I know a guy...".
SSHD just combines SSD and Hard Disk technology. It adds very little benefit to you as a user that just requires fast data reads on-demand along with spindle tech.
I didn't say you were a dumbass. I do think your suggestion that I chill suggests I'm not.
The real thread here is someone disagrees with you and you don't like it very much. I'm guessing that doesn't happen too often in your little pocket of the world. I'm arguing just to keep my chops up. I don't really care that much.
And, no, I'm not going to analyze your hints and research until I can make a guess as to your cousins name. That's a childish approach to trying to passive/aggressively win a forum debate - which is all this is and what your tactic is. "Anyway you win. I'm a dumbass, lol." is really just disappointing, frankly. I was hoping for better.
Well obviously. I wasn't the one who set up the ridiculous Ford vs Ferrari / PC vs Mac comparison, but I stuck with that rather than coming up with a whole new comparison. The point was that the considerable price difference is in the badge.Your analogy is just as laughable to be honest.
An Apple costs what? Two to three times more than a Windows build. I would love to see the Ferrari you can come up with at even five times the price of a low end ford or a Fiat Punto.
A good soundcard offers you additional inputs and outputs. It's not required if you have an external interface already, but depending on what you're trying to do, a soundcard with lots of connectivity options will make your life much easier. Hence why I suggested a mid-level soundcard, not a top-end card. You basicly only need the periphery, nothing else.You don't need a sound card. Between onboard audio and the Axe-FX and whatever other interface happens to be floating around a sound card is redundant. I haven't done a build with a sound card in 7 or 8 years.
I was writing this more to get the point across that you don't need to invest serious money in order to get a usable audio workstation. Almost any machine and external interface will do the trick.Experience with DAWs are completely irrelevant to this discussion.
Correct. But then again this stuff can be pretty annoying. File management is part of the production process after all (and copying a 4 Gigabyte project file happens).All an SSD will do is speed up how fast your computer boots and loads your DAW. The audio will not benefit.
Lel my bad.
Here's my build;
-BUSlink CD/DVD Combo Drive Black IDE Model RWD-5216B
-GIGABYTE GZ-ZA1 Black ABS / 0.6mm SGCC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
-Western Digital Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
-Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM
-120mm Computer Case Cooling Fan LP4 Adapter Silent Smoke Rosewill
-EVGA 02G-P4-3753-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Video Card
-EVGA 600 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 600W Active PFC ATX12V v2.31/EPS 12V v2.91 3 Year Warranty 100-B1-0600-KR Power Supply
-Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0GHz LGA 1150 BX80646I74790K Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600
-GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-SLI LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
-G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
Guise pls let me know if I'm an idiot and picked a bunch of incompatible parts lololol. Thanks.