This is why I want one. I have been considering running Sonar with Cake Talking in Windows 7 on a Mac Pro using Bootcamp for quite a while. Perhaps all of my audio latency problems will finally go away.
Bob.-----Original Message----- From: Chris Smart
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 8:31 PM To: midimag@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Redesigned Mac Pro Coming In Autumn Quoting from a press release at: http://www.soundonsound.com/news?NewsID=16257 Announcement of a completely redesigned Mac Pro. The new model, slated for an Autumn release trades features a much smaller cylindrical design, only ten inches tall. Any expansion of the new Mac Pro, which is conspicuously assembled in the USA, must be done externally, via the four USB 3 ports, two Gigabit Ethernet ports or the six Thunderbolt 2 ports. The Thunderbolt 2 standard, incidentally, is twice the speed of the previous Thunderbolt and allows data transfer rates up to 20Gbps and connection of up to six devices per port. Speed is king with the new Mac Pro and the design incorporates Intel Xeon E5 CPUs with up to 12 cores, 1866MHz DDR3 RAM, and PCIe-based flash storage, which is over twice as fast as regular flash storage. On top of this, the Mac Pro will be the first computer to ship with dual AMD FirePro graphics cards, which can output 4K video. Although it's branded as the "future of the pro desktop" by Apple, the Mac Pro's lack of internal expansion and optical media drive, combined with its unusual shape, may frustrate Pro Tools and UAD users, recordists running a mobile rig or composers using large sample libraries that are impractical to download. However, the speed of Thunderbolt 2 makes an external PCIe chassis more than possible, and optional external optical drives have been available from Apple for some time. It will probably only be a matter of time before a third party comes up with a way of rack mounting the new hardware as well. As well as the Mac Pro redesign, the Macbook Air range has also been updated to feature faster processors and improved battery life – now at a claimed 12 hours for the 13-inch model. Although in a real-life recording scenario this would likely be significantly shorter, it might well give you enough juice to get through your recording session if you forget to bring the charger. -------------------------------------------------- CTS MASTERING, affordable and professional mixing and mastering: http://www.ctsmastering.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/CTSMASTERING BLOG: www.ctsmastering.com/blog Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/chris-smart/46/824/536 Dropbox, Share Files Easily: http://db.tt/bQ2GuIt PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectúq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line typefaq
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