Hey brian, I think you'll be very satisfied with your Mac. I'm thinking of getting a Mac pro in the next couple of months. On the noise factor, are Mac pro's just as quiet as the Mac book Pro?I'm not concerned for the cost factor, but when considering how much I payed my Del xps, which ran over $3500, with fans that are quite noisy, I'd get a Mac any day.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Bryan Smart" <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:57 PM To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: SV: SV: Re: Cakewalk VS-700C V-Studio controler
That's pretty good. My Mac Pro is mostly like that, except it uses the 2.9Ghz Xeon 5560 processors. These include turbo, like the I7 processors. You get 2.9Ghz when all 8 physical processor cores are running, but you get about 3.4Ghz per core when no more than 4 are running. Of course, all are hyperthreaded, so you get 16 virtual cores. It's pretty sweet, and it eats Sonar alive.However, this isn't even the new thing anymore. The newer Mac Pros and PC DAWs run the 6 core Xeons. That's 12 physical and 24 virtual processors. So far, though, I have no idea what I could do with a system like that if I had it. That's a good thing, because the Mac Pro wasn't cheap at all. Hope it continues to satisfy me for at least a few years.Bryan -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim BurgessSent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:34 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: SV: SV: Re: Cakewalk VS-700C V-Studio controler Chris, Basic spec as follows: DARC ultimate 2x Xeon E5620 2.4GHz Quad coreQuiet CPU coolers and exhaust fan (120mm) Tyan, 12 Dimm slots. 3 PCIe, 1 PCI slots 6GB (6x1GB) DDR3 1333MHz 320GB OS disk 1TB Audio Disk 700W Quiet PSU HD3450 ATI dual ouput silent cooling DVD R/RW 19" Rack case with acoustic insulation Windows 7 Pro custom installI've added another 1TB sample drive, upped the RAM to 12GB (it'll go up to 64). Darc are adding a serial port for my DecTalk and putting a Windows 7/64 dual boot in place (for actual production and my development work) at no additional charge. When the cost of the 6 core processors come down I can refresh the machine to get 24-thread operation, so this thing will have some serious legs. It takes up 4U of rack space and the cooling is front to back, so there's no problem having other gear above and/or below it and radiating heat.Don't ask for the price in dollars - the price in Pounds is still making meshiver:) Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris SmartSent: 08 September 2010 17:00 To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: SV: SV: Re: Cakewalk VS-700C V-Studio controlerWoe Tim, dual Zeon? Can we see the specs and collectively drool longingly? :)Chris PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribeFor other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faqPLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribeFor other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faqPLEASE 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 type faq
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