Re: Anyone using New Mac Pro with Avid Thunderbolt Native box?
I'm only using PT11.
So far…
Pros:
- the new Mac Pro is FAST
- Extremely quiet, i'm quite stunned, for a machine that offers that kind of horse power, it is practically silent.
- If you do video post as well this is the first mac that offers dual professional GPU. I use it with Davinci and it comes surprisingly close in performance to my Z820 + external multi GPU chassie that i paid close to 20k last year
Cons:
- The machine itself might be quiet BUT as a professional audio/video editor/mixer, you will most likely have a tons of stuff hook up to it…such as Raid drive, professional video card, PCIe cards in a Sonnet or Magma Chassie…. all these peripherals make a LOT of noises and they will most likely be not too far from your nMP because of the maximum thunderbolt length cable, so you might still end up with a noisy work environment.
Bottom line, go for it, it's a great machine and quite affordable too!!!
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