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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

New Mac Pro opinion thread... No facts... Just opinions.

william howell said:
3. Wish it had 10-20gig Ethernet port.
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??? WTF for? You can network over firewire in OS 10... Is it wrong to expect that you will be able to network over Thunderbolt on Mavericks?

Can you do that already on a current Mackbook?

That was the goof answer, right? I think I get it. :-)
 
1. Had to have something to complain about.

2. Not sure about networking over thunderbolt with mavericks

3. I was under the understanding that trying to understand something like the differences between data transfer protocols on thunderbolt vs. Ethernet is understandably the opposite of understandable.

in other words.... We were looking at going to at least a 10 gig network.. And not sure if thunderbolt 2 will be a bottle necking source of heartache and sorrow.

honestly... We don't really care... We'll make the network around the Mac Pro's... :)

4. It's still so freaking sexy.
 
#1. Great for my Motion graphics / animation business
#2. Great for my RED footage processing
#3. Frees up a lot of those super strong MacPro 2011s making them affordable to aquire for RenderFarms
#4. not crazy about the new design

I like it and welcome it
 
Everything is getting longer. First the iPhone. Now the Mac Pro and Airport Extreme and Time Capsule.
 
Speaking of spam, has anyone else been getting these emails. I'd like to know how they got my email address.

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Scott Crawley said:
??? WTF for? You can network over firewire in OS 10... Is it wrong to expect that you will be able to network over Thunderbolt on Mavericks?

Can you do that already on a current Mackbook?

That was the goof answer, right? I think I get it. :-)
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You can already network over Thunderbolt. There are already Fiber channel and 10GE adapters for Thunderbolt. Rumor has it that Apple will be offering both of those themselves. I've seen a Thunderbolt to 10GoC adapter that has not hit the market just yet (don't know price), which is rather simplistic and compact. It's a pigtail like design with TB on one end and a less than 2" cubic dongle on the other end with network port and a couple status LEDs. Simple.

Not going to see 10GE ports on Intel products. Intel has Thunderbolt and has also acquired Infiniband so they can <sunglasses> disband it. 10G ethernet has too many industry roadblocks that are keeping prices at stupid high levels thanks to politics and patent trolls. That's why Cisco/Netgear had to design their own chips just to release a few "low-cost" 10G switches. The 8-port switch sells on Amazon for about $860 and they're still being sued over these products. Adapters have been priced north of $350 at the entry-level for the past several years. It's not about the cost of the components or R&D leading up to them or any of that, it's about royalties and licensing extortion. Nope, not going to see 10G ethernet ports integrated into Intel products (or AMD for that matter). In fact, Ethernet may just shrivel up and die once Thunderbolt and 32Gbps fiber take hold...
 
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