Can This Decade-Old Mac Pro Compete With Apple Silicon?

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• OZ

  @oznyc27 · 3 years ago

  Hard to believe this is already 10 years old. Felt like it was just yesterday when everyone was joking about it lol.

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• CO

  @COCOniTOOOOOO · 3 years ago

  The disassembly montage really showcase how needlessly complex that design was. And it look like its a dust magnet too.

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• AR

  @ArtakaWorksStudio · 3 years ago

  It just blows me away that 2012 was a decade ago. Where did all the time go? 😭

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• SE

  @Sebazy · 3 years ago (edited)

  Something that almost every video on these seem to overlook:  The 12 core CPU is a trap.  Get the 8 core 2667 v2 instead.  It's within 5-10% on pure multi-core but is massively faster the moment you're not running a task that perfectly scales with those extra cores which is a big win for overall responsiveness and performance.  Why?  It has the best multi core boost tables of the range.  In tasks that use 2, 3 or 4 threads it's nearly always the leader and frequently by a significant margin.  The large cache advantage it carries over the 6 core cements its lead even further.  It's still no M1 beater, but the improvement over the 12 core is noticeable.

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• RI

  @richardlynch329 · 3 years ago

  I got one for $10 a few months ago at the swap meet, someone taped the power cord on the Apple logo, so there were no signs that it was an apple product while looking at it. It's a 8 core 64 GB 512 SSD, dual d700 graphics

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• NM

  @NMEofdaST8 · 3 years ago

  wow can’t believe it’s been 10 years

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• AL

  @AllgoodthingsTv · 3 years ago (edited)

  At YouTube Space LA, which is now closed, they had editing suites for the top performing channels. They were all outfitted with these 2013 Mac Pro machines. I remember that these still seemed faster than my 16" MacBook Pro Intel for some reason. They handled 4K footage better. They're definitely not slow pokes, even by today's standards.

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• HA

  @HandFromCoffin · 2 months ago

  I picked up a G4 cube from my work and always felt like I wanted one of these.

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• KU

  @kuribojim3916 · 3 years ago

  I love the industrial design of this thing. Utterly gorgeous.

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• KE

  @keirthomas-bryant6116 · 3 years ago

  The SSD can't be that old because it has the UKCA regulatory mark that's only just been introduced. I believe it was only introduced at the beginning of 2021, and was hardly used at all until this year.

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• DA

  @daviidon · 3 years ago

  What's sad is that 10years from now, no one would be able to revive the current macs as their SSDs are soldered on. Imagine the amount of m1 devices that will be thrown away because of Apple's greed...smh

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• PO

  @PotatoFi · 3 years ago

  That was super interesting! Thanks for this one. "Macintrash HD" cracked me up!

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