Hands-on with Apple's new Mac Pro desktop

The radically re-imagined pro-level desktop is built for 4K video.

[armaniac]

to all people hating this: it's not for everyone and Dan says it himself quite clearly. If you need that kind of power, it's one of the best. Otherwise, just get a standard PC (better Mac, but hey, we all have our preferences). The fact that you don't need something does NOT make it bad.

[brasilsoccer]

The huge RAM will help though with video and audio processing

[KoolanceGamer]

The design is genius. Having a single fan in the center cooling all of the components seems so obvious. Truly innovative. Good job Apple.

[raykrislianggi]

64 GB of RAM. Holy s***, video editing is pretty much heaven on that thing.

[IAC.STUDIO]

Well done apple.... You finally impressed me...

"Not enough to buy but I do like the raw power for the size and direction this may go in the future" 

[danageberten]

Now this is what I call a BADASS machine!

[FrenchVries]

I love the design of this thing. Wish they made a cheaper version of this for like 1000-1500$.

[DanielHjorthPhoto]

I ordered the 6-core version with 34GB RAM, 1TB SSD and AMD FirePro D300 ;) Can't wait to use this for my cinematography editing! :D 

[zackworrell]

When I was starting out in graphic design in the nineties my first computer was a PowerPC 8500/180. It was a bad ass machine at the time and cost me nearly $10K. I don't remember the specs exactly but i think it was like a 2GB HD, and 512MB or RAM, I also had in it a super fast video card, a zip drive, a 230MB magnito optical, 2x CD-R, and a 200mhz CPU upgrade. I also bought with it a 20" LaCIe monitor, HP 4mV printer, and microtech scanner. RAM was so expensive then.

It was a seriously rad machine only second to the 9500 at the time. System 8.6 the good old days.

[ripcitiboi]

Why does it always feel that Apple is 5 years ahead of the game?

[arshkfilms]

Need to start working hard to get one of these bad boys video animation and editing would be so awesome on it!

[Eshcole]

I applaud the innovation in this but I be damn when it comes to that price. I can't say its terribly expensive cause to be quite honest the FirePro's are about half of the 8k price tag but as I'm who enjoys building his own PC. My PC is just as cable as this MAC for less than half of the price on socket 2011. To be quite honest, I feel the same way about most apple PCs when it comes to price and innovation.

[TheGarvito]

Wow!! Apple really innovated with this one. I mean the specs and design of it wooow I'm amazed!!

[luggage]

in 3 months Samsung will release the Galaxy Cylinder Pro Round S 

[priyonjoni]

With that much cpu power and RAM, you're good for the next 10 years, may be 15. If graphics card demands, and I/O port types don't change to drastically.

[kriscamp]

was there a countdown clock somewhere? he's explaining things veeery quickly

[KenFung]

This is an advertisement, not a hands-on review! 

[derekwong]

How are the thermals when this thing is rendering for a few hours or even days straight? I can only imagine that this thing would throttle down so much just to keep the thing cool. 

[ms]

$8000??? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I COULD BUILD WITH $8000???

[KoolanceGamer]

I have built many custom PCs in my days, many of them with custom water-cooling systems and the whole nine yards; its a fun hobby.

By trade, I am a graphic/web designer or a "pro user." Any pro will tell you that paying anywhere from 2-5k for a computer is just what you do. You don't go on Newegg and hack together the cheapest parts and make a machine. And if you do then you are a moron.

I have been in countless design studios and schools and NEVER seen custom built computers...EVER. All you see is either Mac Pros or Dell workstations. The reason for this is that custom computers aren't nearly as dependable as an OEM workstation machine. 

Anyone saying you can built a PC 5, 000 times faster you don't know what you are talking about. Workstations aren't built for speed, they are build for dependability and redundancy. Xeon chips aren't any faster than a consumer i7, they are built with error correction in mind. A Xeon chip is built like a Semi truck and an i7 is like a sports car.

And finally. You may pay less for a similarly spec'd Windows PC but then you have to use Windows. You don't get the inherently stable, polished and refined feel that you get with a Unix based OS like OSX (or Linux). Windows is and always will be a nightmare to use professionally because it is flawed at its core. The reason Apple is able to continually add in useful features and software is because they solved the problems Windows is still dealing with 10 years ago. Window is just garbage code on top of garbage code on top of garbage code. 

That is all.