2013 Mac Pro 10 Years Later

The Mac Pro 2013. What a crazy little beast. In this video, I unbox the machine, compare it to my Mac mini M1 in terms of performance, and ramble extensively about all things Mac Pro 2013 answering the main question, did this machine ever need to exist?

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[ItsMyNaturalColour]

Just dropping by to say a massive thank you. I'm overwhelmed and very flattered by all of these lovely comments.

About the Mac Pro. There are loads of absolutely fantastic points in this thread, so many that I could easily make another video of a very similar runtime about those points alone! My plan is to try and put together a Part 2 to this, trying out some things that people have suggested, and covering in detail some more of the points listed here, especially regarding the Mac Studio, a machine that I forgot about entirely when making this video.

On a more general note, I'm delighted that after all this time, people are still enjoying this content. I know things have changed a lot on YouTube, so to see so much love for this style is very refreshing and means a great deal to me. Thank you everyone. As always there's no shortage of ideas in my head, it's just about time and life. I'll never ever 'leave YouTube' or anything crazy like that, it's just sometimes it may take me a little longer than other times. I'll always be here though!

I can't respond to every comment, but thank you for the love and I hope you're all doing great too.

[mattedwards]

Mate, this is like a long overdue hug, hits that spot. I hope you and your family have been doing great. :) I've been still meaning to get my grubby mitts on one of these machines.

[geekanoids]

So good to see this online. As you know I have not been too well and I forgot you had acquired this from me.
As far as my records show, it came from Apple who upgraded me from the base specification to this, replacing my faulty 2013 Mac Pro. They had none of the original one I ordered in stock, so I agreed to this. The D700 GPU turned out to be a great choice, as they performed great for video editing. It came with 2x 8GB memory modules inside and I upgraded with the Crucial Memory straight away. Lucky I did that upgrade, as the pre-installed memory had developed a fault, so never made their way back into the machine. I hope you really enjoy it Tom :D

[MaxMacZone]

So glad that you still pop in when you have the chance, always love to see you around on YouTube.

[britishredfox]

I picked up a 2013 Mac Pro at the start of the pandemic just to have a desktop Mac and it honestly blew me away with how fast and responsive it was. It may sound a bit weird but I think it's one of the computers I've loved the most despite (or perhaps because of) its flaws.

[planesgamingtt]

I remember subscribing to you back in 2009 from my older channel ( which is now closed down ). Logging onto youtube today and seeing an IMNC upload really made me feel some sort of emotions that I can't even begin to express. Great to see you're still around Tom! Best regards- Keegan.

[larrycroft]

I have been so worried about you Jess & the boys. I am so thankful to see you again!!! How is your family? Please let them all know how much we have missed them!!!! You have made my summer now - knowing everything is ok with y'all. Your friend across the pond. Larry

[TibiviL]

Welcome back dude! Looking forward to watch the video once again! I hope you and your family are doing great!

[rschrader]

Good to see a new video from you! Hope to see more- like a tour of your office and anything you feel you can share on a life update. Cheers…

[theryanthomas]

He’s back! Missed you Tom. Hope you and the family are grand. Glad to see you upload!

[meandmyEV]

Thanks for this! Great video!

I just bought a "trashcan" Mac on eBay so like most nerds I am watching lots of videos about it as I wait for it to arrive. I bought it for a pretty simple reason. I work remotely and use remote desktop to control my cloud based Windows PC for work so I do not need anything super powerful but I also like to use a triple monitor setup, two for my work machine and one for podcasts, music, videos etc. I currently do this with a Ryzen based Windows PC but I discovered while travelling and using an old Mac Mini how convenient it is to use iMessage and Facetime on the host machine while I worked. The problem is the Mac mini only supports 2 monitors without resorting to janky or expensive usb to hdmi adapters. Major first world problems!

I bought the Mac for $240 usd. It is the mid tier model with the 6 core processor and D500 graphics but has been upgraded to 64 GB of RAM. I feel like I got a pretty good deal. Most are going for more like $275-$300. If it doesn't work out as my daily driver, I might use it as a Plex server.

[stryyykerh]

omg it here - have missed This classic IMNC content

[ashleycox]

"what is up everyone". Man it's good to hear those words on this channel again. Welcome back Tom. Hope you and family are doing well!

[hatsuneadc]

I've sporadically watched you back in the days. I'm glad you're still doing well. Thank you for uploading!

[JamesWhitmore]

Hope all is well tom amazing to see you back been watching since the start and just moveing house rewatching your old moving vlogs while decorating so glad to see your uploading again

Jim

[jacobpem]

Just woke up and there is a new imnc video! This day can’t get any better

[bobfromsoireegames]

What is this? My favorite techtuber returns with my favorite Apple Mac of all time! What a day! Crikey!

[ORIOLESFan]

TOM! I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE STILL HERE!
When I saw the notification, that made me super happy. Much love from the states :)

[SevenStuff]

hey! i'm also an albino, i came from your "how to digitise vhs tapes" video, even though i already knew how, i just found you very interesting, i hope you have a great day!

[sigcrazy]

I just landed a 2013. Love the design. I'll line it up with every other Apple over-designed failure. The 20th Anniversary Mac (TAM), the G4 Cube, and now the 2013 Mac Pro. Come to think of it, my new 2013 Mac Pro looks suspiciously like the speaker on the TAM.

Perhaps this has been answered already, but regarding your RAM question at 13:20. The ECC RAM used on the Mac Pro, if it is 4 or 8 GB modules, is UDIMM, or un(buffered/registered) dual inline memory modules. At 16GB or larger, all the modules are RDIMM, or registered memory. While the 2013 Mac Pro can use either type, they cannot be mixed. All of one type or the other. Except for any special order 64GB orders, Apple would have shipped all of their systems with either 4 or 8 GB UDIMMs. That machine probably shipped with either 12 or 16 GB of RAM, which would have been three or four 4GB modules, respectively. When somebody upgraded to that Micron RAM, they couldn't run those 16GB modules with the original Apple RAM, and that is why it is absent from the other two slots.