Sorry. Mac Geekspeak: https://512pixels.net/2017/04/the-cheese-grater-mac-pro/
-D > On Mar 17, 2020, at 5:55 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > What is a cheesegrater? > > Allan > > Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > >> Nice. >> >> I’ve got a 4,1 flashed to 5,1 with dual quad core Xeons running at 2.26GHz, >> 28GB of RAM, a GTX680 flashed with Apple firmware, 500GB SSD for the boot >> drive, two 1TB hard drives for file storage and a 6TB hard drive as an >> internal Time Machine backup that I mirror to my FreeNAS box daily. I’ve >> toyed wit the idea of upgrading processors, but for what? I don’t really do >> anything that stresses the ones I have now. >> >> There’s nothing I can’t throw at this box that it can’t handle. I love >> transcoding video with Handbrake, as it zips through files in no time flat. >> >> I just recently upgraded to High Sierra from El Capitan because I could. No >> noticeable improvement, but probably more secure. >> >> I loves my cheesegrater. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Mar 17, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'm in the middle of upgrading my tricked-out Mac Pro 1,1 to a >>> tricked-out Mac Pro 4,1. This is essentially for work purposes, >>> and when I'm done it'll be running High Sierra instead of El Capitan, >>> and as a result capable of running the latest VMware and DxO packages. >>> >>> This tower can hold much more RAM and disk than I can use with >>> the new-ish laptop I've been using. And, the 30" monitor is pretty nice. >>> When I'm done I should have a 12-core (24-thread) 3.3GHz CPU array, >>> 48GB of RAM, 3TB of disk, plus a small SSD for the OS and apps. >>> >>> Total cash outlay was a little higher than I'd like, some $800, but you >>> can't touch anything new-ish for that kind of money, and this should >>> serve well for several years. I checked, and I've used the 1,1 for four >>> years. Performance of the 1,1 has never been any kind of issue, and >>> I expect the same of the 4,1. (Neither machine is considered 'fast' >>> today, but a lot of that is just skewed expectations. They both ARE >>> fast, just not AS fast as some newer machines. But, unless you're >>> doing work where that matters it's a non-issue. This 4,1 can process >>> my typical photos at about 1 per second, which is plenty good enough, >>> and I don't even have the new 5,1 CPU's in it yet.) >>> >>> -- Jim >>> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
