Now more than ever I think of OS X and Apple hardware as the luxury end of the consumer PC market. There’s so much about OS X that I prefer to Windows but I’m also aware that I’m paying an extreme premium for the experience.
However, It’s been a long time since I’ve considered Apple hardware to be an optimal choice for creative professionals per se, never mind 3d professionals. The iMac Pro is a lustful piece of consumer electronics for sure but it would be a exceptionally odd choice for a 3d professional. > On 7 Jun 2017, at 12:17, Christopher Crouzet <christopher.crou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Something to consider beyond the hardware is the software. > > During the years that I've been using MacOS, Apple often shined at only > supporting outdated OpenGL versions in their OS, or poorly implementing it. > To make things worse, they decided to go their own way with their Metal API > without providing any support for Vulkan (unless I missed something). I don't > think many developers are willing to write their software using the Metal API > to boost rendering performances when the 3D market is fairly small on Mac. > > Surely it's a bit cocky from them to be boasting their graphics marketing > when they seem to be hated by graphics developers. > > > On 7 June 2017 at 17:37, Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl > <mailto:r...@casema.nl>> wrote: > One of the first reviews, and it's not really a glowing one: > > https://www.slashgear.com/imac-pro-still-doesnt-give-the-one-thing-pros-want-06487652/ > > <https://www.slashgear.com/imac-pro-still-doesnt-give-the-one-thing-pros-want-06487652/> > Rob > > \/-------------\/----------------\/ > On 6-6-2017 21:50, Angus Davidson wrote: >> Unfortunately Apple has defined pro market to mean , FCP X and a little bit >> of after effects. Its the only reason I can think of for some of the dumb >> decisions made in the last two years. Up to and including today. >> >> At least dell gives decent EDU discounts. Going to make the move from apple >> far less painful for us >> >> -- >> ICT Project Manager >> Digital Arts >> Wits School of the Arts >> angus.david...@wits.ac.za <mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za> >> 011 717 4683 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Stanley Mpofu >> Sent: 31 May 2017 03:14 PM >> To: Collen Rasalanavho; Angus Davidson; Brian Maistry; Shunmuga Pillay; >> Andrew Sam; Tumishi Madihlaba; Donald Dandawa; Bekir Genc; Arinavho >> Tshifularo; Simon Mofokeng; Charl Roberts; Mark Allen; James Mokoka; Ernest >> Maluleke; Shereen Jacobs >> Subject: Wits ICT Strategy.pptx >> >> Colleagues >> >> As discussed this morning, Please note the attached strategic direction as >> well intended service catalogue that will talk to the SLAs between ICT and >> the University. Please respond with comments and more ideas around what I >> have proposed for Wits going forward. >> >> >> >> Many thanks >> >> >> Dr Mpofu Mgobansimbi SB >> >> Chief Information Officer (Wits) >> >> +27117171662 >> >> +27733779947 >> >> stanley.mp...@wits.ac.za <mailto:stanley.mp...@wits.ac.za> >> "Lions Don’t Worry About The Opinion Of Sheep" >> >> >> PA >> >> Celesse-Ann Brandt-Jacobs >> >> Tel : +2711 717 1602 >> >> Email : celesse.brandt-jac...@wits.ac.za >> <mailto:celesse.brandt-jac...@wits.ac.za> >> >> >> >> >> From: Marc-Andre Carbonneau [marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com >> <mailto:marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com>] >> Sent: 06 June 2017 09:38 PM >> To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list> >> Subject: RE: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay? >> >> Heheheh thanks everyone. I’m not so much using powerful pcs anymore but was >> interested in getting the low down on these “new” contenders. >> >> MAC >> >> >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> <mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> <mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Jonathan Moore >> Sent: June-06-17 3:36 PM >> To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google >> <https://groups.google/>. >> com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list<softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> <mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> Subject: Re: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay? >> >> >> Apologies for this slight digression into the benefits of 2012-2014 >> generation Zseries workstations but the final good points about them is that >> they're built like tanks with top drawer components so they’re less risk >> than many other second hand purchases. The total cost for my three Zseries >> workstations was under £2k (GPU’s on top) so that’s a heap of processing >> power for the budget (96 threads running at 3.1 Ghz). And E5-6670’s are >> incredibly efficient too so running costs are very favourable for typical >> Houdini/ICE CPU simulations. Although running 9 GPU’s across three >> workstations for rendering chews through the juice. >> >> >> So back to the original point of the iMac Pro. There are far better ways to >> spend your cash! :) >> >> >> On 6 Jun 2017, at 20:21, Jonathan Moore <jonathan.moo...@gmail.com >> <mailto:jonathan.moo...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >> <PastedGraphic-1.tiff> >> >> As you can see plenty of PCIe Gen3 x16 and x8’s as long as you go for a dual >> processes build. >> >> >> Dual E5-2670 based systems won’t best a latest & greatest i7 for GPU >> rendering but if you pick up a system (or preferably multiple systems) at >> the right price, you’re get something that performs well both on CPU >> simulations and on GPU rendering duties. >> >> >> http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04400043.pdf >> <http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04400043.pdf> >> >> >> On 6 Jun 2017, at 20:05, Ognjen Vukovic <ognj...@gmail.com >> <mailto:ognj...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> >> I thought those z workstations had pretty old mobos. They only had pcie 2 >> slots. 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