The Mac Pro Review

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Post by wittyphrasehere » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 8:39 PM UTC

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Post by M4v3R » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 8:55 PM UTC

AnandTech hardware and Ars Technica's software (especially OS X) reviews are works of art by themselves. The level of details that goes into these pieces is nothing short of amazing. They are examples of tech journaling done right.

Re: The Mac Pro Review

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Post by PythonDeveloper » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 9:00 PM UTC

Nonetheless, STOP spamming your site on HackerNews

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Post by thirdsight » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 9:01 PM UTC

I'm glad they mention the HP Z420. The killer for me on the Z420:

three-year Mon-Fri 8-5 next business day, parts, labor and 24x7 phone support,

They come to me.

Edit: to all the naysayers: I'm in the UK. HP here is pretty good. We have over 200 machines on next day and we've had only two (!) problems and they were relating to part supply resulting in a quick purchase on Misco that arrived next day.

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Post by thearn4 » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 9:11 PM UTC

Do a lot of folks here generally like Mac desktops? I've grown to like Macbooks because I do like working on a portable UNIX-y platform, and have had generally bad luck with Linux laptops in the past.

On desktops though, I'm willing to put more effort into settling software update issues/device conflicts, since I probably have to do that anyway to write performance-optimized code (depends on the exact purpose of the desktop though, but I do a lot of scientific computing). So a Linux/Windows split boot on a generic PC usually wins out. I used to do a lot of PC gaming, but that's really less of a factor now.

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Post by e40 » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 9:15 PM UTC

thearn4 wrote: post #5

Do a lot of folks here generally like Mac desktops? I've grown to like Macbooks because I do like working on a portable UNIX-y platform, and have had generally bad luck with Linux laptops in the past. On desktops though, I'm willing to put more effort into settling software update issues/device conflicts, since I probably have to do that anyway to write performance-optimized code (depends on the exact purpose of the…

After running every version of Windows since 3.1, I've decided to go Mac for my desktop. I run stuff on it 24/7 and have 6 external disks, so a MBP is out of the question. The cost of external enclosures, though, for the new Mac Pro makes it out of reach ($3000 + $2400 = $5400... I can put together a nice hackintosh for $1700).

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Post by songgao » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 9:20 PM UTC

Does anybody know how much work is required to run Linux on this thing? I read some documents but found them complicated enough that I don't want to deal with on my daily computer. Also there seems to be driver problem related to thermal issues. So I ended up with virtual machines every time considering installing Linux on Mac.

Anybody running Linux on Macbooks or Mac Pro? Does it work well?

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Post by lemonberry » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 9:22 PM UTC

songgao wrote: post #7

Does anybody know how much work is required to run Linux on this thing? I read some documents but found them complicated enough that I don't want to deal with on my daily computer. Also there seems to be driver problem related to thermal issues. So I ended up with virtual machines every time considering installing Linux on Mac. Anybody running Linux on Macbooks or Mac Pro? Does it work well?

I think Linus runs linux on a Macbook Air.

Techcrunch interview here: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/an-interview-with-millenium...

*edited to add link

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Post by codex » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 9:26 PM UTC

thirdsight wrote: post #4

I'm glad they mention the HP Z420. The killer for me on the Z420: three-year Mon-Fri 8-5 next business day, parts, labor and 24x7 phone support, They come to me. Edit: to all the naysayers: I'm in the UK. HP here is pretty good. We have over 200 machines on next day and we've had only two (!) problems and they were relating to part supply resulting in a quick purchase on Misco that arrived next day.

In most locations you can get 4-hour support by buying AppleCare Premium.

Re: The Mac Pro Review

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Post by codemac » Tue, Dec 31, 2013, 9:27 PM UTC

lemonberry wrote: post #8

songgao wrote: post #7

Does anybody know how much work is required to run Linux on this thing? I read some documents but found them complicated enough that I don't want to deal with on my daily computer. Also there seems to be driver problem related to thermal issues. So I ended up with virtual machines every time considering installing Linux on Mac. Anybody running Linux on Macbooks or Mac Pro? Does it work well?

I think Linus runs linux on a Macbook Air. Techcrunch interview here: http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/an-interview-with-millenium... *edited to add link

He's on a chromebook pixel these days.