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  1. Farravi

    MP All Models How to future proof Mac Pro (7,1) vs Mac Studio?

    I am in the market for a 2nd hand  Desktop. Looking to upgrade from my cMP (using Monterey [OC]) I am considering a MP 7.1 or a Mac Studio. Of course Mac studio is considerably cheaper than a MP 7.1, however, it will have a shorter shelf life due to its lack of upgradability where as MP...
  2. K

    MP 7,1 Need advise on a Mac Pro Purchase

    Hello Group!!! I’m new member and need your experience and expertise advise. Should I buy the Mac Pro 2019 now or wait for Apple to come out with the new Apple Silicone Mac Pro?? I was able to giving a deal below: Mac Pro 2019 28 cores CPU 384 gig of RAM 8 TB SSD 2x Radeon Pro Vega II Duo...
  3. maikerukun

    MP 7,1 Mac Pro 7.1 owners! What would 8.1 need to be to get you to leave your 7.1 behind?!

    What's up community! :) As ya'll who know me know, I run a small indie production company and the heart of it is my 2019 Mac Pro 7.1 It's a 28-Core with 2 W6800X Duos and in GPU Rendering Tests it is equivalent to roughly about 33% under 3 RTX 3090's. Recently it's been revealed that the RTX...
  4. J

    MP 7,1 Apple SSD kit vs PCIe SSD

    Hello, I've just bought a Mac pro 2019 (7,1) with all basic specs and I've quickly run out of disk space (250GB ssd). I have only the n1 original Apple SSD and slot 2 is empty. First Q: What is the difference between upgrading the original Apple SSD kit and adding an additional SSD on the...
  5. paulienat

    MP 7,1 Mac Pro 2019 in Sleep Mode - (Fan Always On Behaviour)

    Hi guys, I'm used to put all of my Macs in sleep mode in the night. I put the Mac Pro 7.1-2019 in Sleep mode but I've noticed that the fans are still working in this mode, minimum range. Doesn't look like a real sleep mode. I mean...until now sleep mode to me was a virtual "turn-off", but with...
  6. A

    MP 7,1 Just to confirm if there is a LED light in the back panel of Mac Pro 2019.

    Hello Friends, Just wanted to confirm that there is LED light in the left side of the power cord in back panel of Mac Pro 2019. Not sure why but I do not remember seeing it before or may be I did not notice it. Just wanted to make sure if is not indicating any problems or issues. I am having...
  7. J

    MP 7,1 Mac Pro 7,1 - hit or Miss?

    So it's been out over a year now, is it fair to say that the current Mac Pro has bombed or do you think it's been a success? It's certainly seems scarce here in the UK. The cMP was ubiquitous and the found just about everywhere, especially in studios and web/graphic design companies, but in my...
  8. M

    MP 7,1 Mac Pro 7.1 for motion graphics. Buy now or wait

    Hello there, These days I work mostly as a motion graphic designer and I had finished some complex projects using for the most part Apple motion. I'm currently using Mac Pro 6.1 (cylinder) 6 cores \D500 \32gb ram. From my understanding Apple motion is relaying heavily on GPU power for realtime...
  9. T

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3.1 FirmWare upgrade to 7.1

    Hello, recently I bought a Mac Pro 3.1 2008. I’m not using it for something super intensive. I uust wanned to have a Mac for cheap. I’ve had in plan, to use some DosDude patchers to upgrade the Mac to macOS Big Sur. But unfortionetly, DosDude didn’t do a patcher for macOS 11. So I tried using...
  10. yellow_lupine

    MP 7,1 2019 Mac Pro noise?

    Hello everyone, thinking on upgrading my i9 2019 iMac with a new Mac Pro for audio production (16-core, 192 GB RAM and 5500X GPU). What can you tell me about the potential fan noise? These are the measurement I took with my current iMac sitting at the desk: • idle (fan at 1200 rpm): 26 dBA •...
  11. T

    MP 7,1 Best placement for Mac Pro 2019?

    Hi, do you think that putting the Mac Pro on the floor is a good idea when you have a dog? I don't see any filter and am afraid the short hairs will get inside the Mac.