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Does the Base Model Mac Pro beat my current computer?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1583474" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Nice channel - I've watched several of your mom's trials - the Win 8 one was pretty hilarious..</p><p></p><p>You def want to get the most CPU you can afford to cut the render times.</p><p>Check Geekbench for some benchmark scoring of the various Macs - <a href="http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p></p><p>Everymac.com is a tool you will want to take advantage of.</p><p>You'll find the specific CPU being used in each machine along with all the tech specs you'll want.</p><p>On each machine, check the 'Tech Specs' tab and scroll down to the 'Processor Speed' section. With most of them you will find a <u>How</u> much faster link in the last paragraph which will take you to a page showing speeds, percentages faster than previous gen models and links to MacWorld, BareFeats, Anand, Ars and others that have done specific benchmarking of games, video rendering, etc. to check them out. With the amount of rendering you're doing, would definitely recommend you spend some time camparison shopping prior to jumping in.</p><p></p><p>Edit: </p><p>When your mom gets tired of trying them out, you could try out new OSs with my wife - not sure if they'd be as funny - but she'd be even more frustrated.</p><p></p><p>Edit2:</p><p>Shouldn't have any problems bootcamping Windows - realizing that it has to be installed on the internal primary drive. you may want to consider a 512MB SSD.</p><p>I've not triple booted anything on my Macs - another learning process there - have run a couple of Linux variants in VMWare Fusion once in awhile.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1583474, member: 24160"] Nice channel - I've watched several of your mom's trials - the Win 8 one was pretty hilarious.. You def want to get the most CPU you can afford to cut the render times. Check Geekbench for some benchmark scoring of the various Macs - [URL="http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks"]here[/URL]. Everymac.com is a tool you will want to take advantage of. You'll find the specific CPU being used in each machine along with all the tech specs you'll want. On each machine, check the 'Tech Specs' tab and scroll down to the 'Processor Speed' section. With most of them you will find a [U]How[/U] much faster link in the last paragraph which will take you to a page showing speeds, percentages faster than previous gen models and links to MacWorld, BareFeats, Anand, Ars and others that have done specific benchmarking of games, video rendering, etc. to check them out. With the amount of rendering you're doing, would definitely recommend you spend some time camparison shopping prior to jumping in. Edit: When your mom gets tired of trying them out, you could try out new OSs with my wife - not sure if they'd be as funny - but she'd be even more frustrated. Edit2: Shouldn't have any problems bootcamping Windows - realizing that it has to be installed on the internal primary drive. you may want to consider a 512MB SSD. I've not triple booted anything on my Macs - another learning process there - have run a couple of Linux variants in VMWare Fusion once in awhile. [/QUOTE]
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