128 samples is the max I can deal with, while recording or playing midi in real-time. Most benchmarks don't take into consideration a super-small HW buffer. Low latency is the tail that wags the dog, for me, so I have been leaning towards the newer Macs (esp since I have a 980x in my live-rig PC and know what it can do.- Holy cow.) But I'm having a hard time deciding between the 6 core 3.33 and the much slower 8 core. Sure, the Digi hardware takes care of all your plugins (I have 6 accel cards) but not most VSTi's, nor a few of the big reverbs. I'd LOVE to get your thoughts on which Mac for HD. (yes i know people run native as well)ĪDKActually, Scott, if you are still checking this thread: LE is limiting and HD has cards for effects so moot. Īnd yes i have benchmarked in OSX with logic, since you brought it up logic does not balance cores very well. I'm not too big on buying the latest and greatest Mac.įolks with the 09's had to wait a while for the audio temp bug to be addressed. It came with 16 gigs of ram, a SSD for os & apps and 2 years of AppleCare left.
#2009 APPLE 8 CORE MAC PRO NEHALEM OSX UPDATE#
The industry wants to sell you on "future proofing," but if you only spend $2,000 every purchase instead of $3,000, you're saving enough that you can update your machine more often.All good points and reasons why I got a 2008 2.8 8 core MP last month.
#2009 APPLE 8 CORE MAC PRO NEHALEM OSX SOFTWARE#
It's had the kinks worked out, it's significantly cheaper, and software developers have adapted to it. I've always been of the opinion that you buy tech that's 1-2 years old. The industry wants to sell you on "future proofing," but if you only spend $2,000 every purchase instead of $3,000, you're saving enough that you can update your machine more often. I didn't see any reason to spring for the new quad (RAM limitations) at a higher price, or the new 8 core at a MUCH higher price ($800) when at the end of the day, the machine is going to do more than whatever I can throw at it. Everything I've read is that it's, even today, a ridiculous amount of power for music production. It's the computer purchase that always has me confused!įor what it's worth, I ended up going with the 2008 2.8 Octocore. I run logic, typically around 32 tracks at 24/44, use a mix of logic, soundtoys, and UAD2 plugs.ĮQs, Comps, fx, I know about.