Apple Dual-Core Processor G5

12micsn1 · Post by **12micsn1** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:33 am

I knew the news was coming so here it is.

http://appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1334

forge · Post by **forge** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:04 am

god that quad would be nice - so what do you reckon the equivolent PC would be? 5-6 GHZ?

mmmmmmm powermac...urrrrgggggh

muthafunka · Post by **muthafunka** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:06 am

Not diff. for Live until the Mac version starts to take advantage of multiple processors though. If it did my order would already be in, as it is now though next machine here's a Macintel.
Talking of which, as Mac developers I wonder if the Abes got a Macintel machine to develop on and if so what are they doing with it.....the mind gobbles.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:01 pm

muthafunka wrote:Not diff. for Live until the Mac version starts to take advantage of multiple processors though. If it did my order would already be in, as it is now though next machine here's a Macintel.
Talking of which, as Mac developers I wonder if the Abes got a Macintel machine to develop on and if so what are they doing with it.....the mind gobbles.

For getting that intel dev kit. You need to be a "gold" ADC member.
I doubt Ableton is a gold member. Because they only have one app.

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:11 pm

bakoe! no ableton definitley doesn't have a macintel!

Per Boysen · Post by **Per Boysen** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:27 pm

For me this does probably mean that I will replace my dead 2x2 G5 with a centrino lappy. Since no PCI-x equippement will work on these new Mac's no one will sell their recent dual G5 to pick up one of these new babies. So there goes my plan to get a dirt chep secondhand dual G5

New plan now is to find a centrino and one or two big firewire drives to share with the powerbook. Will keep my Powerbook with Logic 7+ for mastering CDs and 5.1 files but I will probably be doing more studio producing in Live from now. Maybe that won't be as fast as Logic on a fast machine, but very fun

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:33 pm

Per - I'm one of those fools who will be replacing his 2 x 2GHz for a quad, assuming my PCI video capture cards are compatible. I need the video power for VJing, and can't wait for Macintels.

PM me if interested.

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:04 pm

god that quad would be nice - so what do you reckon the equivolent PC would be? 5-6 GHZ?

Not likely... I think the PC equivalent would be more like the dual-core AMD chips that have already been out for months... although the AMD will probably still outperform the dual-core G5s.

Nixon · Post by **Nixon** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:05 pm

got some spare cash ey hambone?

I calculated this nice little setup in my signature...

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:08 pm

$20,000 huh? Nice 1. Go for it, lol.

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 1:16 pm

Spare cash? Not friggin' likely! More like a maxed-out credit card, new business loan almost used up, eBaying loads of stuff, and freelance graphic design work!

I'm only after the quad beast... the 30" Cinema Displays, super-duper video card, and 16GB RAM will have to wait!

I have toyed with the idea of using Live on my 8' x 6' projector screen for a laugh, though!

marky · Post by **marky** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:29 pm

I reckon you'd sdtill get pretty ace performance with the quad mac machine even though Ableton (sadly!) doesn't support multi-processor setups.

Apparently OS X designates an entire processor to an app (i.e. the operating system,task management, every other app all running on other processors).

So you'd probably still see a boost using this machine.

- Mark

ishimaru · Post by **ishimaru** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:37 pm

I am curious to see the performance boost from Live in the new dual core G5's as well.

robtronik · Post by **robtronik** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:42 pm

my guess is that the top end system will show some marginal gains, but that's it.

But if you use macs for other production purposes, these are the ones to get.

It'd be great if Live supported dual procs. Then it would be amazing for performance gains.

rob.

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:37 pm

It's the live video performance I'm after, and QuickTime processing is the most important element. It hopefully will use all four processors.

And anyone using Motion 2 for graphics will tell you how fantastic it is for your stuff to be rendered live on the fly as you work on it. That'll be a dream with the quad beast.