I personally don't care what processors they use. The system itself needs an overhaul. What about sata 6gbps? or USB 3.0? esata? More pcie slots? A slot for a 2.5" HD for an ssd boot drive? At this point, processor upgrades aren't going to help because they rest of the system is the bottleneck.
@smithers Why does it need SSD? it already has 4 hard drive bays for up to 2 TBs of onboard storage, not to mention you could just by an external. SSD would just drive up costs.
2.5" Boot drive. I dont want to use a full 3.5" bay for a tiny SSD. And It wouldn't drive costs up because if you're looking for an ssd then you're already willing to pay the cost of entry. Buying an external HD defeats the purpose of buying a machine with so much internal storage (which by the way is 8tb max not 2. "2tb x 4hd's"). I have an 8 core MP and my processors are far from my problem when streaming GB's worth of video and audio, and hooked up to external interfaces. LATENCY is what the pros call it.....
I completely agree that they need to also upgrade the other hardware (SATA 3, USB 3, eSATA) if they are being a professional machine. Since I work in video and film production, a blu-ray burner is pretty much a must have on the new system. Customers want to see their footage shot on RED in HD, not SD. Sure I can buy an aftermarket drive, but if Apple is serious about providing these machines to professionals, then they need to step up their game and put in what professionals need.
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I personally don't care what processors they use. The system itself needs an overhaul. What about sata 6gbps? or USB 3.0? esata? More pcie slots? A slot for a 2.5" HD for an ssd boot drive? At this point, processor upgrades aren't going to help because they rest of the system is the bottleneck.
@smithers Why does it need SSD? it already has 4 hard drive bays for up to 2 TBs of onboard storage, not to mention you could just by an external. SSD would just drive up costs.
@amart89
2.5" Boot drive. I dont want to use a full 3.5" bay for a tiny SSD. And It wouldn't drive costs up because if you're looking for an ssd then you're already willing to pay the cost of entry. Buying an external HD defeats the purpose of buying a machine with so much internal storage (which by the way is 8tb max not 2. "2tb x 4hd's"). I have an 8 core MP and my processors are far from my problem when streaming GB's worth of video and audio, and hooked up to external interfaces. LATENCY is what the pros call it.....
@smithers Sit it on top of the optical drive, unless you have two of those.
@smithers
I completely agree that they need to also upgrade the other hardware (SATA 3, USB 3, eSATA) if they are being a professional machine. Since I work in video and film production, a blu-ray burner is pretty much a must have on the new system. Customers want to see their footage shot on RED in HD, not SD. Sure I can buy an aftermarket drive, but if Apple is serious about providing these machines to professionals, then they need to step up their game and put in what professionals need.