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for those among you interested in benchmarks and such:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-ep-xeon-e5-2697-v2-benchmarks,3585.html
in a nutshell:
- for single-threaded applications: a bad idea (eg. iTunes)
- for multi-threaded application: a very good idea (eg. MIR)
- for your pocket: there are better ideas ;-)
@LAJ said:
The Mac Pro is well designed and a nice idea. That is all.
A powerful Haswell Win PC with 64 GB RAM, and 3 x (built in)1TB SSDs is cheaper and especially for a VSL user much more effektive. I think it will not be a big success in the Music-Pro area.
You make me laught if you want to compare two system you must use the same processors.
Processors price is dictated by Intel !
PC and MAC are using the same processors, when you pay a XEON processor more than 2000 $ you cannot put it in a computer that you sell for 1000 $ !
You cannot have a dual processor computer with the Intel processors I serie (I5, I7......)
Also you don't need 3 TB for VSL, 1 TB is enought, also it is better to by 4 x 256 GB SSD and to put them in a Raid 0, you will multiply bandwith by 2 or 3
