Currently I'm running Digital Performer 8 and VEPro (4 instances) on a single 2008 8-core MacPro. With 32GBs of RAM, and all SSDs my orch template pushes the CPU to the max, and uses 99.8% of the RAM. So, I'm going to buy a new Mac (I don't want a PC even if performance and price are better).
My question is this.. With DP, VEPro and Kontakt all MP aware, which MacPro would work best? The 3.5Ghz 6 core or the 2.7GHz 12 core MacPro?
Seems like having 12 cores (24 virtual) would make sense with the four apps I listed above. Or am I wrong? Should I go for the faster CPU speed in this case?
I've also thought about buying a new iMac i7 32GBs RAM for DP, and a MacPro 64GBs for a VEPro/MIR slave. What do you think about that setup?
Thanks!
Steve
Regards, Steve Steele https://www.stevesteele.com