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I don't understand what one would do with a $52,199 Mac Pro. If you're blowing that kind of money on a Mac, you probably need to seriously rethink how you're ap

I don't understand what one would do with a $52,199 Mac Pro. If you're blowing that kind of money on a Mac, you probably need to seriously rethink how you're approaching your technical and business processes.

dmix 4y ago
For some companies investing in the know-how to build and maintain custom workstations for a couple high-end employees isn't worth the effort or cost saving. That's the only excuse I could come up with.
- sithadmin 4y ago
  You don't even need to invest in the 'build and maintain' aspect of things for use cases like the Twitter poster's (YouTube content). Just the backend network and storage services.
browningstreet 4y ago
He works for MKBHD, they shoot and post 8K videos to Youtube.
- sithadmin 4y ago
  I know. I looked into it. That still doesn't justify a $52.Xk Mac. Sure, other shops in that field are going to be spending the same kind of money, but less of it on the Mac, more of it on networking and storage. Then again, when you're MKBHD, one big hit video in a given month probably covers a decent portion of the cost of that insanely spec'd out Mac.
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  - matwood 4y ago
    He's talked about it before, that editing and then uploading time matters so much they used to ship an iMacPro to do post on site. Now they ship around max specced Mac Studios. And when it comes to editing 8k video, I'm not sure there are faster options than the macs.
- fleddr 4y ago
  Right, for all the users that watch Youtube at wall-sized $40K TVs?
kube-system 4y ago
You have the fastest Mac, that's what you do. If you're in an industry where doing something faster generates disproportionately more money, you will find people spend a lot of money on equipment to do their work faster. You're probably a lot better off boosting productivity this way in a lot of cases before you hire a new FTE.
brandonmenc 4y ago
> I don't understand what one would do with a $52,199 Mac Pro. You're probably doing the equivalent of whatever someone was using a $50,000 SGI for a quarter century ago.

dmix 4y ago

For some companies investing in the know-how to build and maintain custom workstations for a couple high-end employees isn't worth the effort or cost saving. That's the only excuse I could come up with.

sithadmin 4y ago
You don't even need to invest in the 'build and maintain' aspect of things for use cases like the Twitter poster's (YouTube content). Just the backend network and storage services.

browningstreet 4y ago

He works for MKBHD, they shoot and post 8K videos to Youtube.

sithadmin 4y ago
I know. I looked into it. That still doesn't justify a $52.Xk Mac. Sure, other shops in that field are going to be spending the same kind of money, but less of it on the Mac, more of it on networking and storage. Then again, when you're MKBHD, one big hit video in a given month probably covers a decent portion of the cost of that insanely spec'd out Mac.
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- matwood 4y ago
  He's talked about it before, that editing and then uploading time matters so much they used to ship an iMacPro to do post on site. Now they ship around max specced Mac Studios. And when it comes to editing 8k video, I'm not sure there are faster options than the macs.
fleddr 4y ago
Right, for all the users that watch Youtube at wall-sized $40K TVs?

kube-system 4y ago

You have the fastest Mac, that's what you do. If you're in an industry where doing something faster generates disproportionately more money, you will find people spend a lot of money on equipment to do their work faster. You're probably a lot better off boosting productivity this way in a lot of cases before you hire a new FTE.

brandonmenc 4y ago

> I don't understand what one would do with a $52,199 Mac Pro. You're probably doing the equivalent of whatever someone was using a $50,000 SGI for a quarter century ago.