Comments on: Recaping the Latest News—Apple’s New Mac Pro, Metal 2 and NVIDIA

By: Michiel Keller

Michiel Keller — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:19:11 +0000

In my opinion Apple should have an alternative in place when stopping cuda support. But they haven’t. Now ALL the Pro’s will change to PC’s. At the moment I am on an apple editing in adobe premiere cc 2019. Because that is the last path. But in a year or so I probably change to pc with an nvidea cuda card, because now I can’t use the new tools in adobe premiere cc 2020.

Or I have to wait 5 times more with all the rendering. I don’t have that time.

By: Michiel Keller

Michiel Keller — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:19:11 +0000

Or I have to wait 5 times more with all the rendering. I don’t have that time.

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By: Stew

Stew — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 04:36:51 +0000

BS. Apple blew it again. Even rewriting code – if this actually happens – AMD GPUs will not come close to Nvidia Quadro GPUs for professional stability and power in the forceable future. By then this new Mac pro will be going obsolete anyhow.

It’s a Mac prosumer not a Mac Pro.

By: Stew

Stew — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 04:36:51 +0000

It’s a Mac prosumer not a Mac Pro.

By: toshman78

toshman78 — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:07:27 +0000

RO, about your question about Revit on Mac. There are a couple of things that will force this change. One clear one is if Apple produces new Macs that current Revit users select over PC computers and place heavy demand on Autodesk to support. When Apple went to PowerPC in the early 90s something similar to that happened in the pro markets. Apple would need to win the performance crown in desktop/workstation computers and be able to sustain that lead, like it has with GPU technology in the mobile space where it has completely outperformed key rivals like Nvidia. It is also out-performing in the CPU space for mobiles with its A-series chips.

Apple’s A14 and A14X are slated for 5nm fabrication process and industry commentary has suggested these are the first generation of custom Apple-designed ARM chips that truly make sense to place inside Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro. But this is an architecture change for macOS and there is the app-compatibility problem to solve.

Apple appears to be working on bring over iOS apps by the millions to macOS with its Project Marzipan, now called Project Catalyst. That project will merge development for iOS apps and macOS apps, allowing developers to interchangeably target both operating system architectures from the same code base. Such a move would bring over iOS code bases from companies like Autodesk to macOS, enriching the experience on Apple’s Mac computers over Windows machines which don’t have iOS equal apps in most cases.

The convergence of the platforms from Apple will take years and several stages but coupled with its silicon chip leadership, promising new Pro macOS hardware, advances in Apple’s Metal graphics API—and we have heard from leading CAD developer fully embracing it and working on that now—we see very positive signs that should set up well for what you are looking for.

By: toshman78

toshman78 — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:07:27 +0000

By: RO

RO — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:42:29 +0000

Revit? When will Autodesk wake up and support their most sophisticated software ????

By: RO

RO — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:42:29 +0000

Revit? When will Autodesk wake up and support their most sophisticated software 😱

By: toshman78

toshman78 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:32:26 +0000

Thomas, you are not the only architecture shop that has bailed on Apple. I very much understand and sympathize with your sentiments. This decade has been the Dark Age for professionals on the Mac. Let’s hope Apple finally hears us and makes up for a lost decade.

By: toshman78

toshman78 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:32:26 +0000

By: toshman78

toshman78 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:28:21 +0000

Thomas, nearly all architecture CAD and BIM tools, with the exception of ArchiCAD, are frequency-bound, so the best solutions are low-core count, high-frequency CPUs like the i7 and i9 machines. The Darth Vadar (trash can) Mac Pro and this new Mac Pro are firmly oriented towards multithreaded application workflows or at least a balanced mix of frequency-bound and multithreaded-bound workflows. If you rendering quite a bit on tools like Cinema 4D as part of your architecture workflow than I would say, “I totally understand your angle.”

By: Thomas J Vallee

Thomas J Vallee — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:30:50 +0000

Wait? I waited for years for Apple to introduce an upgradable PC for my architectural practice. Left with the trash can unit meanwhile. The over-designed overpriced ego trip is my reward. All the architectural rendering software didn’t wait.

I am a windows shop now. It will take a long long time for me to trust Apple and go back to thier hardware. That ship has sailed!

By: Thomas J Vallee

Thomas J Vallee — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:30:50 +0000

I am a windows shop now. It will take a long long time for me to trust Apple and go back to thier hardware. That ship has sailed!

By: RO

RO — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:42:29 +0000

Revit? When will Autodesk wake up and support their most sophisticated software 😱

By: toshman78

toshman78 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 13:28:21 +0000

By: toshman78

toshman78 — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 13:28:21 +0000