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The numbers were expectedly a bit higher than what I measured on the 15-inch Haswell rMBP and the 21.5-inch Haswell iMac thanks to the drive’s PCIe x4 interface. I ran the 512GB SSD through our standard four-corners Iometer test suite.
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The same issues wouldn’t matter in a Mac Pro. Last time I looked, OWC’s aftermarket MacBook Air/Pro SSDs consumed more power at idle compared to the Apple OEM drives. I’m primarily talking about ultra low idle power not being as much of an issue for an SSD in the Mac Pro.
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If OWC or anyone else was brave enough to produce an aftermarket Mac Pro SSD, it might come with fewer tradeoffs compared to what we’ve seen in the portable Mac space. Since Apple isn’t using a standard connector or form factor here, you can’t necessarily count on anyone offering a decent aftermarket solutions (although OWC has done so in the past).
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Personally I’d use the Mac Pro just as much as a regular PC (including gaming) as I would for photo/video work, so I’d push for the highest capacity SSD possible. Chances are you’re going to depend fairly heavily on external storage for media, which leaves you the flexibility of sticking with the base 256GB configuration. Upgrades to 512GB/1TB cost the same regardless of your starting point: $300 and $800, respectively. Both default configurations come with a 256GB drive. Definitely keep this in mind if you’re torn about what capacity drive you should outfit your system with.Īpple offers three SSD capacities with the new Mac Pro: 256GB, 512GB and 1TB.
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I continue to recommend keeping around 15 - 20% of the SSD free if you want to keep performance at a relatively high level. As long as you’re careful not to completely fill the drive you should be ok from an IO consistency standpoint as well. Samsung’s SSD architectures have evolved pretty well over the years. I believe this is a 2-bit-per-cell MLC design with a 512MB LPDDR2-1066 DRAM. My review sample had a 512GB Samsung XP941 based drive. The result is faster peak sequential speeds.Ĭustom SSD behind the GPU board on the left Unlike the new MacBook Pros, the Mac Pro SSDs only ship in a x4 PCIe configuration. The connector looks similar to what’s in the new MacBook Pro but I haven’t verified compatibility. There’s a single proprietary Apple PCIe SSD connector and module inside the new Mac Pro. You could argue wanting more internal PCIe storage, but hard drives don’t belong inside this machine - for that there’s Thunderbolt 2. It’s not for everyone, but if you’re in the business of creating high-def multimedia or analysing large volumes of data you’ll struggle to find a better designed, portable, and powerful machine.The new Mac Pro does the right thing and abandons internal hard drives in favor of high-speed PCIe based storage. If the Mac Pro was a sentient being, it would live by the mantra: Eat. The Mac Pro will work best for those in the video editing and 3D modelling fields but it is a versatile machine. If your business is using OS X products to process heavy duty workloads, then it will serve you well. Workstations have never looked so good and you get performance, upgradeability and portability as well.
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Yes it's expensive - but after testing we feel the Mac Pro is worth it if you will utilise it to its full potential. The Mac Pro, it's accessories such as SuperDrive and the power adaptor as well as RAM and Airport functionality are all covered under this. If you fork out another 199, you get three years of Applecare coverage - this includes onsite-repair requests and technical support over the phone.
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This was 6x faster than the last 2013 MacBook Pro, which has Intel's integrated Iris graphics (1GB RAM). When loading up the FurMark stress test - we were able to get a maximum of 80 FPS with our AMD FirePro D300 graphics cards (2GB vRAM each). The speed is blistering - and it's noticeable when you're using VMs, and transcoding large files directly to the SSD. We achieved maximum sequential read and write rates of 950MB/s and 780MB/s using the Blackmagic disk speed test for Mac. There's a choice between a 4,6,8 and 12-core Xeon processor and the graphics start with the AMD FirePro D300 series, upgradeable to the D700 range.Īpple claims its PCIe SSD provides read speeds of up to 1.2GB/s and write speeds top out at 1GB/s. When you're forking out over 2,000 for the unit, performance is expected to be top notch and the Mac Pro does not disappoint. But this isn't going to affect the performance of the device. Once you start plugging in multiple cables, they can get tangled in a web and look messy. There's one disadvantage about having all the connections packed together.