An Incredible Mac Pro Demo: Takes Breath Away

MacObserver ^ | June 25th, 2009 | by John Martellaro

[Swordmaker]

Mac Pro demonstration idea that should work on all Macs to some degree. PING!

With Video.

Mac Ping!

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[eclecticEel]

Mac Pro G4

Say wha?

[Southack]

The PC stutters with multiple videos because Windows depends upon each program to have coded into it releases of the CPU.

Programmers are awful at programming in such releases because they impact performance and take longer to write...so that leaves Windows guessing at the right time to swap which ap gets the CPU’s attention.

Very poor architecture.

[snarks_when_bored]

I generally just watch one video at a time...on my old PC.

[skr]

Same here, but it’s conceivable that videos might need to be compared for some reason.

[grey_whiskers]

I beg to differ, think of streaming video for sports junkies (five or six NFL games at the same time).

If they make the user API simple enough for Joe Sixpack (or his kids)...who knows how far it could go.

Cheers!

[safisoft]

Means nothing. And as for the “claim” that you “can’t do that on Windows” - what nonsense. This person knows nothing about 96% of the world-wide computer population; because like all Apple religionists, he is living in a fantasy world of superiority. Man, we thought moonies were bad...

[dennisw]

OK a Mac can stream six videos at once. This particular power and ability ....What practical tasks can it do better?

[SlowBoat407]

The biggest application of this particular feature is in video editing, specifically, editing multiple streams down into one in real time, just like switching a live show.

[dennisw]

How about something besides video?
Is there a scientific application that runs better on Mac for EXACTLY the same reason that it can stream 7 videos simultaneously?

[Wyatt's Torch]

I have a Mac Pro early 2008......AWESOME machine.

[SlowBoat407]

Simulations require an enormous amount of processing capacity to develop scenarios with multiple parameters in constant flux. This applies to everything from microbiology to medicine to cosmology. Mass General Hospital has a Mac-only program that does 3D visualization of MRI data that is currently being used to track nerve impulses in the search for answers to migraines, for one example.

[antiRepublicrat]

And as for the “claim” that you “can’t do that on Windows” - what nonsense.

Nope, true. The architecture of the OS is very important. I remember seeing BeOS in the mid 90s runnung four video streams and some audio on a dual-processor PPC box without a hiccup. Windows 95 and Windows NT couldn't do it. Mac OS on the same hardware couldn't even do it.

[dennisw]

So such simulations would be harnessing the same computing power that enables a Mac to stream 7 videos at a time. And that a Mac will do these simulations better than Windows machine.

BTW do you have any idea if any “Global Warming” simulations are done on Macs

[SlowBoat407]

BTW do you have any idea if any “Global Warming” simulations are done on Macs

And the same technology that enables Free Republic is used for numerous liberal causes as well.

Your point?

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"What practical tasks can it do better?"

How about this: http://www.simplehelp.net/2007/01/30/folder-actions-for-os-x-explained-with-real-world-examples/ Very cool and useful.

[dennisw]

That was a totally neutral question. Was not intended to make Apple look like a bunch of liberals

[dennisw]

Thanks..... I’m looking at it

[CodeToad]

“The PC stutters with multiple videos because Windows depends upon each program to have coded into it releases of the CPU.”

Really? You seriously need to update your superficial knowledge of Windows as Windows NT through Vista has always been preemptive multitasking. Only Windows 3.11 through 98 didn’t.