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dpload951 · 3 years ago

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External Firewire Port For Mac

I have searched through forum after forum and I guess that means that this is an unsolved problem. I am running a MP on 10.4.8 with the ATI Radeon X1900. I am currently supporting dual-Dell monitors, so both DVI ports are occupied. My goal is to be able to sit in my living room, one room away, with my wireless keyboard and run Front Row on my MP through the TV and stereo system. I have already completed the plist edits to allow Front Row to recognize my wireless mighty mouse as a remote control. I was under the impression that I could take Firewire 400 out of my MP and through my ADVC-100 for a conversion on the way to my television. I realize that Firewire video out is supported through programs like FCP or Motion, and, while I have those, what I need is a mirroring of my main monitor. I did have one success in splitting my audio line out so that one line ran to my computer speakers and the other line went to a 1/8' conversion cable to RCA plugs. This brought the audio to the stereo system. I have looked into the option of the DVI to Video cable for the Mac Pro, but I was wondering if there was a way to simply allow the system to send a mirror of my main monitor continuously through Firewire. haha complicated I know. I would appreciate any assistance Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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Three external IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ports support DV camcorders, hard disk, removable drives, scanners, printers and other 1394 audio/video devices including TV, VCR, DVD with data transfer rates up to 400Mb/s; Supports both PC and Mac; Works with Sony, Panasonic, Cannon, Sharp, JVC and many other DV camcorders for digital video creating/editing. FireWire 800 is available on the non-Retina MacBook Pro, Mac mini and Mac Pro. It was originally developed by Apple and released in 1999,as FireWire 400, when the very first PowerMac G3 was launched. Since then, it’s been updated to FireWire 800.

The adapters and cables in this article work with these Mac computers and iPad Pro devices:

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Mac models that have Thunderbolt 3 ports. These ports support both Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C connections.

Mac models that have a USB-C port. This port supports USB-C connections.

iPad Pro models that have a USB-C port. This port supports USB-C connections.

To find the right cable or adapter for your Mac or iPad Pro, use the information below to identify the connector on the end of the cable coming from your display, hard drive, camera, hub, or other device. Check the end meant to plug into your Mac or iPad Pro.

Thunderbolt 3

If you're using an Apple Thunderbolt 3 cable or other Thunderbolt 3 cable with your display or other device, it will connect to your Mac without an adapter.

The Apple Pro Display XDR and LG UltraFine 5K Display use Thunderbolt 3.

USB-C

If you're using a mophie USB-C Cable with USB-C Connector or other USB-C cable with your device, it will connect to your Mac or iPad Pro without an adapter.

The LG UltraFine 4K Display uses USB-C.

USB-A

If you're using a USB-A cable with your device, use the Apple USB-C to USB Adapter, the Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter, the Apple USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter, or another USB-C to USB-A adapter to connect your device to your Mac or iPad Pro.

To charge an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C port without one of these adapters, you can use the Apple USB-C to Lightning Cable instead.

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Ethernet

If you're using an Ethernet cable with your device, use a third-party USB-C to Ethernet adapter, such as the Belkin USB-C to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.

Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2

If you're using a Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 cable with a Thunderbolt display or other device, use the Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter.

This is the correct adapter for the Apple Thunderbolt Display.

Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 are not the same as Mini DisplayPort . They have the same shape, but use different symbols on the cable and port.

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Mini DisplayPort

If you're using a Mini DisplayPort cable with a Mini DisplayPort display, use a third-party USB-C to Mini DisplayPort adapter. Check with its manufacturer for compatibility with your Mac and display model.

This is the correct solution for the Apple LED Cinema Display.

External Firewire Port For Macbook Pro

Mini DisplayPort is not the same as Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 . They have the same shape, but use different symbols on the cable and port.

DisplayPort

If you're using a DisplayPort cable with your display, use a third-party USB-C to DisplayPort adapter or cable, such as the Moshi USB-C to DisplayPort Cable.

HDMI

If you're using an HDMI cable with your display, use the Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter or a third-party USB-C to HDMI adapter or cable.

VGA

External Firewire Port

If you're using a VGA cable with your display, use the Apple USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter. Or use a third-party USB-C to VGA adapter, such as the Belkin USB-C to VGA Adapter.

DVI

If you're using a DVI cable with your display, use a third-party USB-C to DVI adapter or cable. Check with its manufacturer for compatibility with your Mac and display model.

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You can use your USB-C Power Adapter and charge cable with any Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C port on your Mac or iPad Pro.

If you have an Apple TV connected to your TV, projector, or other display, you can use AirPlay to wirelessly stream video to that display, or extend the desktop of your primary display.

Learn about using external monitors with your Mac.

Learn more about using the USB-C port on your iPad Pro.

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takachan · 5 years ago

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今月初頭にPowerMac G4 Cubeのジャンク品を復活させる動画を紹介しました。 ringosuki.hateblo.jp 今回は同じチャンネルから、昔懐かしいAppleのワンボタンマウス（ADB）を充電式のワイヤレス（Bluetooth）マウスに改造する動画を紹介します。 AppleのADBマウスとは現在のApple Magic Mouseとの主な違いは以下のようになります： ADB Mouse Magic Mouse connection ADB cable wireless (Bluetooth) button 1 1 with Multi-Touch power via ADB cable chargable battery tracking mechanical (ball) laser introduce 1986〜 2009〜*1 MactrackerよりぶっちゃけADBマウスをワイヤレス化するというよりも最近のマウスをADBマウスの外装に置き換える的な改造かと思いますが興味のある人には参考になるかも。 www.youtube.com Mac本体の改造に比べれば敷居は低いと思うので年末年始の休み期間の暇つぶし工作にいかがですか？笑 *1:Apple Magic Mouse 2は2015年

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ldsbstevez · 6 years ago

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The Signal Path for Projections on 45 Plays for 45 Presidents. With a color coded path to help make sense of which cables are where, every display unit - both Monitor and Projector connect directly to the G5 PowerMac. All three projectors, due to distance away from the computer are connected via XGA/VGA to CAT-5 adapters. Adapters, CAT-5 cable and the three projectors were provided by BAV Services on Sonwil Drive in Lancaster, NY

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stephmolliex · 6 years ago

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Apple's Mac Pro 'cheese grater' is 12 years old, and is the best Mac ever made

The original Mac Pro is 12 years old today and people are hoping the next one will bring back its famous expandability. AppleInsider celebrates the old favorite workhorse. Forget looking back for a moment and instead look to the future. The next Mac Pro is coming in 2019 and it is so desired, so anticipated that Apple teased it -- in 2017 and again in 2018. The first time they talked about it, Apple was careful to not give any details. Phil Schiller just said that Apple is "completely rethinking the Mac Pro". "We're committed to making it our highest-end, high-throughput desktop system, designed for our demanding pro customers," said Schiller. The second time they discussed anything about it was last April when they specified that it would be out in 2019. "There's many different types of pros and obviously they go really deep into the hardware and software and are pushing everything to its limit." said the head of the Pro Workflow Team, John Ternus. "We want to provide complete pro solutions." Professional or power users are demanding -- and they're also presently clamoring. The call is clear. They want a new, powerful machine for many of the same reasons that they wanted the original Mac Pro in 2006. Intel was coming Before the shift, Mac faithful could smell something on the wind, but didn't quite know what. Rumors swirled for three years in a post-smoking Intel clean-suit man world, but never quite solidified. On June 6, 2005, Steve Jobs had formally revealed that it was true, Apple was switching to Intel processors for the Mac. That year he detailed the company's roadmap. "Starting next year, we will begin introducing Macs with Intel processors in them," he said at WWDC 2005. "So when we meet again this time next year, our plan is to be shipping Macs with Intel processors by then. And when we meet here again two years from now, our plan is that the transition will be mostly complete. And we think it will be complete by the end of 2007. So this is a two-year transition." That's as clear as Apple ever gets. Every Mac in the range was to have an Intel processor. It didn't guarantee that there would be what came to be called the Mac Pro, but people hoped because there was already a top of the line PowerPC model called the Power Mac G5. One of the reasons Jobs gave for moving from PowerPC to Intel was specifically to do with that machine and its development. Standing in front of a slide showing a PowerMac G5 with the words "3.0GHz?" Jobs had a lot to say. "I stood up here two years ago and I promised you this," said Jobs, pointing at the screen. "And we haven't been able to deliver that to you yet. As we look ahead, we can envision some amazing products we want to build for you and we don't know how to build them with the future PowerPC roadmap." Over that next year up to June 2006, Apple steadily introduced Macs with Intel processors but not the replacement for the PowerMac G5. Until 1:08 PM eastern time on Monday August 7, 2006. "In the first two quarters, we transitioned almost all of our product over to Intel. Except for one, and that is the Power Mac," Jobs declared. "Well, today the Power Mac is going to fade into history." Phil Schiller then came on stage to reveal what looked like exactly the same machine as before. The same large aluminum casing, the same handles for carrying it and the same ease of access to the insides. "We have the best enclosure in the business, this is a beautiful enclosure design," Schiller said. "On the outside it has all the benefits as before. inside, it's entirely new." Performance promise This Mac Pro did reach Jobs's promised 3.0GHz and did so with Intel's Xeon processor. "This is the Mac that so many of our highest-end customers have dreamed of," said Schiller. "For our highest-end customers a feature they've really wanted: they're 64-bit. So this new Intel Xeon chip is an amazing processor to put into our products but in every Mac Pro we're going to put two of them. All Mac Pros, quad Xeon performance. These are screaming-fast machines." Every new Mac is the fastest Mac Apple has ever made but this one gave a huge leap with a claimed doubling of performance over the Power Mac G5. It also gave a boost in what that performance was per watt of power. Typically that's a concern when you're building notebooks, and you're balancing the needs of work and battery life, but Schiller pointed out that it also had great benefits with this desktop. "Performance per watt means we need less cooling systems inside the box too. Which means we can do more with the space we have," said Schiller. "So we've doubled the number of drives inside the Mac Pro to now four hard drives of up to 2TB of internal storage. And our most requested feature, we've added a second optical drive for our pro customers as well." There was also space to connect more external devices both at the back of the machine and now the front. The front added a second USB 2.0 port and Firewire 800, while the back's most significant change was a double-wide graphics slot allowing for the biggest and most powerful GPUs to be installed without sacrificing an adjacent slot. So the new Mac Pro was "screaming fast" and it came with greater expansion but still the same enviably easy way of doing that expansion. The enclosure let you open the whole side and then just snap in new hard drives without any cabling, any fiddling. It was deeply customizable, it was wicked fast, it came with 1GB of RAM, but could address 32GB of RAM, and Schiller announced that it was shipping today. On August 7, 2006, you could buy one for $2,499 -- $3,124 in today's money. Not standing still This original Mac Pro -- version 1,1 -- stayed on sale until a speed bump in April 2007. Then that version 2,1 lasted until the following January when the 3,1 upped the performance with a faster quad-core Intel Xeon 5400 processor. You could upgrade it to have two such processors plus up to 32GB RAM. It would be another 15 months before 3,1 was released. The Mac Pro (Early 2009) was particularly suited for multi-threaded operations where software was able to split its load between several processors. Strictly speaking the, the Intel Xeon 5500 processors were slower than the previous 5400 ones but with better caching and communications between components, the result was a faster machine. Another significant update was in July 2010 when as well as moving to Intel's Xeon 5600-series processors, you could now have up to 64GB RAM and 8TB storage. This lasted as Apple's flagship model until arguably that flag was faltering. It was two years before the Mac Pro saw another update. The July 2012 release now came with two 6-core 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon Westmere-EP processors. On the outside, it still looked exactly the same and with the interior no longer improving radically, Apple's professional users began clamoring. This time Apple responded by previewing a brand-new design for the Mac Pro at WWDC in 2013. Again Apple was telling professional users to hold on, something big was coming. The difference is that unlike with the next 2019 Mac Pro, back in 2013 Phil Schiller was able to show off the machine. He was able to announce that it would be shipping later that year and it did, just barely, on December 19, 2013. He was even able to comment on criticism that Apple hadn't been able to improve the Mac Pro: "Can't innovate, my ass," he said. Accurate at the time, Schiller has seen the remark re-used in less than complimentary exchanges since. The Mac Pro he revealed then was the first in almost exactly a decade that didn't come in the same "beautiful enclosure." Ultimately it was also one that lasted only half as long: we know little about the next Mac Pro but it won't have the same trashcan design as the 2013 one, as Apple had designed itself into a "thermal corner" with it, according to execs. It's 12 years ago today that we met the Mac Pro in that "cheese grater" casing and, astonishingly, the successor will have lasted 6 years by the time the next one is out. What the Pro wants? What is a Pro? There is no shadowy cabal declaring what one is, nor what any given Pro needs. This varies, user to user, and anybody telling you that a machine isn't "Pro" because it has or doesn't have any given feature is selling you self-interested snake oil. That original promise of power and performance that makes people want the new "modular" machine too. But, as much as some of us might like, the cheese grater isn't coming back. What Apple will deliver is anybody's guess. All we know is this -- it will have pro features, and lack some others. It will make some users very happy, and others will scream bloody digital murder about it -- as they always do. https://goo.gl/zfEfGY

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macpartservices · 6 years ago

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Got a video card and hard drive installed into the PowerMac G3...a dead hard drive, it turns out. The ribbon cable to the modem is also broken. Still got work to do...

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saggiosguardo · 7 years ago

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#ProgettoWinM2: il prezzo scende, le prestazioni salgono

Qualche mese fa un mio collega è arrivato in studio ed ha trovato una brutta sorpresa: il suo Mac Pro non partiva. Per meglio dire, partiva ma non dava nessun segnale a schermo. Tentando di avviarlo più e più volte, ad un certo punto qualcosa succedeva e poteva iniziare a lavorare sulle fotografie e i video. Ovviamente sarebbe stato opportuno mandarlo subito in assistenza, ma avendo delle consegne urgenti ha dovuto tirare avanti per quanto possibile, fino a quando anche il disco di boot non è stato più riconosciuto. A quel punto è stato necessario interpellare l'Apple Care ed ha dovuto spedire il computer in assistenza. Come già accaduto a me nella medesima situazione (questi computer, se sfruttati molto tendono a bollirsi), purtroppo non gli hanno offerto un Mac Pro sostitutivo ma tentato la riparazione. Se non si ha un Apple Store o uno dei centri autorizzati abbastanza vicini, questo significa perdere almeno 10 giorni di tempo, che nel pieno dell'attività sono tanti. All'inizio ha aspettato, gli avevano detto che erano le due GPU a non andare, ed era prevedibile, ma stranamente continuavano a rimandare. Vi anticipo subito che alla fine sono trascorsi ben 40 giorni, durante i quali hanno sempre prorogato la riparazione fino a quando hanno deciso di inviarne uno nuovo. Più precisamente uno dei loro ricondizionati pari a nuovo.

Già dopo i primi 5 giorni, però, Domenico mi aveva contattato perché voleva tentare la strada di un PC con Windows. Anche lui è lavorativamente legato alla suite Adobe ed è inutile ripetere quanto sia poco ottimizzata su macOS, in assenza dei CUDA Core delle GPU NVIDIA. Tempo fa aveva visto i risultati del mio #ProgettoWin e si era detto interessato a provare qualcosa del genere. Giusto per completare il quadro, stiamo parlando di una persona che usa Mac da sempre, che ha ancora in funzione PowerMac ed altri cimeli più datati nel suo studio. Tuttavia si è trovato a fare un ragionamento più che lecito, visto che l'iMac limita tanto nella scelta dei componenti e ha quegli schermi che sono sì un piacere per gli occhi ma nemmeno sono certo gli Eizo che lui usa per fedeltà cromatica e anteprima di stampa. Non ne ha fatto una questione di prezzo, d'altronde il bellissimo cestino era costato 5000€ solo 3 anni fa ed era ancora in ammortamento, per cui l'idea era di farsi più che altro una postazione prestante di backup, così da non ritrovarsi in difficoltà più che altro nel montaggio dei video. Per le foto, invece, è riuscito tranquillamente a tirare avanti col MacBook Pro collegato a due display professionali. I nuovi Mac Pro sono di là da venire e quindi da valutare, i vecchi attualmente non valgono l'investimento e l'iMac Pro... beh, diciamo che non è pensato per noi senza aprire nessuna discussione o polemica in merito.

Come spesso succede quando assemblo un computer per terzi, cerco di assecondare il più possibile non solo le ragioni ma anche i gusti di chi effettivamente ci mette i soldi e dovrà usarlo. La preferenza è andata all'accoppiata Intel + NVIDIA, ma con un case che non fosse troppo ingombrante. Non sarebbe stato troppo in vista secondo le previsioni di Domenico, per cui non era neanche necessario che fosse una grande bellezza. Spesso i fotografi hanno un'area aperta al pubblico dove un iMac fa la sua bella figura (lui ne ha 3 da 27" per i ragazzi che lo assistono), tuttavia gran parte dell'attività importante avviene al chiuso dei laboratori, dove ci si può meglio isolare e concentrare, senza pensare all'ordine ma solo a produrre. In ogni caso ho cercato sempre di ottenere un risultato esteticamente dignitoso, pur senza investire moltissimo nel case. La dimensione ATX l'ho scartata a priori, ho valutato giusto qualcosa di micro ATX, ma sono mesi che ormai assemblo quasi esclusivamente su base mini ITX e lo trovo più soddisfacente quando uno slot PCIe e due banchi RAM risultino sufficienti, come in questo caso. In definitiva ho voluto seguire più o meno la strada del bellissimo #ProgettoWinITX ma con la potenza del primo su ATX, ottenendo un mix dei loro aspetti migliori. L'idea era di puntare all'ottava generazione di CPU Intel; ci sono stati però diversi problemi di disponibilità in quel momento (pure oggi non è che abbondino) e sommando questi alla fretta ed al risparmio avuto con una buona occasione sul top di gamma di settima generazione, la scelta è ricaduta su quest'ultimo. La cosa è interessante anche perché il primo #ProgettoWin era su Skylake, quindi oggi possiamo valutare un confronto progressivo con Kaby Lake, che a gennaio 2018 estenderemo a Coffee Lake. Ma andiamo al dunque elencando gli elementi principali della configurazione (alcune cose, come i dischi aggiuntivi per lo storage interno, li ha poi messi lui successivamente). Come sempre io segnalo i prezzi pagati al momento dell'acquisto, perché tanto mettere quelli di oggi sarebbe ugualmente impreciso visto che domani cambieranno. Almeno così potrete meglio capire le circostanze in cui questi abbiano influenzato la mia scelta.

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94€ CASE: Phanteks EVOLV ITX, è grande per la sua categoria ma lo spazio è sfruttato in modo eccellente, la costruzione molto buona e risulta ben pensato per un cable management ottimale. La finestra non era proprio voluta (esiste anche la versione in vetro temperato, volendo), tuttavia visto il prezzo non ci ho pensato due volte.

78,99€ PSU: Corsair CS650M, con potenza più che adeguata di 650W e struttura semi-modulare, ha consentito una installazione comoda ed il mantenimento della silenziosità. È certificato 80 Plus Gold e pur non essendo il top mi sembra uno di quei prodotti che offre tanta sostanza al giusto prezzo.

161,49€ MOBO: MSI Z270I Gaming Pro AC, super completa, con tante connessioni, buon audio, USB-C, Bluetooth e Wi-Fi/ac dual band. Ci sono anche dei LED posteriori (che si possono spegnere) e il connettore 4 pin se ne vogliamo aggiungere altri, controllabili tramite il software della scheda madre.

319€ CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K, che preferisco sempre a quello liscio, anche se non si vuole spingere troppo in overclock. Sono inoltre le unità migliori e più resistenti allo stress termico prolungato, per cui più adatte ad attività impegnative.

70€ CPU Cooler: Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3, un dissipatore meraviglioso, che non è certo regalato per il suo profilo termico ma risulta molto silenzioso e bellissimo da vedere (che con la finestra laterale è una cosa da considerare). Per una scheda madre ITX è grande e conviene sempre associarlo con RAM a basso profilo per avere totale flessibilità di orientamento. A seconda delle condizioni si può comunque montare in modo diverso, sia perché la ventola si può invertire sia perché, a seconda del flusso d'aria previsto, può persino essere meglio avere la ventola dal lato opposto della RAM.

304,14€ RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB DDR4 3000MHz, su cui gli ho fatto fare un buon affare acquistandole ad un prezzo che non si vede praticamente mai, effettuando l'ordine quando non erano disponibili. Spesso trovo di queste proposte per i backorder e le metto anche sul canale Telegram SaggeOfferte, che vi consiglio vivamente di seguire. Ad oggi con questo prezzo non si prendono neanche le 2400MHz, mentre le 3200MHz ora costano meno delle 3000MHz. Io assemblo computer dal 1996 e vi posso garantire che non c'è una categoria di prodotto il cui prezzo fluttua rapidamente come quello della RAM, che è seguita a ruota dalle GPU. La cosa che mi interessava di questo tipo di memoria è il profilo basso, anche se alla fine ho dovuto lo stesso montare la ventola del dissipatore dall'altro lato perché il Mac Pro non arrivava e ho dovuto mettere insieme il PC con mia RAM non Low Profile dal magazzino, in modo da rendere nuovamente operativo Domenico che aveva sempre più urgenza. È comunque arrivata poco dopo quella sua ed è bastato un attimo per sostituirla.

527€ GPU: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB AMP! Edition, anche questa acquistata come non disponibile ma consegnata inspiegabilmente in 4 giorni. La Ti era fuori budget per il progetto e questa è comunque più che dignitosa. In più l'ho presa a un prezzo non facilissimo da spuntare oggi per una 1080. Vedo giusto questa alternativa, che però ha un design simil-reference con singola ventola che non tutti amano (a me piace, personalmente, specie se è proprio la Founders Edition).

199,53€ SSD: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB M.2, che non ha bisogno di presentazioni essendo senza dubbio il disco M.2 più riuscito del mercato. Il PRO dà qualcosa in più in termini di sicurezza nel lunghissimo periodo ma qui si hanno ottime prestazioni (è NVMe) ad un prezzo abbastanza contenuto. In più c'è il vantaggio dell'installazione direttamente su piastra, consentendoci di non occupare una porta SATA e uno slot 2,5/3,5" del case, oltre ad avere un cavo in meno e più velocità.

TOTALE speso: 1754,14€

Di alcuni componenti oggi i prezzi sono inferiori, ma sono di più gli aumenti: infatti si arriva a spendere quasi 200€ in più (trovate tutto in questa lista Amazon). Per questo si può magari pensare di aspettare la disponibilità per cambiare scheda madre e CPU con quelle Coffee Lake senza influenzare il resto:

Asus ROG STRIZ Z370I Gaming o Gigabyte Z370N WIFI

Intel Core i7-8700K

Assemblaggio molto facile grazie al case ampio e con tanto spazio posteriore per la gestione dei cavi. L'unico elemento che può dare un po' di rogne ai principianti è il dissipatore, in quanto è di quelli adattabili a quasi tutti i socket e quindi è composto di tanti pezzi da montare nell'ordine giusto. Internamente ci sono aree che rimangono vuote, in particolare a destra della scheda madre, ma con questa composizione è difficile fare di meglio visto che vi è supporto per GPU fino ad una lunghezza di ben 33cm. È comunque utile per distribuire comodamente i cavi ed arieggiare, dando libero sfogo alla ventola da 200mm (bianca) presente sul fronte. Questa l'ho configurata per viaggiare ad un regime davvero minimo quando il computer è in idle o a basso sforzo, ma anche in attività moderata non si sente visto che muove tanta aria per le sue dimensioni (va comandata in modalità DC, non essendo PWM). Molto apprezzata la presenza di apposite coperture (shroud) per la zona in cui si trovano i cavi in uscita del PSU e anche per l'alimentazione della GPU, così il tutto rimane piuttosto pulito.

Tra le altre cose interessanti segnalo tanto spazio in alto per ventole o radiatori, intercapedini ovunque per fissare i cavi, due strisce di velcro sulla dorsale centrale, raccogli polvere estraibile in basso, due cassettini posteriori per dischi da 3,5" ed un supporto aggiuntivo per SSD sul retro. Passiamo ora ai benchmark, iniziando come al solito da quelli sintetici.

Il primo che eseguo è Geekbench, ormai diventato uno standard de facto per una veloce analisi della CPU. Il risultato è molto interessante, perché vede i7-6700K, i5-7600K e i7-7700K in perfetta sequenza in single-core. Passando al multi-core, invece, l'i7 con 4 core e 8 threads della sesta generazione supera i 4 core secchi dell'i5 di settima generazione.

Sempre GeekBench consente di effettuare un test sulla GPU, sia su piattaforma OpenGL che CUDA (su Mac e con le AMD appare invece Metal). Qui la progressione è totalmente lineare, ed effettivamente il passaggio tra le ultime due è coerente essendo la 1070 e la 1080 due scalini della stessa generazione. La prima invece è una 980 Ti, quindi è di fascia superiore ad entrambe (l'equivalente attuale è la 1080 Ti) ma ottiene di meno essendo di una generazione più vecchia. Confermo però la mia impressione sulla sua validità anche in una build fiammante: è facile spuntarle usate a 300€ e per chi lavora al computer è un'ottima soluzione in budget visto che al medesimo prezzo nel nuovo si compra al più una 1060 6G con prestazioni inferiori sia su OpenGL che CUDA.

Con Cinebench R15, lo sfruttamento dei vantaggi riscontrati nel multi-core dalla CPU i7-6700K rispetto la i5-7600K portano il computer più vecchio a superare il più giovane, anche se la GPU è risultata essere inferiore. Anche questo è un aspetto da tenere conto nel bilanciamento dei componenti.

LuxMark conferma questo trend e consegna all'accoppiata i7-6700K + 980 Ti un vantaggio non trascurabile anche sull'i7-7700K + 1080 liscia. La mia impressione è che, per la nuova generazione di GPU, NVIDIA si sia focalizzata esclusivamente sul massimizzare i risultati con la tecnologia proprietaria CUDA. Ecco perché alcuni test di "potenza bruta" che non la considerano possono dare un risultato simile. Difatti, quando ho assemblato il primo #ProgettoWin ho scelto la 980 Ti in luogo della 1080 (la 1080 Ti non era ancora stata presentata) proprio perché avevo notato da diverse parti un risultato simile (gaming a parte). Ma cosa succede nel mondo reale?

Il mio regno di interesse è quasi tutto in casa Adobe, seppure io abbia sempre più voglia di differenziare negli ultimi tempi. Così come ho smesso di dare ad Apple l'esclusiva per computer e smartphone quando i suoi prodotti non mi hanno più accontentato al 100%, la stessa cosa voglio fare adesso per Adobe, in quanto il suo livello di ottimizzazione software è scandaloso, specie su macOS. Photoshop è comunque il software che uso di più in assoluto, credo persino più del browser o della posta elettronica. È quello su cui ho basato la mia formazione primordiale nel mondo della grafica e che ho insegnato per diversi anni, per cui fatico davvero ad avvicinarmi ad applicazioni in cui cambi anche solo una shortcut, un procedimento o una logica di approccio. Non potevo dunque iniziare che da lui per mettere alla prova questo computer.

Qui si inizia a leggere tutto al contrario, nel senso che un valore più basso è migliore. Il test che realizzo è una procedura in batch abbastanza complessa applicata su 10 immagini consecutivamente, apertura e salvataggio inclusi. Photoshop ribadisce l'importanza di una CPU con più threads possibili, ecco perché l'unico del trittico ad avere solo 4 core secchi soffre in confronto a quelli con 4 core e 8 threads.

Continuiamo in ambito imaging con Lightroom, dove valuto sia l'applicazione di modifiche sui RAW che la successiva esportazione. A differenza di Photoshop, in questo caso si ritorna ad una progressione più lineare tra i tre, che vede l'i5 più moderno superare il vecchio i7, mentre l'ultimo top di gamma si distanzia bene soprattutto nell'importazione ed esportazione.

Concludiamo questa analisi con Premiere Pro, nel quale si ritorna ad avere un vantaggio maggiore avendo gli 8 threads. Si può infatti notare che l'i5-7600K soffre rispetto le rivali, ma anche la riduzione di potenza della scheda grafica può avere il suo impulso. Ci sarebbe da testare lo stesso processore con una GPU di fascia più elevata per una doppia verifica, ma io credo che qui la differenza sia tutta nella CPU. Nel rendering in tempo reale della timeline, invece, nessuno dei tre computer vacilla. Sono riuscito tranquillamente a lavorare con clip 4K con LUT e modifiche cromatiche senza avere drop frame.

Giusto per non essere troppo Adobe-addicted, è opportuno provare in ambito video pure un software che sta facendo sempre più proseliti. Mi riferisco a DaVinci Resolve, arrivato da poco alla versione 14. Ho rifatto i test sui precedenti computer (che avevo provato con la 12.5) e così ho potuto verificare il chiacchierato miglioramento nell'ottimizzazione, che effettivamente c'è. Standard Candle è una progetto piuttosto impegnativo per la GPU, infatti nemmeno le migliori sono riuscite ad offrire un rendering real time di 24fps puliti nelle operazioni più complesse; tuttavia si riesce a notare chiaramente il guadagno ottenuto dai computer con CPU e GPU più recenti. In testa c'è proprio il #ProgettoWinM2, che ha ben distanziato il #ProgettoWinITX, mentre il primo #ProgettoWin non sta molto più indietro.

Domenico sta usando questo computer da oltre un mese ormai, periodo nel quale non mi ha mai contattato per nessun tipo di problema. Diciamo che questo me lo aspettavo, non consegno computer che non passino tutti i miei rigorosi test di stabilità ed efficienza. Ieri, però, subito prima di iniziare a scrivere, l'ho contattato io per chiedere un feedback. La risposta è stata molto chiara e semplice: ha ricevuto il Mac Pro sostitutivo e l'ha messo in vendita. Ecco cosa mi ha detto:

Uso il nuovo come postazione di lavoro e non ho nessuna intenzione di ritornare al Mac Pro. Il mio non è un abbandono ad Apple, se cambierà qualcosa vedremo il seguito, ma al momento ho trovato un workflow ottimo, migliore accesso dei file in rete e maggiore velocità operativa. Continuerò sicuramente ad usare questo computer.

Insomma, il #ProgettoWinM2 era nato come backup, pensato come sostituto da tenere in panchina per le emergenze, ma alla fine si è guadagnato la maglia di titolare. Per chi fosse interessato, questa è la roadmap dei prossimi computer in lavorazione e test:

#ProgettoAMD (quasi sicuramente entro dicembre 2017)

#ProgettoWinSmart (inizio gennaio 2018)

#ProgettoWinM3 (fine gennaio/inizio febbraio 2018)

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amazingworkspaces-blog · 8 years ago

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Upgraded to a GTX 1070 and RAID 0 SSDs in the same week so I thought I'd share some setup pics!

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My new GTX 1070 Founders Edition

Shitty panorama

This system has RAID 0 SSDs, so as you can see the disk speeds are pretty crazy.

The amplifier is a Technics SU-V303 and it kicks ass.

That Apple CRT is super crisp and can pump out some crazy resolutions and refresh rates!

Roland FP-3 Piano and a JX-3 Synthesizer, with attached Alesis Q25 MIDI controller. Philips SHP-2600 headphones.

The shelves contain my socks, pants, cables, OS installs discs, blank CDs, and ZIP disks. Oh and my "herb grinder".

A '99 PowerMac G4, KEF C30 speakers, BenQ XL2411Z monitor (attached to my gaming PC), 2009 24" iMac.

#amazing workspaces #desk setups #desk setup #workspaces #desk #desks #setup #setups

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oldmacnewlife · 4 years ago

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Working With Classic

Getting Suff Done in Mac OS Classic

Backing Up OS 9

One day, maybe today, your Mac’s hard drive is going to die. Maybe it will die from sheer exhaustion after a long life of faithful service. Maybe a power surge will send it off to the great beyond. But one day, maybe today, your Mac’s hard drive is going to die. If there’s any data on there you care about, you need to take some steps to protect it.

First, you have to decide what you need to back up. The system in question here is my iBook G3 running OS 9. I could do a complete system backup, but with this hardware, that’s going to be agonizingly slow. There’s really not that much I need to back up anyway, as I primarily use this Mac for word processing and some light retro gaming. I have installation disks for the software I use, so, all I really need to back up is my Documents folder with my word processing documents and a few image files.

Having decided on what I’m going to backup, I now need to decide what media I’m going to use to store the backup. The iBook does have a couple of USB ports. These are USB 1.1 with a transfer rate of 12 megabits per second which equals...1.5 megabytes per second. That’s not going to get it done. Well, there is a FireWire 400 port on the laptop as well. The transfer rate is about 50 megabytes a second. That’s better, and it’s the best speed I’m going to get out of this machine anyway. I do actually have an external hard drive enclosure with a FireWire 800 port I picked up a while back for the G5 and just ended up not using. There’s still a hard drive in there, and I do have the correct cable to connect FireWire 400 to FireWire 800. Looks like I’ve got my backup media.

Now I just need to find a compatible backup program, as OS 9 doesn’t have one built in. (What! No Time Machine Classic? Nope.) I poke around a couple forums on the internet. Strangely enough, there aren’t that many new questions being asked about OS 9 these days, and others had already asked about backup software for their old Macs.

I was directed to macintoshgarden.org for an app called Personal Backup. A quick search of the site turned up the correct version and I soon had this downloaded and installed.

Now it was time to prepare the external drive for use. I connected the drive to the computer and OS 9 crashed, informing me via dialog that it was highly advisable that I reboot the system. Leaving the drive connected to the laptop, I did so.

The iBook booted up just fine, and an icon for the external drive appeared on the desktop. So far, so good. I had previously used this disk as a backup for the PowerMac G5, so it was already formatted for Mac OS. I was just going to manually send all the files to trash and clear the disk that way, but when I clicked “Move To Trash”, I received an error message that this couldn’t be done as some of the files were in use. Well, they weren’t being used by me, but alright. I tried rebooting and got the same result. What was going on? I still don’t actually know, but my best guess is that I had enabled Classic mode on the PowerMac, meaning there was an OS 9 System folder that would have been copied to the external drive when I did my backups. This is pure speculation, but I think that may have “confused” the iBook when I attempted to delete the folders. “You want to send some files to trash? Alright, let’s see what we have here...wait a minute. An OS 9 System folder? But I’m OS 9! No! I won’t! I need that!” So, I ended up taking the external drive back to the PowerMac and OS X to reformat the disk.

So, now with the software installed and the external drive formatted and connected to the iBook, I was ready to begin. So, off to Finder and the Applications folder and …the Personal Backup installer doesn’t actually install anything to the Applications folder. It does install a control panel and places a couple of launcher icons in the menubar. So, I launched Personal Backup and got to work.

Using Personal Backup is pretty straightforward. You have the option of synchronization which will keep a current full system backup to the storage device of your choice. Everything I care about backing up on the iBook is in the Documents folder, so, I did a more focused backup. A row of buttons along the bottom of the application window gives you access the Personal Backup’s various features, so I selected “New” to create a new backup script. A script stores the steps for a backup: source folder, destination folder, etc. Once those are set, a click of the OK button took me back to the main application screen. From here, there’s a list of any backup scripts you’ve created. Just select the one you want to run, click “Backup” (or “Synchronize”, if that’s what you’ve selected) and you’re on your way. Happy computing!

#computers #apple #mac #mac os #mac os 9

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oldmacnewlife · 4 years ago

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Back from the Dead

Reviving a dead PowerMac G5...twice...er...sort of....

Awhile back, my 2005 PowerMac G5 died. It even made a horrible noise as it did so, just to make sure I understood it was dying. I have no way to describe the noise it made other than if an inanimate object can sound a death rattle, then that’s what I heard that day. Death rattle - blank monitor screen - no sounds or lights from the Mac. Electronic death.

I’ve seen a computer or two breathe its last in my time, and I’ve seen a computer pow- er supply or two give up the ghost, and that was my first suspicion as to what I was dealing with. I shopped online and found a replacement (used, obviously) for about $50. This was also a 600W unit, to replace the 430W power supply that shipped with my base model G5. I placed the order.

In about a week, the new power supply arrived. I checked the web for how-to videos to get an idea of what I was facing. I’ve replaced a few PC power supplies, and the process there is pretty straightforward. I’d never attempted this with a Mac of any model. The videos suggested that the procedure was likely to be more involved than what I was used to, but probably wouldn’t be anything I couldn’t handle. I also realized I was going to have to order some more tools - specifically, a torque driver with an extension bar to remove the dual G5 processors. Yes. You have to re- move the processors to access the power supply. So, it was another trip online and another order placed.

A few days later, I had all the tools and parts assembled for the job and was ready to get started. I removed the external case cover and the internal plastic airflow cover, exposing the Mac’s delicate innards. With the case opened, the next step was to remove the cover from the processors. The video I had found demonstrating this said to simply slide the cover to the left, freeing it from the tabs holding it in place. Which I attempted to do, and quickly realized the video had skipped a step as the cover would not budge. Looking things over a bit, it turns out there’s a metal pin locking the CPU cover to the middle tray in the case. Using a pair of pliers, lots of sweat and copious amounts of my choicest language, I was able to remove the pin. With the pin removed, I was able to slide the CPU cover off the remaining two tabs holding it in place.

Next was to remove the video and other expansion cards. This worked exactly as it would with a PC. it wasn’t a problem.

Next, I had to remove the CPU fan. Unlike a PC, where the CPU fan would typically be mounted on top of a heat sink which would be mounted on the CPU, this Mac’s fan sits in the back of the case, facing the rear vents. From this position, the fans presumably draws hot air away from those massive heat sinks, through the rear vents and out of the case. It’s also perfectly positioned to get in my way. The fan is locked in place by a pair of tabs, which can simply be pushed in to unlock. One of the how-to videos I watched had suggested that the fan’s power cable also be disconnected from the motherboard., but for the life of me, I couldn’t seem to manage this without applying far more force then I was comfortable with, so I left it connected. The wire was sufficiently long enough for me to move the fan out of the way to allow me to continue to work.

Now, on to those dual G5 processors. Instead of being plugged directly into the motherboard as they would be on a PC or a more modern Mac, each CPU sits on a daughter board which is then connected to the motherboard, Sitting on top of each of these daughter boards is a massive heat sink. There is no way to work around these. Those daughter boards had to come out.

The daughter boards are secured to the motherboard with four torque screws. The insanely large heat sinks (I’ve mentioned that the heat sinks are huge, haven’t I?) are absolutely going to get in the way, so a normal length torque driver wasn’t going to cut it. What I ended up doing was taking two admittedly inexpensive torque driver extensions to access the screws. It wasn’t pretty, but it worked. Once the screws are removed, you can carefully pull the daughter boards out.

With the computer practically disassembled, I could now begin work on removing the power supply. Four screws on the bottom of the case secure the power supply. Nothing fancy here, just four Philips screws. Next, there’s a metal plate covering the power supply itself. This was a bit tricky. There’s no screws attaching it to anything, but there are a couple of tabs, and it’s a really tight fit. It took a bit of work, but I managed to remove it.

The power supply itself is now exposed and ready to be removed. There are three cables connecting the power supply to the computer - the main power cable that plugs directly into the motherboard, and two others that connect to cables coming out of the motherboard. With the power supply disconnected, it now pulls easily from the case.

To install the new power supply, I reversed the process (obviously), so it’s not necessary to go into too much detail here.

With the new power supply installed, I was ready to test my work. I plugged the computer in and hear a click I can’t say that I remember other computers doing this, but I didn’t see it as anything to worry too much about. I hit the power switch on the Mac and...nothing. Still dead. I checked the easy stuff first. I plugged it into a different outlet. I tried a different power cord. Still nothing. Suspecting what I what I was going to have to do next, I used some of my best English and got to work.

I opened the case and examined the cable connecting the power supply to the motherboard. I wasn’t certain of it, but it did look like it might not be connected properly. I tried to see if I could get my hands in to try pushing in the cable to the port on the motherboard but my access was blocked by the heat sinks. (They’re really big, you know.) Now knowing with a certainty what I was going to have to do next, I recited more poetry and continued to work.

I almost completely disassembled the computer again up to and including removing the tray covering the power supply. I pushed on the cable connecting the power supply to the motherboard and, sure enough, it was not completely connected. I corrected this and performed an almost complete reassembly of the Mac. I plugged it in, hit the power switch, and this time, the Mac powered on and went through a normal and successful boot.

So, for about $50 and the time to tear down and rebuild the computer twice, I got the PowerMac G5 back. I also learned a valuable lesson: check your work! I’m sure I’ll remember that next time. Maybe.

#apple #computers #mac #macintosh #powermac #g5 #powermac g5

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