tag:macperformanceguide.com,2001-01-01:/2012-01-24T18:54:22-08:00diglloyd, Inc.tag:macperformanceguide.com,2012-01-22:/publish/blog/2012/201201222-diglloydHuge-MacPro2012-01-22T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>Many users work with modest-sized images, and so 24GB memory in a Mac Pro is a perfectly reasonable amount (and <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/1333D3X8M24K/?utm_source=diglloyd-mpg" target="_blank">not very expensive at present</a> in the context of a <a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/index_topics.html#MacProWestmere">Mac Pro system</a> or <a href="http://mpgproworkstation.com/" target="_blank">MPG Pro Workstation</a>).</p> <div class="photo right"><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews-OWC-16GB-MacPro.html"> <img src="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/images/2012-0122-Photoshop-mem-usage.png" alt="96GB OWC memory in 12-core Mac Pro" width="258" height="45"/></a>&#160;&#160;<br/><div class="caption">At work today in Photoshop</div> </div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120122_2-diglloydHuge-MacPro.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2012-01-22:/publish/blog/2012/201201221-MailingList2012-01-22T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <div class="photo right"><a href="http://diglloyd.com/mailinglist/signup.html"> <img src="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/images/2012-0122-subscribe-options-MPG.gif.jpg" alt="http://diglloyd.com/mailinglist/signup.html" width="159" height="162"/>&#160;&#160;</a>&#160; <div class="caption">Mailing list &#8212; opt in</div> </div> <p>This site and related sites maintain a mailing list segemented by interests. </p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120122_1-MailingList.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2012-01-19:/publish/blog/2012/201201193-WhereToBuyMacPro2012-01-19T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>Looking for an in-stock Mac Pro or other Mac at a great price?</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120119_3-WhereToBuyMacPro.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2012-01-19:/publish/blog/2012/201201192-OWC-PCIeSSD-MacPro2012-01-19T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>Are you a high-end user looking for ultimate performance with ample storage?</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120119_2-OWC-PCIeSSD-MacPro.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2012-01-19:/publish/blog/2012/201201191-OWC-PCIeSSD2012-01-19T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>OWC has posted a <a href="http://blog.macsales.com/13156-owc-gives-a-sneak-peek-at-new-pcie-ssd-card" target="_blank">sneak peak at their new PCIe SSD card</a>, compatible with Macs and PCs:</p> <blockquote> <p>This card has a &#8220;stackable&#8221; design, allowing you configure the drive in sizes between 60GB and 2.oTB. This is done using individual mini PCIe daughter cards that attach to the main card. There&#8217;s no requirement for all the daughter card slots to be filled at once, which means you can easily expand capacity over time as you need it.</p> <p>The main card is based around the Marvell 88SE9445 SATA RAID Controller and the individual daughter cards will feature a SandForce 2200 Series controller. It&#8217;s compatible with both Mac and PC, and as such, will be the first Mac supported PCIe SSD solution of its kind.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120119_1-OWC-PCIeSSD.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2012-01-11:/publish/blog/2012/201201111-OWC-16GB-modules2012-01-11T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>In January 2012, OWC released the <a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews-OWC-16GB-MacPro.html">2nd generation of their 16GB memory modules</a>, which now run run at full-bus speed of 1333 MHz, and perform as well as <a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/Reviews-OWC-8GB-MacPro.html">8GB memory modules</a>.</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120111_1-OWC-16GB-modules.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2012-01-06:/publish/blog/2012/201201061-OWC-16GB-modules2012-01-06T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <div class="photo right"><a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory/?utm_source=diglloyd-mpg#1333-memory" target="_blank"> <img src="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/images/2012-0106-OWC1333D3X8M64K.jpg" alt="OWC 128GB memory for Mac Pro" width="409" height="299" class="noshadow"/></a> <div class="caption">OWC 128GB memory for 12-core Mac Pro</div> </div> <p>The revised (Jan 2012) <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory/?utm_source=diglloyd-mpg#1333-memory" target="_blank">OWC 16GB memory modules</a> now run at full speed of 1333 MHz and one can also mix 16GB and 8GB memory modules (&#8220;Dual-Rank 16GB ECC 240 Pin DDR3&#8221;).</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120106_1-OWC-16GB-modules.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-30:/publish/blog/2011/201112301-SeafoodByNet2011-12-30T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>I love seafood, and so I felt just like a kid at Christmas digging into the big Styrofoam box that just arrived. Let the eating begin starting today, and building to a frenzy tomorrow night!</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111230_1-SeafoodByNet.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-23:/publish/blog/2011/201112231-MPG2011-12-23T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <div class="photo right"><a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/?utm_source=diglloyd-mpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/images/2011-1220-mercury_extreme.jpg" alt="OWC Mercury Extreme Pro" width="207" height="269" class="noshadow"/></a> <div class="caption">OWC Mercury Extreme Pro </div> </div> <p>I did an interesting system design today for a consulting client. After evaluating his specific computing needs (which do not involve much storage capacity), we ended up with this very high performance system, which is a quiet, fast and robust<a href="http://mpgproworkstation.com/" target="_blank"> MPG Pro Workstation</a> (Mac Pro, setup ready to use and pre-tested). The client chose the 3.33GHz 6-core Mac Pro for this configuration.</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111223_1-MPG.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-20:/publish/blog/2011/201112201-StockingStuffers2011-12-20T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>Looking for a computing-centric gift? </p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111220_1-StockingStuffers.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-17:/publish/blog/2011/201112172-MemoryPriceTrends2011-12-17T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>Wow! I thought $400 was a great price, but at $330, a 16GB kit for a 2011 Macbook Pro is a no-brainer for any power use. Or a 12GB kit for $200.</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111217_2-MemoryPriceTrends.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-17:/publish/blog/2011/201112171-MacProStatus2011-12-17T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>A number of readers have written to ask whether to invest in a Mac Pro now, or whether to wait. I share my thoughts on that here. See my previous thoughts on <a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111203_1-MacPro.html" class="title">No New Mac Pro Yet, Which Means What?</a> and <a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111201_1-EndOfLifeMacPro.html" class="title">End of Life for the Apple Mac Pro? Still no word from Apple</a>.</p> <h3>Fast enough</h3> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111217_1-MacProStatus.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-14:/publish/blog/2011/201112141-Section179--taxes2011-12-14T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>Here in the US, if you&#8217;re a small business, <span class="warning">you can buy gear for your business and write if off 100% (federal) under Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code</span>.</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111214_1-Section179--taxes.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-10:/publish/blog/2011/201112101-SnowLeopardOnMacPro2011-12-10T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>Reader William M wrote me about his trouble in installing Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on his new Apple Mac Pro (which shipped with Mac OS X Lion).<br/></p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111210_1-SnowLeopardOnMacPro.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-09:/publish/blog/2011/201112092-OWCFreeShipping2011-12-09T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>Other World Computing (OWC), our trusted vendor (see <a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111208_1-OWCWarranty.html">recent reader feedback</a>), has an incentive to order while time is still a plenty: <span class="hilite">free Delivery for orders totaling $29 and up</span>!</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111209_2-OWCFreeShipping.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-09:/publish/blog/2011/201112091-Power2U2011-12-09T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>I didn&#8217;t even know that such a product existed, but how handy!</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111209_1-Power2U.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-08:/publish/blog/2011/201112081-OWCWarranty2011-12-08T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>OWC provides a variety of <a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/turnkey/iMac/?utm_source=diglloyd-mpg" target="_blank">upgrades to the Apple iMac</a>, some of which are intrusive, at least compared to a Mac Pro, since they involve opening up the iMac and/or modifying the iMac case for an external SATA port. </p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111208_1-OWCWarranty.html">Read more</a></p>tag:macperformanceguide.com,2011-12-07:/publish/blog/2011/201112071-HDDPriceTrends2011-12-07T00:00:00-08:00<div class="day"> <div class="post"> <p>The flooding in Thailand has caused severe supply disruptions for hard disk drives. See <a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111101_3-ComponentPrices.html" class="title">Memory and Hard Drive Prices: Win Some, Lose Some</a> as well as the previous <a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111112_1-HardDriveAvailability.html" class="title">OWC Comments on the Hard Drive Availability Situation</a>.</p> </div> </div><p><a href="http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20111207_1-HDDPriceTrends.html">Read more</a></p>