Inside the Mac Pro 8-core 2.93 “Nehalen” processors

A couple quick videos showing the modular design, quality engineering, and ease of access inside our brand new Mac Pro 8-core Nehalen machine. [Click the image to see this machine on Apple's web site.]

• Yes it is super fast when compared to our former workstation.
• No you cannot have the old machine. Macs don’t retire.

The machine formerly known as “The G5″ has plenty of life now serving as our audio workstation, so our audio workstation is capable of posting HD should we need it, while providing a nice step up in sound design.

• Each clip is a bit over two minutes.
• It’s a GREEN machine, very energy efficient.

 

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I don’t like being negative, but I recently read an article that a soup of plastic debris floats off the coast of California, a testament to humanity’s reliance on plastic and the failure to dispose of it properly, which is why we Ocean lovers must be diligent and set the ecology example.

I first heard of this plastic-rich portion of the ocean way back in the 1970’s. It is a product of swirling currents, known as the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, that gather and concentrate debris. Like an iceberg of debris floating in the Pacific Ocean, the mass usually isn’t visible on the surface, but lurks just below. You can’t walk on it.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has become an early symbol of what some say is a looming trash crisis. But this floating mass of is hard to measure, few agree on how big it is or how much plastic it holds. That makes it difficult to determine what to do about it.

That hasn’t stopped activists and the media from using only the biggest estimates of the patch’s size to warn of an environmental catastrophe, which really captures the publics imagination, but to characterize it inaccurately is wrong and prone to exaggeration and mis-characterization. One thing is for sure; it is human trash and so it can be controlled.

It is difficult to know how to extrapolate the findings. The borders of the gyre shift between seasons, and some scientists argue that the high-plastic area is concentrated and confined to a relatively small part of the gyre.  So what let’s fix it, RIGHT?

Let’s get real, fellow greenies. We can’t counter the carbon of 3rd world nations driving hi-bred cars.  Stacked against natural wonders of the world we won’t make a dent.  Hawaii’s volcanic activity, Mexico City’s volcano, and all the rest who’s names I don’t know. One moment in Nature can put out the sun for days, weeks, or an entire ice

There once was a sitcom episode where toilets were banned in favor of low-flow models. In the end it was proven that double-flushing was necessary to fully clear the bowl resulting in higher average gallons per use. Once again the early adoptor get sucked in by the ecology sales pitch; volume-per-flush rather than the more insightful and accurate flushes-per-load.

With only good intentions I ran out just like you and bought some energy-approved fluorescent bulbs. Our home only requires a few strategic lights for normal household function so I’m saving the planet. (and scoring a hefty windfall for myself)

Click my cabbage!