Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5,200

Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by tracer4201 on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @12:35PM (#19432451)

Serious question: what are legitimate use cases for 256GB RAM on a Mac? ETL loads? Graphic editing? Running as a server? I guess I’m ignorant of who the customer is here. Or is this more just enthusiast?

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Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by sammex on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:06PM (#19435873)

Full asset cook on our (big) UE4 project can use up ~150GB of RAM

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Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by rowanG077 on Friday March 22, 2019 @03:49PM (#19466208)

But why use a mac pro for that? It's not like UE4 only runs on mac or even has an advantage running on mac.

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Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by NullPrefix on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @02:55PM (#19434288)

Multi tab browsing (sorry, couldn't resist)

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Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by imajoo on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:14PM (#19435961)

You also need 64 cores at a minimum /s

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Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by thedaemon on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @01:04PM (#19432817)

3d rendering can eat up all of your RAM. This is a decent computer for a freelance 3d artist. Although, not the best option.

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Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by chrisseaton on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @12:41PM (#19432526)

I have pretty unsurprising compile jobs that I run locally in a normal working day that could be run concurrently and make useful work of at least 256 GB. Instead I have to run them sequentially and they take forever. I have enough cores, not enough RAM.

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Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by 420codebro on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @04:17PM (#19435305)

Why not setup an autoscaling cluster in AWS for your build jobs? It is cheap as hell these days.

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Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by p_l on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @08:45PM (#19437764)

If the compile tasks depends on OSX, things get crazy. Even if you can avoid OSX for iOS (here be dragons, but it's possible)

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Re:Apple will let you add 256GB of RAM to an iMac Pro for $5... by snowwrestler on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @02:26PM (#19433905)

Seems like anyone editing video would benefit from a ton of RAM.

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