This Mac Pro rival crushes Apples workstation on performance and costs
$10,000 less

Date:
Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:05:42 +0000

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There was no Mac Pro with an M2 Ultra introduced in March 2023. It never came despite the clamor and the hopes of Apple fans that work in the creative industry and it is no surprise that some of them are planning to move to Windows altogether to ease their transition to newer and faster technology rather than waiting for upgrades that may or may not come. I surveyed the US Windows workstation market, looking at 17 companies, from boutique providers to global brands to find out the best Mac Pro alternative and found one clear winner.

Thinkmate is not a household name (although one might confuse it with Lenovos popular Thinkstation brand) but this boutique vendor covers the US, Canada, the UK and the EU. Its VSX R5 760S1 fitted the bill when looking for an alternative to the Mac Pro. Whats more, it is whisper-quiet thanks to a
clever choice of components; the chassis is a dual-chamber one which, according to the vendor, reduces heat and noise by increasing airflow efficiency and isolating the power supply from the rest of the system components. Windows vs Mac: The low down

Below is a table that compares the basic specification of Apples product versus its ThinkMate new nemesis.

On paper, Thinkmates workstation should easily trounce Apples Mac Pro. It has more compute power, sports a pair of the fastest graphics cards on the
market, has better storage and a third more system memory. If that wasnt enough the onsite warranty should win it.

MacOS is where Apple has the upper hand. Its operating system has been fine tuned for the hardware (well perhaps a bit less for the x86-based Xeon) and Linux simply doesnt compete but, the beauty with ThinkMates workstation is that you can always swap OSes (or run them in dual boot).

Could Apple be planning to release a refreshed Mac Pro at the forthcoming
WWDC in June 2023? Maybe, but I wont hold my breath till then. Perhaps a refreshed Mac Studio with an M2 Ultra or an M2 Max CPU will be what will finally put the x86 Mac Pro to rest. Also check out our list of the best mobile workstations and best video editing laptops



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