Be cautious, I was using one as a server and my power bill sky rocketed. The idle consumption of these things is like 100w+, so I wouldn’t use it in an always on situation more of a workstation for artwork stuff like that.
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
22 points (92.3% liked)
Apple
17497 readers
157 users here now
Welcome
to the largest Apple community on Lemmy. This is the place where we talk about everything Apple, from iOS to the exciting upcoming Apple Vision Pro. Feel free to join the discussion!
Rules:
- No NSFW Content
- No Hate Speech or Personal Attacks
- No Ads / Spamming
Self promotion is only allowed in the pinned monthly thread
Communities of Interest:
Apple Hardware
Apple TV
Apple Watch
iPad
iPhone
Mac
Vintage Apple
Apple Software
iOS
iPadOS
macOS
tvOS
watchOS
Shortcuts
Xcode
Community banner courtesy of u/Antsomnia.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Echoing that power concern... if it's just for home lab file server use there are more efficient choices. I've been running a Samba file server (Ubuntu 22.04) on an old Lenovo M93p machine with good results - at somewhere around a 10th of the power consumed by that Mac Pro. Seems like a those machines would be good for animation work.
And if you want to stay with macOS there’s always the mini. Just upgraded my aging 2012 with an M2, idle even when powered on and not in sleep mode is like 2-4 watts it’s amazing. Not that the 2012 was that bad at 7-10w idle
Good point, it was too tempting to consider. Running a m1 or m2 mini seems like a better idea, but the allure of that much hardware for the price was too much to pass up
finding a server usecase that would justify the consumption is going to be a challenge, when most home server task can run on a pi
Plex server. Can it decode HEVC in real-time? I don’t know. But if so, congrats, this obsolete computer just got another decade off the scrap heap.