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Waiting for Apple again. And again. And again …
Need to put together another editing station by first week in October. Just for the convenience of Thunderbolt I’m thinking about going nMpro. But who wants to buy a 3 year old machine when Apple is supposedly upgrading the line in the fall. But are they really, and if so, when? Of course this is a perfect Tao moment –
“He who speaks, does not know.
He who knows, does not speak.”Now I’m all for ancient Chinese philosophy, but I really need to know the ifs and whens of this before spending my 6K. Oh, what’s a mother to do?
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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I think the next Apple Event is September 7? It might only be iPhone related, though.
Still, you could wait until then, unless everything is out of stock?
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[Jeremy Garchow] “I think the next Apple Event is September 7? It might only be iPhone related, though…Still, you could wait until then,”
I’m happy to wait till September 20th – I’m just hoping I know what’s up by then.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
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[Herb Sevush] “I’m just hoping I know what’s up by then.
“An impossible mission.
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[Herb Sevush] ” Just for the convenience of Thunderbolt I’m thinking about going nMpro.”
I’ve been looking more seriously at the HP Z workstations. You can get Thunderbolt 2.0 on those if that’s your concern:
https://www8.hp.com/us/en/workstations/z840.htmlI’m in a similar predicament with needing to replace machines, but all the rumors seem to point updated MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and/or iMacs. The trash can is nearly 3 years old now, which is ridiculous for a major tech company like Apple, IMHO.
Ryan Holmes
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Herb, where are you planning to buy from?
Perhaps ask what the return date is.
If you bought Sept 20th, when could you return it if a new one if released Sept21?
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[nick ring] “new macs will not be at the September 7th event, but quite possibly in October…conveniently just outside your window”
I believe it’s called Karma. Which leads me to ask myself just how big a pr**k was I in my previous life.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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[Ryan Holmes] “I’ve been looking more seriously at the HP Z workstations.”
All my deliverables are ProRes and even though there are some third party apps that work in PC’s, I don’t believe in messing around with deliverables. If it weren’t for that I would have been off the Mac band wagon years ago.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Perhaps ask what the return date is.”
Good idea, thanks.
Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin\’ attached to nothin\’
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[Herb Sevush] “All my deliverables are ProRes and even though there are some third party apps that work in PC’s, I don’t believe in messing around with deliverables. If it weren’t for that I would have been off the Mac band wagon years ago.”
Assimilate SCRATCH? It’s the real deal, an officially-licensed Apple ProRes encoder on Windows. We’ve been using it for our ProRes deliverables.
It is an extra step — I still haven’t gotten into its automation features — but I get to use hardware (and an OS) that I like.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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