Mac Pro – If you are having trouble finding the words …

[Ron Lindeboom]

Bobby,

Adding to what Joseph Owens said, the iPad and the iPhone HAVE allowed Apple to make many inroads into the enterprise sector that they were not in before.

Maybe you missed the fact that Apple basically rode in and took over both RIM (Blackberry) and Nokia’s part of the market. Apple’s growth and success basically came at their expense.

Best regards,

Ronald Lindeboom
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[Craig Seeman]

Mostly just a recap but the following graph . . .
https://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/an-explanation-of-the-news-from-apple/

Many Apple observers also wonder if Apple thinks that desktop computers are dead, since not a word was said about the iMac and Mac Pro. An executive did assure me, however, that new models and new designs are under way, probably for release in 2013.

Assured by an executive. . .?

So they “assure” a noted NY Times reporter allowing him to print such but no such assurance to the pros who are waiting. Not that such assurance would happen during a keynote but . . .

So as someone who needs a new desktop I get to chose between 2010 MP or a 2011 iMac that doesn’t have USB3 (yes I know about the boxes) or Ivy Bridge. Talk about desktop neglect.

[Franz Bieberkopf]

Craig,

From your linked NYT Pogue article:

… new versions of Apple’s two photo programs, Aperture and iPhoto, will use the same database. That is, the same photos show up in both programs, with the same categories, tags, ratings, edits and so on, so you can flip back and forth as needed.

Shall we speculate about similar iMovie / FCPX integration?

Franz.

[Bobby Mosca]

And then they swooped in and put enormous pressure on enterprise server and infrastructure solutions by… getting rid of their servers. And their large real-estate laptops. And all but stopped work to the workstation line.

And they are marketing all this SSD and processing power to people streaming their photos, making blogs for their kayaking trip, listening to music, reminding them to go grocery shipping, video chatting with their grand kids and updating twitter?? So the MacBook Pro is a mom machine?? Is this their idea of breaking into enterprise, because I’ll be damned if I try any of my real work on this iPad screen keyboard.

[Craig Seeman]

[Franz Bieberkopf] “Shall we speculate about similar iMovie / FCPX integration?”

I’ve actually seen some speculation in other forums about that. It can help if people are moving up from iMovie I’d suspect. There’s no reason why Apple shouldn’t make that easier.

Not related to that but I do see some value in iMovie import given that I’ve already run into corporate clients who use iMovie.

[Gary Huff]

[Bobby Mosca] ” Is this their idea of breaking into enterprise, because I’ll be damned if I try any of my real work on this iPad screen keyboard.”

Regardless of what your preference is, tablet use (iPad in particular) is blowing up in the enterprise market. They are everywhere.

[Bobby Mosca]

They are everywhere, but what are we doing on them? It’s convenient for me for a few things, but severely inefficient for everything else. I’ve gotten the same feedback from everyone I know.

[Chris Harlan]

[Bobby Mosca] “They are everywhere, but what are we doing on them? It’s convenient for me for a few things, but severely inefficient for everything else. I’ve gotten the same feedback from everyone I know.”

That’s my feeling. They seem like they should be perfect, but after you use them for a while you become very aware of the benefits of a laptop. I do enjoy my iPad, but I’m long over the notion of it being the next big step in evolution.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Kevin Patrick] “It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do. Go through his clothes and look for loose change.”

Have fun storming the castle!

[Robert Brown]

[Craig Seeman] “So they “assure” a noted NY Times reporter allowing him to print such but no such assurance to the pros who are waiting. Not that such assurance would happen during a keynote but . . . “

Kind of ironic but it seems Apple is no longer concerned about computers. I’m personally not holding my breath to find out what these guys are really going to do. Whatever happens I’m sure I’ll find a way to get things done.

But I wonder what Autodesk is thinking. No matter how they try to play it Smoke on an iMac is a joke. If there ever was a resource hungry app it would be Smoke.

Apple is completely a loose canon at this point. But I for one am not that concerned about it since FCP is not much of a factor anymore and the other options are not bad at all. Will this whole mess start to drive Apple fans to appreciate Bill Gates? Perish the thought.

Robert Brown
Editor/VFX/Colorist – FCP, Smoke, Quantel Pablo, After Effects, 3DS MAX, Premiere Pro

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