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New Mac Pro
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I’m betting that Apple did indeed plan on killing off the Mac Pro, but after the public relations shellacking they took over FCP X they reconsidered… Maybe they’ll now double down on the “pro” market to try and redeem themselves?
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[tony west] “Her information was right though.”
And this brings it right back to the heart of the issue for me.
In the absence of a proper announcement from Apple (like all the other workstation vendors have given), we’re relying on often-contradictory hushed whispers and sly winks from secret sources to sort out whether Apple will or will not provide another generation of workstation-class machines.
This is insane.
What other company can put its customers on a roller coaster ride like this and still inspire such loyalty?
At this point, I don’t think it matters all that much to me whether Apple rolls out new Mac Pros or EOLs the line. The fact there was so much room for speculation has spooked me.
Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
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[Walter Soyka] “At this point, I don’t think it matters all that much to me whether Apple rolls out new Mac Pros or EOLs the line. The fact there was so much room for speculation has spooked me.”
At this point, and everybody knows it, Apple just doesn’t need this market anymore. It seems weird to do business with a company in a situation like that. It’s almost like they’re doing this for charity or something. I’ve still got a couple of years on my 12 core and who knows what will be available when I need to start looking again. I’m liking Apple less and less and they don’t need my money anyway so I might as well look elsewhere when the time comes.
Robert Brown
Editor/VFX/Colorist – FCP, Smoke, Quantel Pablo, After Effects, 3DS MAX, Premiere Prohttps://vimeo.com/user3987510/videos
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[Walter Soyka] “And this brings it right back to the heart of the issue for me.
In the absence of a proper announcement from Apple (like all the other workstation vendors have given), we’re relying on often-contradictory hushed whispers and sly winks from secret sources to sort out whether Apple will or will not provide another generation of workstation-class machines.
This is insane.
What other company can put its customers on a roller coaster ride like this and still inspire such loyalty?
At this point, I don’t think it matters all that much to me whether Apple rolls out new Mac Pros or EOLs the line. The fact there was so much room for speculation has spooked me.
“Perhaps we shouldn’t listen to speculation, it seems none of it was based on fact. In reality Apple never discontinued the line and they are probably about to announce a new model in a reasonable amount of time after the required processors became available.
Nothing has changed, Apple have never given roadmaps on hardware, yet vast amounts of people including many on here still use their kit. The ONLY thing they have done differently is EOL FCP classic and re-imagine their editing software and it’s this that has lead to all the “sky is falling” speculation.
If people want roadmaps then they shouldn’t be on Macs in the first place
Steve Connor
“The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timelinel”
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It’s not just “the market”. They need a pro machine in their line-up and they need pros to use it. What an embarrassment for them for pros to all move to Windows. And it will be profitable for them. And a great relief to me. Life is too short to screw around with Microsoft. Fool me once…
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
[Jim Wiseman] “Life is too short to screw around with Microsoft. Fool me once…”
I have a dual boot on my MacPro. Win 7 works fine I don’t know why people hate it so bad. I do still prefer OSX for editing though.
But really at this point they don’t need any of this. I’m not sure why they bother with FCP X. They could get out of regular computers and the cash would still rollin in.
Robert Brown
Editor/VFX/Colorist – FCP, Smoke, Quantel Pablo, After Effects, 3DS MAX, Premiere Prohttps://vimeo.com/user3987510/videos
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From 9to5mac article
“Apple had been “investing heavily” in the professional desktop computer.”
This could be interesting.
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Well I won’t be buying one for a couple of years at least, not really bothered about it either – already happily migrated to Avid & Adobe on a stonking PC, have very high spec iMac for the dreaded FCP X, er, sorry, ‘Ten’.
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I just sold my mac pro last night. Ever since buying my i7 macbook pro I rarely used it, as mobility always trumped CPU power in the last 2 years of my job. I suppose I am glad that I sold it just before this new model was released and cheapened my resale value.
But, same as you — I will wait and perhaps never buy another mac pro again. If I ever need workstation class power at home I think I will be a PC.
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[Walter Soyka] “Sidebar — let’s say there’s some new Mac Pro sizzle core action days away from release. Who here will place an order immediately? Who here used to buy Mac Pros, but will now stick with iMacs or MBPs instead?
“I’ll be buying one in a couple of months when all the bugs have been worked out!
Steve Connor
“The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timelinel”
Adrenalin Television
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