Truly depressing…

[Craig Seeman]

Agreed.
To me the big killer is that many of use are making December purchase for tax deductions and forced to the wall our money may go elsewhere for the time being. Then with budgets spent it’s going to impact Apple’s sales short term. Obviously they’re doing what they’re doing for a reason but it does s*ck for us.

It’s compounded by the fact that Apple hasn’t pined a date beyond “December” at this point and don’t even have the 8 and 12 core models on their site. Either the date is still in flux or Apple is making a strategic mistake (even if minor for them it’s not for us).

[Lance Bachelder]

I think I liked Apple Computer Inc. better that “Fruit-logoed Portable Devices Inc.”

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
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[Steve Connor]

We’ve waited this long, another week or two isn’t a real problem

[Morten]

At least Premiere Pro cC has been updated. Once again in 2 months.

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2 x Finalcut Studio3, 2 x Prod. bundle CS6, 2 x MacPro, 2 x ioHD, Ethernet File Server w. X-Raid…. and FCPX on trial

[Lance Bachelder]

That’s my problem – been having nothing but CC woes since the last update…

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1680680/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[Roland Blaser]

Lance, I’m with you.

Apple could have sold me at least two Mac Pros in between. My Mac Pro 8 core 2,1 is still nice for FCP 7 but not compatible with FCPX anymore (the last one with 32 bit EFI). Of course I have FCPX running on my MacBook Pro 13″ Retina but this is rather for fun compared to my 30″ Cinema Display attached to the old horse below my desk.

Simply the small upgrade steps of the Mac Pro line were never attractive enough to replace the 2,1 until now. However now I’m really looking forward to get a new Mac Pro. Compared to the 2,1 most probably it will be like replacing an old propeller airplane with a supersonic plane.

And even the Thunderbolt 2 RAIDs are already available in different flavors (Pegasus2 Series) – great! Questions left unanswered for time being: prices of the 8 and 12 core models, the higher performing GPUs, RAM/Flash memory. And: is there any nice high-res monitor that could replace my 30″ Cinema Display?

Let’s hope we will know the answers (or most of them) next week…

Regards from Switzerland,

Roland

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[Mark Dobson]

I’m pretty relaxed about it all.

I can’t afford a new mac right now and I’m not about to download any updates until the project we are working on is through in early 2014.

having said that . . .

[Chris Harlan]

[Steve Connor] “We’ve waited this long, another week or two isn’t a real problem
“

Its a US thing related to tax-deductable items for small companies and independent contractors. That’s why the consternation. People have discretionary funds that they’ve set aside in anticipation of a macPro, based on this year’s budget. It doesn’t count to have one ordered on 12/31; it must be paid for by 12/31. So people are anguishing over whether they will have to divert these funds to other items. That’s the nervous desk-tapping that you are hearing.

I’m not feeling that because I’m going to hold off on the very first iteration anyway. I’d like the early bugs out before I switch.

[Walter Soyka]

[Lance Bachelder] “That’s my problem – been having nothing but CC woes since the last update…”

I think Morten was talking about Premiere Pro CC 7.2, just updated today.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
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[Jeremy Garchow]

[Craig Seeman] “It’s compounded by the fact that Apple hasn’t pined a date beyond “December” at this point and don’t even have the 8 and 12 core models on their site.”

The 8 and 12 core models are going to be selectable from the 4/6 core, at least that’s my guess.

Look here from apple.com: