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Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable. An iFixit Op-ed.
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[Bill Davis] “[Frank Gothmann] “With 256 GB storage in the base model I am damn sure you’ll do a hell of a lot of editing and projects with Prores or Uncompressed from internal storage. ”
I personally haven’t stored a FCP-X project on my laptop’s internal drive in six months. I consider it dumb when the software works with inexpensive external storage so fluidly.”
Precisely, which is why the point of the poster I’ve replied to (9 streams of prores from the internal drive) is irrelevant. Especially since this topic is not related to anyone complaining about lack of performance.
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“You also agree that you will not use these products for… the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, missiles, or chemical or biological weapons.”
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[Mark Bein] “I’ve never seen a company selling so much refurbished stuff and so many people recommend said stuff.”
Bingo and homerun on this point.
If I can use that without breaking the COW analogy law. 😉As per replace vs repair. . .
Think of this . . . replace your damaged unit and then they repair and sell the refurb and they don’t even have the any time pressure on repair turnaround. Refurb allows a lower price point as well.
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[Craig Seeman] “Bingo and homerun on this point.
If I can use that without breaking the COW analogy law. 😉As per replace vs repair. . .
Think of this . . . replace your damaged unit and then they repair and sell the refurb and they don’t even have the any time pressure on repair turnaround. Refurb allows a lower price point as well.
I don’t doubt that replace rather than repair and the refurb sales market may actually make Apple more money.”And how does all this actually benefit you? When you need more ram you “replace” the entire machine? Why don’t you just send money donations directly to Cupertino for the good cause of it all.
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[Andrew Richards] “Allow me to make it more relevant then. Does anyone here service their own broadcast monitor? Mixer? Vectorscope? Camera? Lenses? VTR?”
Andrew,
You are raising the more interesting question.
There are those who will prefer to have a camera with a built-in lens, and built-in batteries.
There are those who will prefer to buy cameras with interchange-able lenses. Likewise with batteries that can be replaced with spares or replaced.
My own monitor does have an SDI module that I could purchase if I wished. The last monitor (SD), likewise.
You’re raising the question of to what extent things need to be serviceable (not just user-serviceable) and expandable (not just user-expandable).
I take it you’re satisfied with the direction of Apple’s offerings. Is there a certain basic expandability or serviceability you would require? What would that be?
Franz.
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[Chris Harlan] “Does the past count? I edited on Windows for six or seven years.”
[Oliver Peters] “Not now, but in the past, since about 2000 (Avid Symphony). I only personally moved to Mac to be compatible with FCP. Currently some of my clients are on Windows (for Avid).”
[Herb Sevush] “I edited solely on windows till ’04 when I added FCP to my shop. Dropped windows for editing in ’06, but still use windows for some audio (love Soundforge) and photoshop work, as well as all my financial and administrative stuff. Expect to be back to windows for video editing by 2014 at the latest.”
[Frank Gothmann] “40 per cent on Win since 2007, 70 per cent since August last year. Hopefully at 90 per cent by Autumn this year.
But I am not really an editor, we do other post work.”Thanks, guys.
When it was time to upgrade your Windows hardware, what did you do?
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[Jeremy Garchow] “When it was time to upgrade your Windows hardware, what did you do?
“About the same as the Mac Pro, though with many more choices (and many more potential conflicts.) Bought a new card, component, or PC, depending on what was required.
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Whoa. This is a TOUGH crowd.
I’ve owned 5 apple laptops (and 6 desktops). Aside from adding more RAM and adding a larger hard drive, what more is there to do? If you are at the point where you need more RAM, a new drive and a card–well, time to get a new laptop methinks. 2-3 years for a laptop or tower is about it these days. I’ve still got plenty of old boxes and laptops kicking around but geez, the performance and OS gains leave me with no desire to work on a 5 year old system. Spending an extra $500-$1,000 to upgrade them seems like throwing good money after bad.
The new MBP Retina seems like a pretty screaming machine. But it is a comprise between features, performance and “fixability.” Not perfect. A compromise. I’m good for now (just got two new MBPs in November) but for my workflow needs, the new feature/performance set seem pretty nice—and worth the compromise.
The only real bummer is that you have to max out the RAM upfront and AAPL RAM is much pricier than OWC.
Okay. Let the haters hate and the flamers flame. Apple=Satan.
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[Chris Harlan] “About the same as the Mac Pro”
You mean you just bought a new computer?
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Thanks, guys.
When it was time to upgrade your Windows hardware, what did you do?”
Depends on the machine and what it is used for. Bought the z800s with stock 12 GB of ram and upgraded to 48 plus other stuff later via 3rd party.
On our linux san we replaced mainboard, ram, cpu and power supply earlier this year for more slots and more beef.
I usually don’t replace mainboards on a bought workstation for upgrades, I would if it’s broken. But I have and always will one the machines that are custom built. There is one that has gone through three revisions already. The only thing that is still left from the first built is the case and the power supply.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “When it was time to upgrade your Windows hardware, what did you do?”
In the case of the Windows machines I have personally owned, I have both upgraded to another Windows machine as well as replaced with Macs. I haven’t (yet) replaced a Mac with a Windows machine, but I do have client who have. The general deciding factor was the applications I’ve needed to run, more than the OS or even hardware.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com
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