[Craig Seeman]

https://www.izotope.com/en/products/repair-and-edit/rx-6.html

So if there’s a fix for the plugins it’ll be an upgrade.

[Craig Seeman]

https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/06/modular-mac-pro-rumor/

“OSNews managing editor Thom Holwerda believes the project actually started “only a few weeks ago” and won’t be complete as soon as we may expect.”

[Craig Seeman]

https://9to5mac.com/2017/04/06/review-apple-clips-app-roundup-confusing/

…most also noticed the user interface proved to be a little too difficult or confusing.

[Craig Seeman]

Although Apple had been working on a lot of these projects years ahead of Microsoft, as far as Joe-public is concerned, it’s Microsoft who is bringing new things to market before Apple. It’s Microsoft that is now an innovator in hardware. And as they say, perception is 99% reality.

Perhaps Apple will have a rethink on the secrecy game. It really doesn’t work when people have to make business decisions.

[Craig Seeman]

Well it’s about time Apple lower the price on 6 and 8 core Xeon Macs by $1000 given the age of the technology.

[Craig Seeman]

[Paul Golden] “Welcome back to 2003!”

Which may still be ahead of Avid ????

[Craig Seeman]

It’s seems Apple noted a rethink on dual GPUs vs a single more powerful GPU and how third party software does not take advantage of that. The result requires a rethink on the thermal needs. So this was probably a big deficiency.

It does note that there will be further changes in the iMac geared towards Pros. My own hunch would be mostly on the GPU front as well.

One of the advantages the iMac has, I feel, is that i7 processors have Intel QuickSync which speeds H.264 encoding which is a major part of the current delivery for many (most?). I understand that the next generation Xeons may finally offer some equivalent support so I suspect that gap will diminish in next year’s Mac Pro.

[Craig Seeman]

It’s not that people need to replace their computer each year, it’s the each one of us is at a different point in our own business buying cycle each year.

In Jan 2014 I get the recently released Mac Pro (which really weren’t all that available in late 2013 despite the name).
In April 2017 someone want to get a… but there is no “new” Mac Pro.
That ’14 Mac Pro might chug along for 5 years (2019) but today’s buyer is plunking down the same bucks for that same ’14 Mac Pro which is already old. They’re not getting the same usable lifespan.
It’s not that anyone needs to give us new razz-ma-tazz connections, just the same Mac Pro with new CPU and GPU for the person who needs to buy their Mac Pro in ’17.

[Craig Seeman]

I think Apple is carrying through their business model with all their other systems. T

hey want the user to replace the machine rather than extend the life. I think Apple’s approach towards modularity is with its external connectors such that any Thunderbolt device can be moved between any of their other computers. In fact the latter really is another way to encourage the former as once the update an interface on one system it “encourages” the user to upgrade all their other systems to have the same interface.

In addition there seems to be a decline in “speed bump” updates models.
Mac Pro late 2013
Mac Mini late 2014
iMac late 2015
MacBook Air early 2015
Only the MacBookPro seems regular and that involved TB3 and Touch bar between 2015 and 2016.
So it does seem updates are more likely with interface changes.

Then there’s the odd MacBook 2010 to early 2015 and then early 2016 (and nothing yet for early 2017).

[Craig Seeman]

Beyond acknowledging the issue, iZotope is silent.
Some say the issue is around real time processing but if that were the case I’d think rendering the filter would help. it’s doesn’t.