Darren Kelly
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“I’m not what this has to do with anything I’ve posted. I said Apple will be making 8, 12, poss 16 core box with 2 PCIe slots for a GPU and another card which may be a second GPU.”
On multiple posts you have suggested a Mac Mini to replace the MacPro. Now, albeit, some super duper one that Apple have never expressed as a possibility. Why would they consider building something that has 12 or 16 cores shoe horned into that form factor?
All I’m showing you is what the current crop of Mac Mini’s can do. Remember, they have no optical drive anymore.
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Yes, I recognize TB is available on all Macs released in the past few months. No one has disputed it’s existence Craig.
It is a new IO. It is not the Holy Grail, simply another pipe to move data over. It does not change the reduced feature set of FCPX. It does not somehow make it OK that Apple have been slowly discontinuing their “Pro” Applications. That’s Apples words, not mine – Pro Applications.
I also didn’t create the term MacPro. Once again, Apple created that term. It doesn’t mean you can run the world on a Mac Mini.
If you can’t see that Apple is shifting away from computers and software for their reduced “Pro Applications” I can’t help you.
I’m not the one in the minority here.
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It was interesting. I don’t think I will need to use that for my business, but it would make a cool way of demoing, or changing things with a client in the field.
Would it not work with any NLE software on any platform?
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For the past 18 months I have edited on an iMac. a 27inch quad core, using a FW800 RAID for data storage and playback. Craig, do you remember Firewire? There were 4 designed interfaces & speed.
FW400
FW800
FW1600
FW3200Only the first 2 were ever released by Apple. Wouldn’t you think if the last 2 were released it would have been similar at the time to ThunderBolt.
FW was also available on ALL MACs. It still didn’t make me sell my MacPro’s for Mac Minis, or the Mac Cube. Not enough power, no expandability, too integrated. As someone has already said, the motherboard or the main system drive dies. You get to send in your computer for 1-3 weeks of service time.
Nope, it’s time to move on.
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“I’d be curious to learn what on earth Apple has to do to get on the bad side of some of these people.”
Frank, that’s what I’ve been saying. First Apple neglects the MacPro and then they drop the FCP Suite then they drop their pro audio application, and this rumour about the MacPro getting dropped is floated around – most likely the by Apple itself.
To me, it’s obvious. As I have said many times to guys like Craig, Apple has decided to move more towards a consumer electronics company than the company we all have relied upon for software and a computer that allows us to edit.
Yes, Craig, you believe the Mac Mini is the future of video production. Good luck with that.
I have moved to Win7, Nvidia and Adobe. I like the integration of the software, and the multi layers I get in real time.
17 years ago, I spent the better part of $20K to get a VideoMachine DPR system. It gave me 2 layers in real time on a DX4-100 using 2 GB SCSI drives. Then, a Matrox system, 3 layers, then Reality card, same 3 layers and I have been waiting to get back to real time since the death of the Matrox RTMac card in the early part of this millennium.
RealTime feels great!
Craig, as I said before good luck with your Mac Mini and Thunderbolt.
Do us all a favour Craig. How about you answer the quote I started this post with.
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“But despite the new processors now being in sight, AppleInsider reports that Apple is reportedly “questioning” the future of the Mac Pro line and whether it will even release updated models.
Although the Mac maker has reportedly developed a revision to the existing Mac Pro that may or may not see the light of day, people familiar with the matter said management as far back as May of 2011 were in limbo over whether to pour any additional resources into the product line.According to these people, the consensus among sales executives for the Cupertino-based company was that the Mac Pro’s days — at least in its current form — were inevitably numbered. In particular, internal discussions were said to focus around the fact that sales of the high-end workstations to both consumers and enterprises have dropped off so considerably that the Mac Pro is no longer a particularly profitable operation for Apple.”
Getting the point yet Craig?
APPLE doesn’t want to support pro users. They are a consumer electronics company now, not a computer maker, and not a maker of Pro Applications
Keep drinking the Kool-Aid
DBK
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What about buying from a 3rd party like VideoGuys, or B&H. Can’t they help.
Just a thought.
DBK
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Craig,
You have had enough of the Kool-Aid OK.
No matter what I, or anyone else tells you, you are not able to see what we’re talking about.
Enjoy FCPX. Have your self a party. It’s fine with me.
I give up, Uncle, You’re 100% right and always will be.
Forget anything I might have said. It must have been the drugs or something in my food.
DBK
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Craig,
Fact: Apple is promising a few missing features.
Fact: Apple has stated they are going to let 3rd party developers develop most of the solutions(plugins)
Fact: Apple has not promised to make FCPX into a full NLE .How do you define future? It is obviously not the same way I do.
Future is what I see Adobe doing. Even Avid. Commitment is also being shown. Apple is making vague statements.
Why you choose to use a crippled Beta release of software is your decision. I’m not interested. Now in 4-5 years Apple releases the most amazing production suite the world has seen, I can move back.
I’m done with this thread. I think it’s own future is not promising :))
DBK
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It’s not like Apple have ever expressed that they were listening? When did you ever see Apple say, gee, you’re right. We should listen to the consumer.
Hasn’t happened, WOn’t happen.
As I have said in other posts. Why wait for a future that may never some. Make your own.
DBK