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Intel Core M processor puts it more in the tablet/keyboard hybrid class than the laptop class. Good article on Gizmodo explains: https://gizmodo.com/the-new-macbook-isnt-what-you-think-1690390617
Also of note from the article’s comments:
New MacBook:
2lbs
13.1 mm thick
Intel Core M processor
LED lit keyboard
2304 x 1440 screen
9-hour battery life web browsing
Starts at $1,299
Surface Pro 31.76 lbs
9.1 mm thick
Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 processors
optional LED lit keyboard
2160 x 1440 touchscreen
9-hour battery life web browsing
Starts at $799USB C is a welcome addition, but would have preferred a mag-safe version or a separate mag-safe power port. Can’t tell you how many times mag-safe has saved my laptop from the floor. Losing it is a step backwards.
I’ll probably recommend this to a lot of people but I won’t be buying it.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Right. Something us plebs can’t even comprehend.”
It was a joke, Jeremy. No offense intended. 😉
I think this debate is good and I’m truly interested in your and Charlie’s point of view. Apologies if my remark came off wrong.
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[Simon Ubsdell] “Greg at Intelligent Assistance – so quick to respond, so quick to fix any bug.”
+1 for Greg at Intelligent Assistance. He worked directly with me to add a new feature Xto7 that benefits all FCPX users.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “The big downside with multiple primaries is that you constantly have to manage multiple time functions, meaning if I move stuff in primary 1, primary 2 isn’t coming along for the ride. “
That’s the whole point. If you want stuff to move with primary1, put it in primary1. You don’t need to use primary2. Only use primary2 is for the stuff you don’t want to move with primary1. I don’t see the difficulty.
I manage multiple time functions every time I work. It’s called “editing”. 😉
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[Walter Soyka] “Yes, but what’s interesting is that while the user would perceive absolute time placement with your proposal, absolute time would almost certainly still be a derived property, not an intrinsic one.”
That’s fine by me. In good UI design, the user shouldn’t have to understand the underlying data model in order to use the application. That should all be under the hood with a clear, consistent and appropriate metaphor to guide user interaction.
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[Walter Soyka] “That’s easy because they can reuse the existing data model and just implement two parents in the same project; anything else would require a new data model or major revision to the current one.”
Walter, what do you think of my proposal above? – https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/335/78526
Do you think something like that could work with the existing data model as you understand it?
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[Charlie Austin] “lol. well, there were no libraries when it was released, but I see your point. But, since everything in a project is placed relative to a Spine (which is the primary I think… I like to snoop around in app package files using BBEdit…) what happens? 2 spines? I think there are probably less “invasive” ways to accomplish the same ends…”
I like snooping code too! 🙂
I think they define a new parent container object that holds spine#1 thru spine#x. They could call this container a “sequence” (radical, I know, lol). The sequence parent object holds fixed time. All objects within have relative time. This is a drastic oversimplification, but you get the gist. It’s basically a one level expansion of the current data and UI hierarchy. I don’t think it would be more difficult that the restructuring of the library, but of course, I have no idea what’s going on under the hood. If the same goals could be accomplished more simply, I’m all for it!
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[Charlie Austin] “Well, sure,but wouldn’t the ability to connect to a point in time in the sequence accomplish the same thing?”
Sure, and I also like your suggestion of being able to connect clips to secondaries. That was one of the first things I tried when I got my hands on X and I was surprised it didn’t work. FCPX would be much more flexible if secondaries had all the abilities that are currently reserved for the primary.
[Charlie Austin] ” And in your scenario, I bet it wouldn’t stay the same as now, at least “under the hood”. They’d kinda need to re-invent how the timeline works. IMO that’s unnecessary.”
You mean like when they completely reinvented the way libraries work? Yeah that really sucked. Libraries were perfect when FCPX was released. Why’d they have to go and screw them up? 😉
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[Charlie Austin] “Adding complexity to the UI where many (most?) people don’t need it. Down that road lies the MC/Pr UI. Lot’s of functions for every possible use case, and a huge, confusing mess. (IMO of course)”
Don’t need it? Don’t use it. Stick with one primary and everything stays the same as now. I don’t see any problem here. 😉
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[Jeff Markgraf] “As I think I mentioned earlier, I’d be happy with a simple “connect to timeline” or some such option that would let me lock a clip to the sequence timecode directly. It would behave like a primary clip, but it wouldn’t move unless I moved it on purpose. It could be an actual additional “track” or just an option to lock on a clip-by-clip basis.
Not sure of all the ramifications of such a scheme, but it would be useful in much of what I cut. Thank locking the start of music bed to the top of the piece. Or locking an end plate to :26 seconds for a promo. That sort of thing.”
Jeff, that would take care of most of my issues as well.
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