[Gary Huff]

[Craig Seeman] “According to David Pogue no new iMac until 2013 either.”

I think Pogue is full of shit. I’m assuming we’ll see an iMac/Mac Mini update before the end of summer.

[Gary Huff]

[Colin Hensworth] “Exactly. Maybe a monster PC for work projects and a new Macbook Pro for everyday use and/or work projects.”

This is actually my setup. I have the 2011 MacBook Pro (17″…RIP) and then a custom-built Windows 7 machine that I have had since 2005. It has been upgraded about three times now and is very solid. I have Adobe CS6 via Creative Cloud and have it installed on both, and can easily switch back and forth between them on projects.

[Gary Huff]

[Bobby Mosca] ” Is this their idea of breaking into enterprise, because I’ll be damned if I try any of my real work on this iPad screen keyboard.”

Regardless of what your preference is, tablet use (iPad in particular) is blowing up in the enterprise market. They are everywhere.

[Gary Huff]

[Oliver Peters] “Or maybe this is simply a result of “learning” from the FCP 7 EOL experience.”

I think so. It’s going to turn off the people who would otherwise buy one, sell off a few more units, and once a certain threshold is hit for a certain length of time, they will (quietly) remove its entry from the Apple Store.

Since they recalled units (supposedly), it will be interesting to see if brick-and-mortor Apple Stores actually get any of these, or if Apple is just slowly dumping its remaining stock.

[Gary Huff]

[Colin Hensworth] “f he goes to Pr and for some reason his Hac isn’t working out, he’ll be fine re-learning Windows.”

There’s not even much to re-learn. Windows is functionally very similar, just options in different places and cosmetic differences (i.e. Recycle Bin instead of Trash).

Hell, you can even install a dock bar on Windows.

[Gary Huff]

[Brett Sherman] “fter all the man hours that went into FCP X, they’re going to kill it because they can’t be bothered to spend a much smaller amount of man hours updating the Mac Pro.”

They are not going to kill it. They are going to slowly, but surely, move it towards iOS.

[Gary Huff]

[Craig Seeman] “Apple may not want that kind of “compromise” although it would be a “temp” fix. I think they’ll head for a new case design on the MacPro.”

Yes, the company that gave us the iPhone 4 antenna and the yellowing iMac displays won’t want to “compromise” on hardware…

[Gary Huff]

…and then another 6 months, and then some more…and once it’s truly EOL, then Apple’s going to replace it something, so let’s wait some more.

[Gary Huff]

Not only that, but if you use Adobe Creative Cloud and end up switching to a Windows workstation, you don’t have to purchase new software.

[Gary Huff]

[Gustavo Bermudas] “Doesn’t run Smoke 2013, or Final Cut”

Neither does Linux.