[Gary Huff]

[Walter Soyka] “We had operating systems named “Mac OS X 10.x” for more than a decade.”

Yeah, but I was explicitly referring to it’s appearance on the App Store. You didn’t click on the panel that read “Mac OS X 10.7”, it read “OSX Lion”. You don’t click on the listing for “Mac OS X 10.8” you click on the entry for “OSX Mountain Lion.”

It will be “OSX Mavericks” not “Mac OS X 10.9”.

[Gary Huff]

But it will have to have its own separate entry in the App Store, right? So what would they call it? FCPX 10.1? I thought the X stood for 10? And isn’t FCPX 10.1 kind of a crappy naming convention? Perhaps FCPX2?

Logic 9 and Logic X are no way comparable. That would be like if Apple had added FCP7 to the App Store first and then had later released FCPX.

[Gary Huff]

If the 15″ include IRIS and nothing else, I may have to go out and get the 2012 15″ non-Retina model.

[Gary Huff]

[Sandeep Sajeev] “You’re generalizing.”

You have some examples of using these LUTs on projects? Would love to see them.

[Gary Huff]

[Craig Seeman] “I think the economies of scale, Apple being a large purchaser, will keep prices lower than what you might see for individual component purchases.”

Scale only drops the price by so much. And there might only be an option for *dual* GPUs.

Let’s not forget PCIe based storage, of which I would be surprised if the *minimum* is under 512GB.

[Gary Huff]

What you are forgetting is a) no spinning drive and b) even just a single FirePro GPU is well more expensive than the 5770. If there’s ONLY dual FirePros as an option, you are well over $4000 then.

[Gary Huff]

[Sandeep Sajeev] ”
Accuracy of the LUT is not really the critical factor here.”

My point isn’t even about accuracy. It’s the fact that the direct correlation of values is so out of whack, that it usually looks like shit and you have to basically tweak the hell out of it anyway, so what’s the point?

[Gary Huff]

[Charlie Austin] “I will bet you 1 dollar that you *will* be able to get one for under 4k.”

I accept.

[Gary Huff]

[Walter Soyka] “If you’re really into film, FilmConvert [link] looks really promising, and to your point, works in part by being aware of the acquiring camera.”

Yeah, I got that one, but I just see this LUT packs as being a waste of money. You can do exactly the same thing with Magic Bullet Looks, but with better ability to tweak (Looks may be more gimmicky than anything, but you do get the Colorista and Cosmo interfaces within, two plugins I use extensively).

[Gary Huff]

[Craig Seeman] “Seems they’re trying to gauge interest.”

And how many preorders will cancel once it becomes clear you won’t be getting started for anything less than $4k.