Herb Sevush
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“Try installing a Blackmagic card in a Dell computer. I guess you’ve never spend time troubleshooting a new system. The OS may not change but the shifts in drivers and hardware compatibility can be radical.”
Is that really your argument, that the time spent installing drivers on a new pc is equivalent to the time spent re-training on a new NLE. I’m not even going into the cost in time trying to use a NLE not fit for broadcast work. Your argument is absurd.
“it’s bad for computer makers when their margins are low and they may make decisions regarding design or the practicality of staying in the market.”
Fortunately I’m not a computer maker, I’m an editor. Their problems are my profits.
“So secure HP, one of the biggest is leaving it as IBM has. The ENTIRE industry is depressed. It’s not secure at all. Margins are falling or, even at best stagnant especially for desktops.”
IBM left, Compaq left (or got sold to HP) – and guess what – it had no effect on my ability to find a PC. HP will sell off it’s division, Dell could go under, and I’ll still be able to assemble a PC workstation I need from parts suppliers. The lack of margins don’t indicate a lack, they indicate a surplus. By the time it’s gone, I’ll be retired.
“I think you should read some of the computer tech financial reports.”
I don’t have time, I’m studying up on my Avid and PPro manuals. I have shows to edit.
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“Like marketing spin? Somebody will pick it up as Lenovo did IBM but new decision makers may make new decisions. They lack of profitability is sweeping the PC industry.”
Yes, just like Lenovo. The lack of profitability is a result of the cheap availability of off the shelf parts. Tell me why this is bad for an independent editor?
“HP is (was) the LEADING PC manufacturer and the HP Z series popular powerful desktops amongst “professionals.” Sure you can move on to another PC…Just like you can move on to another NLE.”
No, it’s emphatically NOT just like moving to another NLE. There is no learning curve, there is no cost, there is no downside whatsoever. Yes HP was a large maker of high end workstations, along with Dell and a few dozen smaller companies like Boxx. Now HP sells it’s computer division to someone happy for the smaller margins — in what way is this similar to the Apple/FCP massacre?
“Given the shrinking market for desktops and the niche market for “professional” NLEs one might end up right back at Avid with turnkey systems. Keep in mind that market is, relative to the broader market, getting smaller and less profitable.”
Yes, I’ll worry about this ten years from now. Until then, I figure the PC workstation market is a good deal more secure than the Mac Pro market. I like my chances in an open market, not at the whims of a single manufacturer, especially one with bigger fish to fry.
“Apple may be further ahead of the curve for most people’s “comfort zones” but given how things continue to shake out in the industry, I think they’re heading in the right direction…even if some may not see it for a couple of years.”
Apple is not further ahead, IMHO, they are now further behind, dragging their product line up a blind alley, like the marching band in Animal House, blindly following the shiny baton no matter where it goes. Meanwhile the editing industry has moved elsewhere.
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Craig –
Your post is so off the mark it’s a chore to know where to begin. But let’s try –
1. – They’re “spinning off” the line, not killing it. I would be jumping for joy if Apple would spin Off FCP7, instead of putting it to the torch.
2. – Hardware is not software, there is no upgrade path or learning curve that is being thrown away.
3. – HP, unlike Apple, does not have a monopoly on their product line. Anyone who wants a PC workstation has literally hundreds of places to go. And unlike Apple and FCP7 HP has not halted support for products under warranty, if your Z400 goes down and is under warranty, HP will be there to fix it.
It’s been so quiet here lately, it’s really a pleasure to have something to rail against. Thank you.
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“I think I did read once about the Great Train Robbery was a 6 cam multicam simulcasted to theaters around the country. Supposedly, the switcher was the size of the locomotive.”
What movie are you referring to here, surely not the original Edwin S Porter film, nor the ’79 Sean Connery of the same name?
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“if FCP X represents what “will be” in the future – well, that’s great, but I can’t make money with it right now.”
That covers about 70% of the content of this forum, with 20% saying just keep working with FCP7 till X is ready, and 10% Aindreas Gallagher speaking in tongues.
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Jeremy —
FWIW, I find your input highly valuable, and it would be a loss to this forum if you didn’t contribute. We all get cranky from time to time.
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Thanks for the correction, I never could spell.
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Stalin wasn’t the revolutionary, he was the follower. Robespierre, Qaddafi, or Castro would work, as would Adolph, but that’s going too far.
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“Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.] – Apple Inc”
Apart from Apple’s shameless self-involved conceit, the problem is that with the real crazies who change the world you never know who your going to get; Lenin or Ghandi.
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Yes they would have and they did, leading to the situation now where they just dumped a category leading Ap to replace it with … something else.
Did they hit the sweet spot for a few years — yes; but even a blind squirrel … etc.
I am beginning to think that X is to FCP7 as Motion is to Shake.
With Motion they were all a flutter with how it was going to be revolutionary with it’s use of “behaviors” which were going to take the drudgery out of compositing. Simplifying post for everyone.
It was different, it was novel, it wasn’t too bad, and I use it to this day, although it ushered in no revolution and is a huge step back from Shake. And the stupidest thing about it are the dammed “behaviors” which any professional compositor could have told them was moronic. But then who would want professional feedback?
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