Jim Wiseman
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I agree with your point about the transition to FCPX. It could and should have been done better.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
Apple has never fooled me. I never used FCP as my primary editor even though it stole most of the market from Avid. I used Avid and then Media 100. Used FCP for the things only it could do, like run the AJA ioHD with Mac laptops for broadcast quality output and machine to mahine conversions with my Mac Pro/Kona. FCPX was a surprise, but it didn’t fool me. Many here seem to really like it. Apple has always pioneered new ways of doing things. I never thought Apple would abandon the Mac Pro, and it appears they haven’t. The Xeon’s they appear to be using just hit the market, after all.
As an Apple video VAR for ten years, and the exclusive Avid dealer (and one of two Media 100 dealers) here in Hawaii for many years, I’ve installed over 200 of the highest end Macs up through the Mac Pro era, including my own, as I now do production work exclusively. The ten Windows systems from what was a high end manufacturer (Intergraph, now gone) that I installed for customers with a PC based editing system I sold later gave me more trouble than all of the Macs combined.
Apple has always surprised, not “fooled”. Just look at the history of introductions that people thought were crazy that Apple pioneered that were eventually copied (inelegantly, in my opinion) on Windows systems. Including the concept of “windows” themselves. Let alone the hardware innovations. I won’t bother to list them, starting with dropping the floppy drive. This Mac Pro craziness has more to do with the nervousness engendered by FCPX than it does the Mac Pro release schedule.
Maybe Windows has improved, it must have, but I am more than happy with the performance of my 2010 Mac Pro, and the software/OS I run on it. I will upgrade to the new one when my warranty (with on site service) runs out. Windows did “fool me once” and I don’t intend to try it again. It cost me time and real money. The reliability of the Mac and it’s operating system, with, for me, more than adequate performance and continued Mac Pros backed up by the best portables, Macbook Pros, both with Thunderbolt expansion will, save me the time and headaches I used to spend “fooling” with Windows.
To each his own.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
I never thought they would drop it. The Xeon’s just came out in April. Glad my software and hardware has a future!
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
It’s not just “the market”. They need a pro machine in their line-up and they need pros to use it. What an embarrassment for them for pros to all move to Windows. And it will be profitable for them. And a great relief to me. Life is too short to screw around with Microsoft. Fool me once…
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
On my Mac Pro 2010 5,1 I have set up a Lion 10.7.4 boot drive with CS6 and my other applications on it. Am using it for the new AJA driver/Adobe plug for CS 6 with Transmit. It is working very well in playback tests. Still have CS6 on another 10.6.8 boot drive. Will probably keep it that way until everything shakes out. Still have software that is not ready for Lion on the 10.6.8. drive including some Rosetta stuff. Lion seems to be working OK so far, but I haven’t really pushed anything on it yet or tested plug-ins.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
They work!
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
Up and running now!
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
AJA has announced the AJA Mac Plug-ins for Adobe CS6 Version 10.3.0
The zip was up earlier but produced an error and would not open. Now when attempting a download it says “The web page you requested – /ajashare/AJA_Adobe_Mac_10.3.0-0.mpkg.zip is not present on the site.” Perhaps they had a defective .zip up and are fixing it. Didn’t check the Windows side. Same result for Mac LHi and 3G.Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
Have installed 10.7.4 on another Mac Pro boot drive with CS6, so I’m ready when AJA is. Thanks
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
Power, stability,reliability, ease of use, excellent ProRes support as well as other codecs. Quicktime support. Mixed timelines, good tape machine support, clear audio interface. Good file export capability. Coded for the Mac (it’s only focus). Many other reasons.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.1, Premiere Pro 5.5 and 6.0, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM GTX-285 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe