Marcus Moore
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This kind of combative discourse isn’t helpful for anyone. If FCPX users get their back up now and start getting all high and mighty- it’s only doing to drive prospective users away.
I love using X, but I see loads of ways for it to improve. Hopefully some of those will be coming in December.
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I’m not sure they do get paid.
With any small section of beta testers, all combinations of software, hardware, and plug-ins aren’t going to be represented.
So it’s natural that a few things are going to come up once something gets released to the entire user base.
NO software comes out of Beta completely free of bugs. Ever.
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Apple has their Beta testers. They just know how to keep quiet.
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Just like with the old MacPro- the purchase here will mean a longer interval between upgrades. I am starting to feel some strain on heavier jobs on this 2011 iMac- but it’s done well for 2 years.
With the fairly topped out system I plan to buy in December, I’m betting that the machine will serve me at least 3-5 years, unless something changes dramatically in that time.
The only reason I didn’t hold onto my old MacPro tower was because of timing- I bought the fastest and last PowerPC you could get. The G5 Quad. Oh well… But amazingly I still got $800 for it when I sold it 3 years ago.
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[Julian Bowman] “Personally I would have liked some ports on the front, or all the thunderbolt and usb ports on the front and the other stuff on the back. But hey, I guess I can get a usb hub which will give me more than 2 frontal usb slots, so not ideal but not particularly a deal breaker.”
I do a lot of drive swapping as well, and this will by my solution. A Thunderbolt to Thunderbot, USB2, USB3, and Firewire800 hub that can sit on my desk seems like the best solution.
So who’s making one?
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[Charlie Austin] “This argument was likely made by the same people who argue that FCPX was perfect when it was initially released, and to this day has absolutely no problems or shortcomings at all. It’s pretty self-evident that those people were/are wrong. ;-)”
There’s nothing worse for FCPX’s rep than an evangelist who doesn’t acknowledge the programs shortcomings.
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If Apple has made any direction clear over the last couple of years, it’s that it’s not interested in being the computer for tinkerers.
If the term makes sense, I’d call the MacPro the first “Pro Appliance” computer.
In a few cases you’re correct- the MacPro is absolutely not as configurable for CPU and GPU as a standard tower is.
But what I like about the modularity is that I can push my peripherals off and into an cabinet or another room. I’d imagine the only drives I’ll have on my desk in the new setup will be the drive I got via courier to offload footage. Everything else will be out of sight and sound.
I think the people on the losing end here are the ones with lots of legacy PCIe peripherals who (if they decide to buy one) will have to jump thru some hoops with expansion chassis to make their I/O and network cards work. But for someone like me who already has loads of Thunderbolt peripherals, the expense (and the clutter) is much less of an issue.
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That’s it exactly. I’ll freely admit I pay more for a Mac, but I’ve been pretty much problem free since I started my business in 2006.
And when you consider how long I get out of the machine, and it’s resale value relative to comparable PCs- If I come out behind- I don’t think it’s by very much. Certainly not enough to support the Meme of Macs as insanely overpriced.
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Dylan Reeve already did this, and came to the conclusion that a BYO version would only be marginally cheaper, and that’s with concessions on things he couldn’t find available- so the MacPro is technically ahead at about $300 above his parts list.
https://dylanreeve.com/computers/2013/building-the-mac-pro.html
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A couple of camera manufactures have already said that their installed HDMI 4.1 ports can be firmware upgraded to HDMI 2.0. Hopefully Apple has been similarly forward thinking in.