Michael Hadley
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Well, you are right. I did conflate “likely” a bit from the Forbes article. But I would be flabbergasted if they did not know come out with new boxes in 2013 (and early 2013 at that) given these new very public, very prominent pronouncements. (Remember, they said nothing public about MacPros prior to this. It was all just rumors and blog sites).
If nothing happens next year, I’m out as far as video editing systems go.
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LOL!
Still, seriously, you guys are fretting up a storm over this. Apple has always been thus (and many large corporations I’ve done work for act exactly the same). This is how they do it.
Listen to their formal official quarterly earnings calls and they NEVER talk about future products EVER–other then vague blandishments. The Forbes/Pogue/Cook email is about as much hemline as they ever expose and you can/should rest assured there will be new iMacs and MacPros in 2013.
Will they meet your needs? Will they be great? Will they suck? I have no idea.
You may not like it–the not knowing more part–but there ain’t nothing you can do about it. You can move on to Dell or HP as you like. Or, like most of us, you can tough it out and see what happens in 2013. Either way, I will be enjoying my beer.
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Folks:
Uhmm. This is how large corporations communicate. I work in the PR industry a fair amount and the corp. marketing team will reach out to trusted media partner to communicate/correct perceptions. Forbes is reputable. The message would have been delivered directly from a member of the marketing/PR team at Apple HQ and is quite clear (if frustratingly concise). They are on record as promising to deliver new iMacs and MacPros in 2013. It doesn’t get any more official than that.
Couple this with Pogue’s backchannel attribution and Tim Cook’s Jobs’ like email and there you have it. It is official.
Now, will these new iMacs and towers be worth the wait? That is completely unknown and will ultimately depend on the user’s needs.
But really, with a large corporation, and one steeped in secrecy like AAPL, it doesn’t get any more clear, official and direct: there will be new iMacs and MacPros in 2013. I will happily wager a case of beer on it. And enjoy a nice frosty one at some point in 2013.
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You may want to find out what the specs are on the new Macbook Pros. The new nvidia card could make a big difference. It’s possible that would give you better performance–and more of a foothold in the future. What do the experts think?
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I was on location reviewing the footage on a laptop. Back in the edit suite, things looked much better on a real 1080 monitor. Thanks!
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I’ve got journeyman chops but one thing I have learned is to avoid TIFFs (and jpegs where possible). I always convert to PNG files. Smaller and preserves transparency. I know that was very helpful in FCP7. And it has been my experience in X so far as well.
Actual mileage may vary, but I would avoid TIFFs if possible.
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Kudos for dipping your toe in the water, but…
I recommend downloading the free trial and cutting a couple of personal non-paid projects to get a feel for it. It is a different program and until you spend some time with it, you won’t get it and won’t be able to benefit from its many strengths.
Funny thing, though, it wasn’t until we actually started cutting real paid projects that our learning curve escalated and we really began to understand X’s pros and cons.
Is it perfect? Nope. But it is pretty good. And some of things it does well it does very, very well. IMHO, it makes editing faster and somehow more fun, which is not something I could say about FCP 7.
An hour playing with it in a store is bound to be frustrating. You’ve got to put in a few days with it at the very least to even see if you like what it’s good at and can put up with what it is still lacking.
The one thing that gives me some assurance about the future with X is that they have improved/updated it very rapidly. I’m hoping for another update in June (one year anniversary, right?).
Good luck.
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Got it. Thanks.
Now we just need a new MacPro tower and everything is good, right?
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What make/model adapter are you describing? URL?
Thanks!
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Perfect case study. Every argument on the internet ends in methane.