[Steve Connor]

[Gary Huff] “Until you realize just how unsuitable iOS is for a professional work environment.”

Well I’m assuming that iOS will mature considerably before it replaces OSX in the next few years.

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Steve Connor]

[Gary Huff] “[Craig Seeman] Put your MacPro on it’s side. Get rid of the handles and legs. Then cut the height down since it’ll only have two PCIe slots (one populated with GPU). You’re losing the optical drive as well as all the internal hard drive expansion. They’ll have to deal with air flow/cooling but I think it’s possible if not likely for Apple to head in this direction.

It’s also possible that Apple will leave traditional computing entirely and move fully into the iOS ecosystem.

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I hope they do, it’s Apples job to drive the future, even if it means casualties on the way. iOS is a great foundation for a future OS. Like some others here I’m not subscribing to the whole “sky is falling” idea, I’m excited about the future direction companies like Apple take.

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Steve Connor]

[Bobby Mosca] “Vaporware. Craig, you’ve had some great ideas and I wish Apple would hire you, but the speculation is piling up and ship isn’t turning. Iceberg ahead.”

Why shouldn’t he speculate, Apple dropping Mac Pro’s is just speculation anyway.

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Steve Connor]

[Herb Sevush] “[Steve Connor] “You’ve always been able to do that, if that’s so great why use Apple in the first place?”

Because of FCP. It was the sole reason I ever bought a Mac in the first place. With it’s demise, it looks like I’m back in the land of hot rods.”

If that was my only reason to use a Mac, I think I’d be joining you!

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Steve Connor]

[Frank Gothmann] “rrelevant because I can “choose” to buy HP, I don’t have to. I can go with any tower I like, from any manufacturer I like, and if I want I can get individual components and build my own machine according to my liking, needs and budget. Same if I just have to replace or upgrade a component. Nobody is dictating anything to me, what I should and shouldn’t use and how to use it.”

You’ve always been able to do that, if that’s so great why use Apple in the first place?

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Steve Connor]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “yep.

god please let them bat PPro 6 cleanly out of the park.
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It won’t help you Aindreas, Avid is in your future whether you like it or not 🙂

Let’s see what MC6 brings when they officially announce this week, the transition may not be as bad as you think.

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Steve Connor]

[Walter Soyka] “If you are primarily a video editor, then the Mac Pro is not for you anymore. It’s simply unnecessary. You can get by with the Mac Mini of the future (or maybe even the Mac Mini of today).

However, while you are editing on your Super Mac Mini, some of us are actually happy to pay for proper workstations for animating and compositing. While you are envisioning iPad editorial, some of us are building render farms to get better work done faster.”

Very true, most work I do does not require heavy duty animation and compositing, I don’t need the power so I don’t fear the change. However If I did do a lot of heavy duty animation and comps, I would have switched from Mac a while ago.

I don’t think there is any question Apple is moving away from many segments of the Pro market at the mid to high end. I think they are positioning their creative tools at the editorial content market, not for anything that requires real horsepower.

Of course it would help a lot of people if they just told us what they were planning!

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Steve Connor]

Get some HP workstations, now there’s a company that may or may not be committed to the PC space.

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Steve Connor]

David, I know you like to mention it a lot but the FCPX timeline is NOT ripple only!

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”

[Steve Connor]

I would expect the higher end FCP houses to go back to Avid, medium level and independents should see more PPro uptake. Adobe are trying very hard, but there are much bigger pools of Avid editors out there than there are PPro editors.

Good time to be an Avid editor though!

“My Name is Steve and I’m an FCPX user”