Return-Path: Received: from spike.lmi.net ([66.117.140.17] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4590243 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:59:51 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.140] (c-71-198-249-239.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [71.198.249.239]) by spike.lmi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160C615403A for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:06:53 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [AE] The Future of the Mac Pro in Video Post From: Brendan Bolles In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:06:53 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <8C31C4AF-FB47-4933-A6B5-00F92310B18F@fnordware.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) On Jan 16, 2012, at 2:44 PM, James Culbertson wrote: > I happen to believe the rumors that there will be at least one more = MacPro revision before Apple comes up with some more modern version of = the MacPro. I guess that is a plausible as anything else that has been = written on the subject here and elsewhere. I'd bet there will be another Mac Pro at some point. As the article = points out, there was a 2-year gap before the previous rev, and even = Apple's beloved iPhone wasn't refreshed for 15 months between the iPhone = 4 and 4S. So 18 months probably isn't enough to say there will never be = another one, but it does show you that it is not their focus. I was just in the downtown San Francisco Apple store and probably the = clearest sign of where the Mac Pro stands is the fact that there was = just one on display in the whole store. The poor thing only had one CPU = (4 cores) and 3GB of RAM, which is the minimum configuration. Clearly = they're not trying too hard to show that product off. Then again, it was sitting unused compared to the hoards lined up to = play with iPads. So maybe you can't blame Apple for making this = decision, but maybe it would be wise for the people on this list to not = invest in the platform any more. And I say this as a pretty devoted = Apple fanboy. Think what happened to anyone who continued to invest in Shake after = Apple bought it. How did that work out? Around 1998 the pro market was = the only market Apple still had, but now they dominate the vast consumer = market and they ain't looking back. Brendan