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Great post, Carey. This is a subject I've been following with great interest. I run a small shop in Toronto, and without going too far into detail - without buying very much - we spent about $19K on Apple pro products alone, another $6K or so in memory, accessories, etc., for our Mac Pros, and I won't even get into software, cables, other junk we need to connect up all of the toys. This was a building year, so we might be ok for a couple of years with a bunch of what we have (but not all of it), but if Apple drops the pro market altogether it's going to be a terrifying, wildly expensive time. Forget cool new Thunderbolt toys this year - we're sticking with what we have on the computer and peripheral side and staying extra cautious with our cash in the event we need to buy $11K
Z800s. Sigh. From: Tim Sassoon <tsassoon@aol.com> To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:21:23 AM Subject: Re: [AE] The Future of the Mac Pro in Video Post On Jan 16, 2012, at 9:06 PM, Brendan Bolles wrote: I bet Softimage users are glad it was once bought by Microsoft and not Apple. Yeah, but can you imagine how employees felt when SoftImage got sold to Avid? Their retirement had looked so golden, and now... :-) Tim |
