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From: Tsassoon <tsassoon@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] The Future of the Mac Pro in Video Post
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:14:35 -0800
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I try to get rid of computers within two years, sometimes less. Just sold a M=
ac Pro I'd bought last May. They still have considerable residual value then=
, but past three years old, not so much. Doing AE, etc., you can't do what y=
ou can do with cars, drive them until the doors fall off.

We're tending to work on big-screen i7 iMacs, and have a few high proc count=
 Xeons around for rendering, and one loaded Mac Pro in the screening room fo=
r PR 3D playback.

I'm skeptical whether there's much value in working on a machine with more t=
han 4 procs at the moment. Rendering, yes, working, no.

The long-standing problem with iMacs seems to be that because their margins a=
re so thin, contract manufacturers are always trying to sneak lower-spec com=
ponents past Apple, capacitors in particular, with Apple loath to admit any s=
ystemic issue.

Net result being tons of user chatter on problems with no corresponding serv=
ice bulletin, and the annoying "never seen this before" lie that with car ma=
kers signals an impending recall. Get AppleCare for sure.


Tim

Sent from my iPhone


On Jan 25, 2012, at 6:23 AM, Byron Nash <byronnash@gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems like a waste to pay for a display that will be outdated in 3 years d=
ue to the system it's attached to