Return-Path: Received: from [69.93.205.21] (HELO gateway03.websitewelcome.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4743588 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:57:39 +0200 Received: by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id B48E482A8E3EB; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:00:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A58E82A8D50B for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:00:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.167.166.243] (port=60779 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SeHL5-0001vH-Rr for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:00:15 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:59:59 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <004a01cd4847$74a80a20$5df81e60$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_004B_01CD4825.ED972D70" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQKDs/wd44/ZA/bt44FALdgZ7f7JopWJJWgg Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1184.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (Neptune) [24.167.166.243]:60779 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01CD4825.ED972D70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/11/david-pogue-new-imacs-and-mac-pros-comi ng-probably-in-2013/ "Later next year" says Tim Cook in that link according to someone who supposedly emailed him. That is very bizarre. That will push 3 years without an update - how does that jib with "our pro customers are very important to us"? Given the minimal engineering required to put Sandy Bridge Xeon's in the current line, that make no sense. Either Apple is completely mismanaging their resources, completely underestimating the market's patience or the decided to kill the Mac Pro, then have undecided that and now have to start from scratch or some other backroom confusion. That leaves them at least 6 to 9 months selling a system that is a very questionable purchase. Glad I don't have a big Mac shop. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick ------=_NextPart_000_004B_01CD4825.ED972D70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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“Later next year” says Tim Cook in that link according to = someone who supposedly emailed him. That is very bizarre. That will push = 3 years without an update – how does that jib with = “our pro customers are very important to = us”?

Given the minimal engineering required to put Sandy Bridge = Xeon’s in the current line, that make no sense. Either Apple is = completely mismanaging their resources, completely underestimating the = market’s patience or the decided to kill the Mac Pro, then have = undecided that and now have to start from scratch or some other backroom = confusion.

That leaves them at least 6 to 9 months selling a system that is a = very questionable purchase. Glad I don’t have a big Mac = shop…

stephen van vuuren

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A film is – or should be – more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes = later.

–Stanley Kubrick

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