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 4744638 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:31:21 +0200 Received: from [192.168.1.143] (c-71-198-249-239.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [71.198.249.239]) by spike.lmi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D19E154082 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:34:01 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead From: Brendan Bolles In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:34:00 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <60B4D5A5-85B4-4D3E-B3FC-1968A105A855@fnordware.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) On Jun 12, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > I=92d agree that=92s a good guess given the =93upgrade=94. Something = internally is definitely off or they are just post postponing the death = notice. I do hope it=92s the former =96 just very late on delivery on = new form factor, ideally not solely Xeon based but either Sandy Bridge = or Ivy Bridge EP. Ivy Bridge EP would make sense for a sometime in 2013 = date that the rumors are floating. I'd love to see Apple drop the Mac Pro line and license the OS to Boxx = to build modern high-end Macs. Apple-blessed Hackintoshes. I think the = buyers of those machines wouldn't hold it against Apple if there were = more hiccups than with a real Apple machine, they'd just be happy being = able to run FCP on the latest and greatest CPUs. And with just one = vendor kept on a tight leash, Apple wouldn't have to worry about an = infinite number of possible configurations. Anyway, I won't be holding my breath. Brendan