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| Commercially, the point is undoubtedly correct. You've got HP and Boxx and whoever. But I wouldn't count on HP. Could we see a return to SGI/Intergraph and HP-UX/Sun days, when a few companies had a clear lead in professional workstations and were able to charge a LOT for it, or will the "fleet of FIT's" make enough people happy enough that can't happen again? Personally, I think the problem with the Monster Truck scenario are the developers, the vast majority of whom are looking at mass markets, not a few high-priced customers. Though there was that German company at NAB that had $20K AE plug-in for tracking and point-clouding 3D scenes. I'm very sorry to say I laughed in their faces when they told me the price, and said we're not in the 1990's anymore. It was rude of me. IMHO you're also far better off reselling the fleet than the monster. I remember having a hell of a time selling my DayStar MP800 all those years ago. Nobody wanted it; I think I finally gave it to someone in exchange for lunch. OTOH, I recently sold a bunch of 2yo Mini Servers that went like hotcakes for 70% of the MSRP.
Tim Sassoon
Sassoon Film Design 2525 Main Street Suite 206 Santa Monica, CA 90405 W 310.664.9115 M 310.266.8630 On Jun 14, 2012, at 1:35 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: I suspect in the long run, Apple’s point is that pros don’t matter. Some may argue that long run was this week. |
