Return-Path: Received: from gateway03.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.34.22] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4747386 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:44:54 +0200 Received: by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id E2ACB87D4A3B9; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:47:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from alpina.websitewelcome.com (alpina.websitewelcome.com [74.54.176.2]) by gateway03.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7DA887D4A399 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:47:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [199.21.106.94] (port=56892 helo=[192.168.0.7]) by alpina.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SfHtB-0004HT-Jo; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:47:37 -0500 From: Chris Meyer Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_597093A5-3B1E-4BA7-8D5A-7E367C8AEA11" Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:47:36 -0600 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" , References: Message-Id: <86DFF225-20B3-4A97-8EF6-B7309017B39E@crishdesign.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - alpina.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crishdesign.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([192.168.0.7]) [199.21.106.94]:56892 X-Source-Auth: chris@crishdesign.com X-Email-Count: 3 X-Source-Cap: Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7YWxwaW5hLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== --Apple-Mail=_597093A5-3B1E-4BA7-8D5A-7E367C8AEA11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On Jun 14, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > In otherwords, pros need trucks. You don=92t move freight from state = to state in a Prius and you don=92t move huge amounts of data on a = smartphone. > =20 > > And I suspect that in the long run, that's Apple's point The above is very close to an argument Steve Jobs made in an interview = on why Apple was moving to devices such as the iPad. He said pros need = trucks, and that he still likes trucks, but the reality is most people = get along just fine with a car (or even a bike), and the right thing to = do is recognize and service that need. - Chris= --Apple-Mail=_597093A5-3B1E-4BA7-8D5A-7E367C8AEA11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252

On Jun 14, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Stephen van = Vuuren wrote:

In = otherwords, pros need trucks. You don=92t move freight from state to = state in a Prius and you don=92t move huge amounts of data on a = smartphone.
And I = suspect that in the long run, that's Apple's = point

The above is = very close to an argument Steve Jobs made in an interview on why Apple = was moving to devices such as the iPad. He said pros need trucks, and = that he still likes trucks, but the reality is most people get along = just fine with a car (or even a bike), and the right thing to do is = recognize and service that need.

- = Chris

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