Return-Path: Received: from [67.18.103.7] (HELO gateway05.websitewelcome.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4891738 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:10:58 +0100 Received: by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id AB3FB75385CF7; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:13:57 -0600 (CST) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC5E75385CBF for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:13:57 -0600 (CST) Received: from [24.167.166.243] (port=51478 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TVUvd-0003fw-9M for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:13:57 -0600 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" Subject: OT: Apple contemplating switching from Intel CPUs Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 17:13:54 -0500 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <001f01cdbba2$d7fa65e0$87ef31a0$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0020_01CDBB78.EF245DE0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: Ac27otSrROd7r0ETSCuPTjtUmPFYNg== 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]:51478 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0020_01CDBB78.EF245DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-05/apple-said-to-be-exploring-switch-f rom-intel-chips-for-the-mac.html More evidence that the Mac as a personal computer is probably going away, sooner or later. If I were a betting man, I think the chance of any significant new Mac Pros or development of Apple workstations is getting near zero. It's looking more like just a question of when all of us on this list will be using Windows - and if Microsoft continues to mimic maybe it will be Linux. FCPX might end up as iOS app running on a multi-core ARM or custom Apple CPU. While smartphones and tablets are cool and such - I wonder if Apple will live to regret abandoning the power user as every move they've made in the last few years seems to point to. Be curious to know what Adobe's internal thoughts of the future of the pro Mac desktop are. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.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_0020_01CDBB78.EF245DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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More evidence that the Mac as a personal computer is probably going = away, sooner or later.  If I were a betting man, I think the chance = of any significant new Mac Pros or development of Apple workstations is = getting near zero. It’s looking more like just a question of when = all of us on this list will be using Windows – and if Microsoft = continues to mimic maybe it will be Linux.

 

FCPX might end up as iOS app running on a multi-core ARM or custom = Apple CPU.

 

While smartphones and tablets are cool and such – I wonder if = Apple will live to regret abandoning the power user as every move = they’ve made in the last few years seems to point = to.

 

Be curious to know what Adobe’s internal thoughts of the future = of the pro Mac desktop are.

 

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/

http://www.sv2dcp.com/

http://www.sv2studios.com/<= /span>

 

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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