Return-Path: Received: from gateway02.websitewelcome.com ([69.56.224.20] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4891747 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:18:50 +0100 Received: by gateway02.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id D04B3638DD403; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:21:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from alpina.websitewelcome.com (alpina.websitewelcome.com [74.54.176.2]) by gateway02.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5CB3638DD3E1 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:21:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from [199.21.106.94] (port=60137 helo=[192.168.0.5]) by alpina.websitewelcome.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TVV3F-0003aJ-7O; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:21:49 -0600 From: Chris Meyer Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_A4CAE13B-532E-4936-98B7-EAEB3CE54AE2" Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple contemplating switching from Intel CPUs Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:21:48 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" , References: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) 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: ([192.168.0.5]) [199.21.106.94]:60137 X-Source-Auth: chris@crishdesign.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7Y3Jpc2h3ZWI7YWxwaW5hLndlYnNpdGV3ZWxjb21lLmNvbQ== --Apple-Mail=_A4CAE13B-532E-4936-98B7-EAEB3CE54AE2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I'm assuming you made it to the conclusion "Allaying Concerns"? Seems = like short-term it may not be an issue, but it may be an issue = long-term. As an Apple shareholder, I can't complain about their move into the = consumer space. As a Mac user, I hope they give me plenty of time to = ease into a new environment. - Chris On Nov 5, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > = http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-05/apple-said-to-be-exploring-switch= -from-intel-chips-for-the-mac.html > =20 > 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=92s looking more like just a question of when all = of us on this list will be using Windows =96 and if Microsoft continues = to mimic maybe it will be Linux. > =20 > FCPX might end up as iOS app running on a multi-core ARM or custom = Apple CPU. > =20 > While smartphones and tablets are cool and such =96 I wonder if Apple = will live to regret abandoning the power user as every move they=92ve = made in the last few years seems to point to. > =20 > Be curious to know what Adobe=92s internal thoughts of the future of = the pro Mac desktop are. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > =20 > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick > =20 --Apple-Mail=_A4CAE13B-532E-4936-98B7-EAEB3CE54AE2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 I'm assuming you made it to the = conclusion "Allaying Concerns"? Seems like short-term it may not be = an issue, but it may be an issue long-term.

As an = Apple shareholder, I can't complain about their move into the consumer = space. As a Mac user, I hope they give me plenty of time to ease into a = new environment.

 - = Chris




O= n Nov 5, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: