Return-Path: Received: from mail-lb0-f169.google.com ([209.85.217.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4891789 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:04:51 +0100 Received: by mail-lb0-f169.google.com with SMTP id k6so4163040lbo.28 for ; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:07:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=xMQOrM3ezJ88f9HXX6v7yTHzGArlGD+zNH6RbMFxOxg=; b=VOsIgsJtCyS1yX48aDCOG8qsr4Q87879szOslGGFTG6kmzRY8ZuXWm1ES9rgkZk8ab cQxHwx0rcQkgJNxvBjjq2FSItL6EVF7hkFhrz6adRFza6US8Tn3HaZIOLveB8YRfeV2W 4TRv9kM0H+59sXaJG2+gQ//s7cqOiANFuwg5qnu77REcsxvwIPdokro1H+zm8C4tcqXk KAQ7dwE/DGcbb/sKXr9Dfubu6sSvHIP5GkkJa2ZSEsSOVCaDgoBjuczK6yEM8Ivgxe5u mX9+AHdrxGACH9DN071SrfetuPR18RXBgeTVtKCifNGVg78ldlxpI7HXuHEAyjN4XC8D 0GzQ== Received: by 10.112.99.37 with SMTP id en5mr4621624lbb.1.1352156871281; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:07:51 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.44.67 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:07:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 18:07:11 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple contemplating switching from Intel CPUs To: After Effects Mail List , stephen@sv2studios.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0401f9fffe4de104cdc78d87 --f46d0401f9fffe4de104cdc78d87 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I don't want to rehash this discussion again, but honestly, why even bother with a hackintosh when premiere is so far superior to FCP 7 & X at this point? I find I only need my mac laptop to get files from clients into a pc environment to do my work. I've been saying this for over a year: mac doesn't care about its "pro" line anymore, and that includes software as well. They make more in one day of ipad sales than they do in an entire year of desktop hardware purchases and final cut sales. Mac pro workstations are years behind a current pc rig at this point, in terms of speed, configuration and price. You can go with an imac or a macbook pro, but they are closed to hardware upgrades or personal maintenance, cost a huge premium over equivalent pcs, and will be outdated in five months. I've been telling people if they don't make the switch back to pc that it's going to hurt them professionally in the next five years, when many pro houses are already making the transition back to avid or premiere. On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > > I'm assuming you made it to the conclusion "Allaying Concerns"?**** > > ** ** > > Yes. But just the fact they are contemplating it at all + the lack of any > new workstations + the fate of FCP/Shake + Apple=92s desire for the big > announcement =3D probably not going to give anyone =93plenty of time=94 = if and > once it=92s a done deal. And even if it=92s not a done deal, it pretty mu= ch > confirms that the =93pro Mac=94 side of their business no longer matters = to > them even if they don=92t switch to Intel.**** > > ** ** > > I had been considering upgrading my Hackintosh to a =93real Mac=94 once n= ew > Mac Pro=92s were announced (I had a couple of G5 Duals in the past althou= gh > my primary boxes are Windows and Linux). But I think I will just go > Hackintosh from here on out since you can now get Thunderbolt working on > them.**** > > ** ** > > Although I=92m not a chip engineer, personally, I think they are betting = on > the wrong horse (ARM iOS). In the 80/90=92s a Job-less Apple grossly > miscalculated what Intel/Microsoft would respond in the GUI PC world. Wit= h > it now a Google/Intel/Microsoft world I see the signs they are going to > miscalculate again. Another sign is the fact 75% of smartphones in the la= st > quarter ran Android. The iPad mini is a sign they are worried as prior to > that, they had no =93cheap=94 product =96 although it=92s not really as c= heap as it > needs to be.**** > > ** ** > > We=92ll see.**** > > ** ** > > *stephen van vuuren* > > 336.202.4777**** > > * * > > *http://www.insaturnsrings.com/*** > > *http://www.sv2dcp.com/* > > *http://www.sv2studios.com/* > > * * > > *A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It sho= uld > be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the > emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.* > > =96*Stanley Kubrick***** > > ** ** > --=20 Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --f46d0401f9fffe4de104cdc78d87 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =A0=A0 I don't want to rehash this discussion again, but honestly, why = even bother with a hackintosh when premiere is so far superior to FCP 7 &am= p; X at this point? I find I only need my mac laptop to get files from clie= nts into a pc environment to do my work. I've been saying this for over= a year: mac doesn't care about its "pro" line anymore, and t= hat includes software as well. They make more in one day of ipad sales than= they do in an entire year of desktop hardware purchases and final cut sale= s. Mac pro workstations are years behind a current pc rig at this point, in= terms of speed, configuration and price. You can go with an imac or a macb= ook pro, but they are=A0 closed to hardware upgrades or personal maintenanc= e, cost a huge premium over equivalent pcs, and will be outdated in five mo= nths. I've been telling people if they don't make the switch back t= o pc that it's going to hurt them professionally in the next five years= , when many pro houses are already making the transition back to avid or pr= emiere.

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Stephen van = Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> wrote:
<= p class=3D"MsoNormal">> I'm assumi= ng you made it to the conclusion=A0"Allaying Concerns"?

=A0<= /p>

Yes. But just th= e fact they are contemplating it at all + the lack of any new workstations = + the fate of FCP/Shake + Apple=92s desire for the big announcement =A0=3D = probably not going to give anyone =93plenty of time=94 if and once it=92s a= done deal. And even if it=92s not a done deal, it pretty much confirms tha= t the =93pro Mac=94 side of their business no longer matters to them even i= f they don=92t switch to Intel.

=A0<= /p>

I had been considering= upgrading my Hackintosh to a =93real Mac=94 once new Mac Pro=92s were anno= unced (I had a couple of G5 Duals in the past although my primary boxes are= Windows and Linux). But I think I will just go Hackintosh from here on out= since you can now get Thunderbolt working on them.

=A0<= /p>

Although I=92m not a c= hip engineer, personally, I think they are betting on the wrong horse (ARM = iOS). In the 80/90=92s a Job-less Apple grossly miscalculated what Intel/Mi= crosoft would respond in the GUI PC world. With it now a Google/Intel/Micro= soft world I see the signs they are going to miscalculate again. Another si= gn is the fact 75% of smartphones in the last quarter ran Android. The iPad= mini is a sign they are worried as prior to that, they had no =93cheap=94 = product =96 although it=92s not really as cheap as it needs to be.

=A0<= /p>

We=92ll see.=

= =A0

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777=

=A0

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/

http://www.sv2dcp= .com/

http://www= .sv2studios.com/

=A0

A film is = =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It should be a prog= ression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the emotion, the = meaning, all that comes later.

=96Stanley Kubrick=

=A0<= u>




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