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but they are  closed to hardware upgrades or personal maintenance, cost a huge premium over equivalent pcs, and will be outdated in five months.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 <stephen@sv2studios.com> 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’s desire for the big announcement  = probably not going to give anyone “plenty of time” if and once it’s a done deal. And even if it’s not a done deal, it pretty much confirms that the “pro Mac” side of their business no longer matters to them even if they don’t switch to Intel.

 

I had been considering upgrading my Hackintosh to a “real Mac” once new Mac Pro’s were announced (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.

 

Although I’m not a chip engineer, personally, I think they are betting on the wrong horse (ARM iOS). In the 80/90’s a Job-less Apple grossly miscalculated what Intel/Microsoft would respond in the GUI PC world. With 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 last quarter ran Android. The iPad mini is a sign they are worried as prior to that, they had no “cheap” product – although it’s not really as cheap as it needs to be.

 

We’ll see.

 

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