Return-Path: Received: from gateway13.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.68.4] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5102768 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:16:21 +0200 Received: by gateway13.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 61661687631B7; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:26:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway13.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A440468762F94 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:26:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.163.5.74] (port=57033 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UmW4z-00018l-0w for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:26:13 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] New MacPro Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:26:04 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <022c01ce66ea$47f40d40$d7dc27c0$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_022D_01CE66C8.C0E3A5C0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQJfc2YgckALlDGJgl/EQAaEP+jN5pgO6UaA 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) [24.163.5.74]:57033 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 3 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_022D_01CE66C8.C0E3A5C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > For a good and balanced review, please take time to read: =20 Ars Technica has another with a bit more detailed, critical look: = http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/06/a-critical-look-at-the-new-mac-pro/ =20 However, the missing factor here is price. Even with the downgrade to a = single socket system, I suspect pricing, especially because it was not = announced even in vague terms e.g. =E2=80=9Cunder $4000=E2=80=9D is = going to be the real unpleasant surprise. =20 Apple has become internally confused. If you are going to put it in your = pocket, size and weight matters. For a workstation, it could not matter = less. What nobody has mentioned is they have wasted all this time = inventing a solution for a problem that did not exist. All the time = while losing market share and potential buyers of the new system. =20 Last year, they could have easily released a sexy new tower and have it = sold well. And for those few panicked about deskspace for a workstation, = a micro or mini ATX sized system based on the same design which would = have sold really well. All the tech in here =E2=80=93 more bandwidth, = dual GPU, PCI-E SSD, innovative cooling, Thunderbolt, is all tech = that=E2=80=99s been around for a couple of years or more. This year = should have marked the V2 release of that design. =20 Instead, they have the world=E2=80=99s most expensive coffee dispenser = to sell to a shrinking market they hope is still around =E2=80=9Clater = this year=E2=80=9D. With no other option other than iMac. And this tube = is an iMac refresh or two away from being outclassed price performance = wise, not to mention Hackintosh or Windows box (or Linux for 3D stuff). =20 I could be wrong, but I don=E2=80=99t see this selling in the numbers of = past Mac Pros unless I=E2=80=99m dead wrong about pricing. If there is a = base model under $2000, that could help move a lot of units. But if = it=E2=80=99s $2999 or so to get in the game, no chance. =20 stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 =20 http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ =20 A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick =20 ------=_NextPart_000_022D_01CE66C8.C0E3A5C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> For a good and balanced review, please take time to = read:

 

Ars Technica has another with a bit more detailed, critical look: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/06/a-critical-look-at-the-new-= mac-pro/

 

However, the missing factor here is price. Even with the downgrade to = a single socket system, I suspect pricing, especially because it was not = announced even in vague terms e.g. =E2=80=9Cunder $4000=E2=80=9D is = going to be the real unpleasant surprise.

 

Apple has become internally confused. If you are going to put it in = your pocket, size and weight matters. For a workstation, it could not = matter less. What nobody has mentioned is they have wasted all this time = inventing a solution for a problem that did not exist. All the time = while losing market share and potential buyers of the new = system.

 

Last year, they could have easily released a sexy new tower and have = it sold well. And for those few panicked about deskspace for a = workstation, a micro or mini ATX sized system based on the same design = which would have sold really well. All the tech in here =E2=80=93 more = bandwidth, dual GPU, PCI-E SSD, innovative cooling, Thunderbolt, is all = tech that=E2=80=99s been around for a couple of years or more. This year = should have marked the V2 release of that = design.

 

Instead, they have the world=E2=80=99s most expensive coffee = dispenser to sell to a shrinking market they hope is still around = =E2=80=9Clater this year=E2=80=9D. With no other option other than iMac. = And this tube is an iMac refresh or two away from being outclassed price = performance wise, not to mention Hackintosh or Windows box (or Linux for = 3D stuff).

 

I could be wrong, but I don=E2=80=99t see this selling in the numbers = of past Mac Pros unless I=E2=80=99m dead wrong about pricing. If there = is a base model under $2000, that could help move a lot of units. But if = it=E2=80=99s $2999 or so to get in the game, no = chance.

 

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/=

http://www.sv2dcp.com/<= /b>

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

 

A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes = later.

=E2=80=93Stanley = Kubrick

 

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