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Is the new Mac Pro a failure?
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This thread is a riot.
Just like the ones we started a year ago when the can got announced.
And every bit as useful.
I feel the presence of a teenager using Dad's new toy.
The Mac Pro has moved from Medium to serious to just medium. There is no denying it has dropped potential horsepower to fit into the new TB ecosystem. No serious workstation would give up PCIE for nifty HD connectors. A lovely machine, but people needing real oomph have moved on.
And I agree, it's great for skater kids and Coachella kids who all have GoPros and iPhone footage they want to put on Youtube. Yippity !!! And as long as they have Dad's new can to edit on, great.
Or they could use an iMac or a Mini or even an old G3 iMac for that matter. Anyone remember the iMac DV? I got one when they first came out . $1,800 and you could import via FireWire right from your cam. Yippity!
What is this thread about again?
Just like the ones we started a year ago when the can got announced.
And every bit as useful.
I feel the presence of a teenager using Dad's new toy.
The Mac Pro has moved from Medium to serious to just medium. There is no denying it has dropped potential horsepower to fit into the new TB ecosystem. No serious workstation would give up PCIE for nifty HD connectors. A lovely machine, but people needing real oomph have moved on.
And I agree, it's great for skater kids and Coachella kids who all have GoPros and iPhone footage they want to put on Youtube. Yippity !!! And as long as they have Dad's new can to edit on, great.
Or they could use an iMac or a Mini or even an old G3 iMac for that matter. Anyone remember the iMac DV? I got one when they first came out . $1,800 and you could import via FireWire right from your cam. Yippity!
What is this thread about again?
There is no denying it has dropped potential horsepower.
There is no denying that it fits into the new TB ecosystem.
There is no denying that there is no evidence that one was because of the other.
I bet most kids these days do have computers of their own and not using their dads computer.
It started as a troll thread, then it got to other familiar spots.
Perhaps there's something about your environment which causes them to be loud. I've owned a 1,1 and I currently own a 5,1 and both are quiet. My brother owns a 3,1 and a 4,1 and both are quiet.
That's okay, you'll get 'em next time. Someone will be wrong on the internet any moment now.
The oMP was considered very quiet. It wasn't until the nMP came out that very quiet became noisy. Read any review on the oMP and you'll find comments about how quiet it is.
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I was mistaken about this. Znu, unlike the person who actually made the claim, was able to provide support for the claim. Up until then I had never seen anything official from Apple stating it was designed to be used as a handle. Sure it could be used as a handle. But can be used is not the same as designed to be used.
With that said it doesn't really affect my argument. Given the nMP has a handle and having a handle means something was designed to be portable then the oMP was designed to be portable too. Right?
It's even better if you read MacProCard and MacVidCard as the same person with a split personality. "nMP is awesome, you guys just can't accept that!/nMP is a pathetic toy, and any pro using it is just an overgrown kid with too much money!"
I think you're confusing "portable" with "movable." My 70 pound guitar amp has a handle, but my MacBook Air doesn't. Portable is about size and weight, handles are about ergonomics. A briefcase without a handle would be awkward.
Give it up. I spent all day debating these immature individuals. Takes an adult to admit when they were wrong. Some people are all about being message board rockstars. Read a tech manual and they know everything.
And did you know multicam isn't relevant because it's been out since 2005? And Marketing can't try whatsoever to tell people that the nMP in combination with FCPX will generate an even better multicam 1080p experience. --At least not for these 4k pros on here, who btw, don't seem to own any 4k equipment. lol
This 40-core, 2000watt, 220volt, 35kg IBM server has handles, it must be a portable too?
We must have different definitions of quiet then. To me quiet means quiet. I could always hear my oMP's running and when I gamed, they were pretty loud. Maybe not as much as my 2009 MBP, but quite close.
From Google.
port·a·ble -able to be easily carried or moved, especially because of being a lighter and smaller version than usual.
A handle is a convenience. Nothing more.
You're wrong so why don't you admit it? You might find people respect you more for it.
Since you like to refer to Apple marketing so much: (Apple Mac Pro page)
Mentions of multicam - 1
Mentions of size - 3
Mentions of 4K capabilities - 15+ (stopped counting)
Yes, the Mac Pro is clearly designed for multicam and portability. Your business prowess has really shone once again.
Please, maybe some of us could start to take you seriously when you back down from your hyper defensive stance, respond to actual facts, and stop denigrating others' professions seeing as how a wedding videographer would still offer more actual knowledge on the subject matter than you.
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