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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

New Mac Pro coming in April

Paul Harb said:
What did I say I know and that anyone should believe me about? I gave an opinion I think? Doesnt matter if anyone "agrees" with me, I was just voicing my opinion from my little bit of experience...thats all. It obviously rubbed a couple people the wrong way which if you read anything; which it sounds like you didnt...you would also know that I apologized for the way it came off...that said my opinion stands until Apple changes my mind which looks like it wont at this point.

Whats refreshing is that I did know YOU were going to chime in soon, so blinded in all your fanboy brilliance you would say something that has no context in this discussion just to give yourself a false sense of cleverness. You and your comments are predictable and transparent, that I do want you to believe truly....or not.
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Hahaha - what on earth made you think I was talking about you? :w00t:
 
I've read this thread with great interest.

I use fcpx and like it very much and it is fast. On larger productions it has caused me some problems and I have not enjoyed every moment of going through its growing pains. I like where they went in terms of editing and wish it was more powerful and smart in online offline workflows, audio export and the big one for me, RELINKING.

Having seen the amount of progress it has made is encouraging but like fcp 1.0 at the time it had a long way to go to become AVIDlike.

I could not use it on a feature because of the aforementioned current limitations, but I do love it as an editor, how it gets out of the way of process.

This said, it did take fcp (legacy) a long time to bust into Hollywood and that was only after Walter Murch used it for Cold Mountain (maybe version 5 by then). While that was going on many other levels of professional editing were using the software, giving feedback, reporting problems and giving input to make it better while the price point stayed at 1% of what an AVID used to cost.

I know Bob, he is a professional and probably happy that at his level of professional production it is the perfect tool for him.

I don't know you Paul, but I appreciate what you are saying about where the software is at, but that doesn't discount it for all production (I now you are not saying that either).

this is one of those threads that turned into a flame war, where written text is perceived very differently than intention.

FCP X is a great tool, like EPIC but everyone has to know what it can and can not do and determine whether it is suitable for their level of production and their needs.

I think it will evolve and the more I use it the more I get where they are going with it.

Peace
David
 
I use FCX and I think it's a good tool.
I like very much the new things, and the not-so-new (copied from the other platforms); there is something (not very much) that I don't like.
But, BUT, I find incredible (and not professional) that for several months the software suffers from a bug in the render with almost all plug in!
 
Well said

David Battistella said:
I've read this thread with great interest.

I use fcpx and like it very much and it is fast. On larger productions it has caused me some problems and I have not enjoyed every moment of going through its growing pains. I like where they went in terms of editing and wish it was more powerful and smart in online offline workflows, audio export and the big one for me, RELINKING.

Having seen the amount of progress it has made is encouraging but like fcp 1.0 at the time it had a long way to go to become AVIDlike.

I could not use it on a feature because of the aforementioned current limitations, but I do love it as an editor, how it gets out of the way of process.

This said, it did take fcp (legacy) a long time to bust into Hollywood and that was only after Walter Murch used it for Cold Mountain (maybe version 5 by then). While that was going on many other levels of professional editing were using the software, giving feedback, reporting problems and giving input to make it better while the price point stayed at 1% of what an AVID used to cost.

I know Bob, he is a professional and probably happy that at his level of professional production it is the perfect tool for him.

I don't know you Paul, but I appreciate what you are saying about where the software is at, but that doesn't discount it for all production (I now you are not saying that either).

this is one of those threads that turned into a flame war, where written text is perceived very differently than intention.

FCP X is a great tool, like EPIC but everyone has to know what it can and can not do and determine whether it is suitable for their level of production and their needs.

I think it will evolve and the more I use it the more I get where they are going with it.

Peace
David
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F*%*^ the title of this thread! hahaha... every time I log in and see it I'm hopeful a new Mac Pro is coming....

:anti-old:
 
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For what it's worth, I'm sure there will be plenty of new Mac Pro posts come April 1st. ;)
 
If they didn't announce it this week during NAB (would have been yesterday since their announcements typically happen on Tuesdays), I wouldn't expect the announcement until WWDC in June at the earliest, and then it probably won't actually ship right away. Of course it could be different in light of the fact they can't sell the current models in EU at all, but I'm not holding my breath.
 
Here are the new Xeon chips the MacPro would use

Here are the new Xeon chips the MacPro would use

This was on ComputerWorld today:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238290/Intel_brings_Haswell_to_servers_with_Xeon_E3_chip

The article says that there are three new Xeon chips coming out:

E3 Haswell 8 Cores Single Socket 32GB RAM
E5 Ivy Bridge 8 Cores Up to 4 Sockets 768GB RAM Availability 3rd Quarter
E7 Ivy Bridge 10 Cores Up to 8 Sockets 4TB RAM Availability 4th Quarter

Haswell versions of the E5 and E7 won't be available until 2014.
 
Apple never announces product launches on NAB or other 3rd party events - They always use their own events (i.e WWDC, Macworld) they are funny that way :lol:
 
Well, yesterday, Apple had their 2013 Q1 conference call. During the Q&A session at the end, Tim Cook stated that there would be no new product launches till the fall or 2014. There was also the question asking for a comment on Macs. He said that the largest decline was in PC demand. Apple are innovating in the Mac space with Retina MacBook Pro, thin and light.

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/04/25...uction-of-haswell-based-notebooks-next-month/
http://9to5mac.com/2013/04/23/live-blog-apples-q2-2013-earnings-call/
 
Bob Gundu said:
Apple was at NAB this year showing something new. It was however very secretive and private. Make your own conclusions.
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Easy question for you Bob: Yay or Nay?
 
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