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Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th

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Re: Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th

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Post by pasta »

leetrout wrote: post #2

> ... it might hit the sweet spot for studios that need a powerful desktop they can easily carry to the set. That's an interesting idea. I loved my imac for portability while travelling to a "fixed location". I still have my iMac from 2011 with the box and foam it came in and with the carrying handle it makes it super easy to securely pack up and move. I was about to comment that this really is too litte, too late, f…

" ... it might hit the sweet spot for studios that need a powerful desktop they can easily carry to the set."

Isn't this why a lot of professionals turned to brands like Dell years ago?

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Post by jawngee »

seanalltogether wrote: post #10

My brother has been obsessed with Apple products for the past 20 years, he was the one who convinced my parents to get one in 1998. He's been a professional photographer since 2001 and has worked on different iterations of Mac Pro machines ever since. This Thanksgiving he finally gave in and asked me how to build a PC for his work studio. He just can't justify working on desktop Mac Pros anymore. He'll keep the mac l…

Why not build a hackintosh?

I've got a beast of a rig that has been flawless. Easy upgrades (though you do have to wait a few days), handoff, continuity, thunderbolt all working 100%.

The only downtime I've had is restarts due to security updates.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/JnJCf8

Re: Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th

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Post by leetrout »

seanalltogether wrote: post #10

My brother has been obsessed with Apple products for the past 20 years, he was the one who convinced my parents to get one in 1998. He's been a professional photographer since 2001 and has worked on different iterations of Mac Pro machines ever since. This Thanksgiving he finally gave in and asked me how to build a PC for his work studio. He just can't justify working on desktop Mac Pros anymore. He'll keep the mac l…

I've not had any of my friends full on switch yet. Only one friend doing 3D uses a mac- he works in broadcast and the whole department has the trashcan pros.

Other friends in video / photo are still using mac laptops. I never saw any of them pull the trigger on the mac pros personally...

Look how far the other display manufactures have came, too. I don't know if we have Apple to thank but there are some _really_ nice monitors around now that aren't coming from Apple. Maybe it was just the bubble I was in but in ~2005~2007 I don't remember anyone having anything that could compete with Apple's displays for the price.

I think your brother is probably going to get a LOT more for his money going to PC...

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

leetrout wrote: post #2

> ... it might hit the sweet spot for studios that need a powerful desktop they can easily carry to the set. That's an interesting idea. I loved my imac for portability while travelling to a "fixed location". I still have my iMac from 2011 with the box and foam it came in and with the carrying handle it makes it super easy to securely pack up and move. I was about to comment that this really is too litte, too late, f…

Yeah, this is a joke for $5,000. You should be able to pay $3,000 and get a proper modern day variant of a Mac Pro, which is where their current Mac Pro price point sits. Why would anyone pay more than $3,000 for this?

A top of the line 27-inch Mac with VESA mount adapter currently costs $2,339.00. That's just shy of a $3,000 price point I would expect a proper Mac Pro, not an iMac Pro, to sit at.

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Post by jawngee »

pen2l wrote: post #8
heimidal wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which pros? Every video editor, graphic designer, photographer, and web designer I know still uses a Mac...

I know a few folks who work in pretty reputable firms (their clients include BMW and Mercedes benz), they all use windows. I think 3D artists prefer windows (I know c4d and maya work on apple, I wonder if Houdini works on apple)

Houdini works on macOS.

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Post by anilshanbhag »

leetrout wrote: post #2

> ... it might hit the sweet spot for studios that need a powerful desktop they can easily carry to the set. That's an interesting idea. I loved my imac for portability while travelling to a "fixed location". I still have my iMac from 2011 with the box and foam it came in and with the carrying handle it makes it super easy to securely pack up and move. I was about to comment that this really is too litte, too late, f…

I don't portability is the main point. If you work on a desktop all the time and want a Mac, you get an iMac. Price is high but its a small cost for a developer who will work on it for multiple years.

Re: Price - when I saw the Iphone priced at $1k, I thought it was very expensive but they still sold like hot cakes.

Re: Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th

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Post by ryanmarsh »

People in industry keep commenting in threads like this how they’ve jumped ship to Windows because they have work to get done and need the power now. Other loyal Mac fans can’t belive this and downvote these comments or try to ask for specifics. I’m telling you it’s happening, even in indie shops (source: close friend runs a shop that does big name TV spots and commercials). Adobe Premier isn’t that different on Windows. Most people aren’t Apple fans such as myself. These people need CPU/GPU perf like now because deadlines. So they send someone to Fry’s and get going. Yah a Mac would be nice but they have work to do.

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Post by jordache »

seanalltogether wrote: post #10

My brother has been obsessed with Apple products for the past 20 years, he was the one who convinced my parents to get one in 1998. He's been a professional photographer since 2001 and has worked on different iterations of Mac Pro machines ever since. This Thanksgiving he finally gave in and asked me how to build a PC for his work studio. He just can't justify working on desktop Mac Pros anymore. He'll keep the mac l…

I don't get it.. PC for studio and mac for field work.. that seems like a very counter intuitive setup. Whatever benefits he get from a mac laptop is no doubt eroded by using these two platforms together.

Re: Apple iMac Pro goes on sale December 14th

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Post by santaclaus »

pen2l wrote: post #8
heimidal wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which pros? Every video editor, graphic designer, photographer, and web designer I know still uses a Mac...

I know a few folks who work in pretty reputable firms (their clients include BMW and Mercedes benz), they all use windows. I think 3D artists prefer windows (I know c4d and maya work on apple, I wonder if Houdini works on apple)

> 3D artists prefer windows

The 3D shops I used to work at (Pixar, Weta) both used Linux, actually. Houdini does work on macOS, but the super outdated OpenGL drivers were a major problem.

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