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Thinking about ditching my PC for a Mac
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can't wait to see what happens once people put on a carpeted floor and then dump their papers on the top of it.
This is going to prove as comical as G4 Cube in functionality
Disclaimer: G4 Cube is my favourite computer design of all time, but it was seriously flawed. I still have mine, in its box and works perfect.
This is going to prove as comical as G4 Cube in functionality
Disclaimer: G4 Cube is my favourite computer design of all time, but it was seriously flawed. I still have mine, in its box and works perfect.
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I think it will be if you look at this photo:
This is how the Macbook Air/Pro SSDs look too, they are not 'off the shelf' but you can buy 3rd party upgrades.
As you say it's certainly bold, and I can see their reasoning. SSDs are years away from being in the same league storage wise as optical media, and serious users (video, HD, 4k etc) need far more storage than any configuration of internal drives can give anyway (I saw one post on Macrumors from a guy that does all his video work from an external 80TB RAID!) so they have compromised space that pro users won't need anyway.
It is however interesting that they seem to have dropped the 'fusion drive' ides already, as now it seems the only computer in their range that will support it is the iMac.
I've been running an SSD for over a year now and I'm already in the mindset that SSD is for the OS/apps and is internal, and everything else goes on external storage.
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Nice! It comes with an integrated cup holder/warmer.
Fusion drives? Isn't Wozniak the chief tech there? Fusion-io.
:bummed: Still no announcement of the new Non-Retina (or even Retina) MacBook Pro range! It's getting so close to crunch time for my live performance at the festival that I am getting nervous! ....performing without a good test period is a great recipe for mega :embarrassedface:
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:bummed: Still no announcement of the new Non-Retina (or even Retina) MacBook Pro range! It's getting so close to crunch time for my live performance at the festival that I am getting nervous! ....performing without a good test period is a great recipe for mega :embarrassedface:
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I don't expect these to be changed for another few months, to be honest. Nothing was announced at WWDC, to my knowledge, so I expect the Ivy Bridge versions will remain the mainstay for a while.
If Apple really are still on-form, we should hopefully get something revolutionary with the next MacBook Pro version. Here's hoping, at least!
Yeah, I reckon you are right... It would be bit silly to buy a MacBook Pro now though considering I have been holding out for a decent update for 10mnths? ... I feel like I'm in a spicy vegetable usually cured in vinegar .... what is that again, ah yeah A PICKLE!
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The new mac pros size wise are only about the size of a large mITX cube, which given the hardware inside them is awesome. They have a central triangular (pentahedron) shaped heatsink all 3 sides of which, each of the 3 boards which make up the machine share and a fan on the top of the case which is extremely efficient.
If they didn't use an all soldered design, there's no way they'd get that design built in anything anywhere near that size.
User serviceability aside, it's the most efficient and innovative design I've ever seen in a computer.
As always with Apple though, you could easily match and likely best it performance wise if you put the same money down and built a system yourself. The design and size however would be difficult to match.
If they didn't use an all soldered design, there's no way they'd get that design built in anything anywhere near that size.
User serviceability aside, it's the most efficient and innovative design I've ever seen in a computer.
As always with Apple though, you could easily match and likely best it performance wise if you put the same money down and built a system yourself. The design and size however would be difficult to match.
I'm seriously considering the new MacBook Air 13" Dual Core i7 256Gig SSD etc for the music production (Ableton Live 9) , minor Adobe CC image/video editing.... Any thoughts please? I have read all the internet sites re. heat vs performance vs screen real estate etc ..... just thinking $$ wise and the fact I travel lots with onboard luggage only it would be a godsend!
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This is how the Macbook Air/Pro SSDs look too, they are not 'off the shelf' but you can buy 3rd party upgrades.
As you say it's certainly bold, and I can see their reasoning. SSDs are years away from being in the same league storage wise as optical media, and serious users (video, HD, 4k etc) need far more storage than any configuration of internal drives can give anyway (I saw one post on Macrumors from a guy that does all his video work from an external 80TB RAID!) so they have compromised space that pro users won't need anyway.
It is however interesting that they seem to have dropped the 'fusion drive' ides already, as now it seems the only computer in their range that will support it is the iMac.
I've been running an SSD for over a year now and I'm already in the mindset that SSD is for the OS/apps and is internal, and everything else goes on external storage.
That's one of the new standard PCIe-SSD's - they are insanely fast and an industry standard.
Btw, I ditched my PC for a Mac (i7 Mini) earlier this year and am loving it, wish I had've done it years ago!
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I don't know if I'd agree with that, since Logic became Mac only back in 2007 a serious amount of PC users moved over to Mac. I certainly know a fair few that did. I also can't remember the last time I saw a DJ using anything other than a Mac laptop in a club, I'm sure most of it is for show/prestige, but it's a fact.
I've noticed this too.
Does anybody know what the hole in the chimney mac is for?
Is it for air-flow, or is it for stuffing with disc-drives, wires and stationary?
Ive just gone for a mac at work.
To my mild surprise I'd say half the coders and general people at my new work use macs. I surprised myself when they asked me what I wanted and I went for a macbookpro. It's two years old and looks and works as if it's brand new so I don't feel bad about it all... Can't Imagine myself accepting a two year old pc.
The other contributing factor ( work wise) is the amount of offices now using google docs. I think that's had a further effect..(?)
To my mild surprise I'd say half the coders and general people at my new work use macs. I surprised myself when they asked me what I wanted and I went for a macbookpro. It's two years old and looks and works as if it's brand new so I don't feel bad about it all... Can't Imagine myself accepting a two year old pc.
The other contributing factor ( work wise) is the amount of offices now using google docs. I think that's had a further effect..(?)
Hey mate, yeah was for portability/build qual/battery life plus as it's my first Mac I figured $4k+ for the rMBP (decked out) was a bit too much.
TBH it will only be for basic triggering samples dub style/hip hop stuff with Ableton Live 9 +external hardware synced so I'm hoping the new PCIe SSD + Thunderbolt external SSD will do that job nicely.... Yeah I'm a PC builder/tweaker/user but when Logic went Mac only I couldn't open 40+ tracks I created in Logic (PC)
Yeah, and also agree about the Mac always seems to be where ever DJ/VJ performances artists are (even though we will be using the little powerhouse PC for the visuals! There's no way the Mac can keep up with the beast I built!)
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This is how the Macbook Air/Pro SSDs look too, they are not 'off the shelf' but you can buy 3rd party upgrades.
As you say it's certainly bold, and I can see their reasoning. SSDs are years away from being in the same league storage wise as optical media, and serious users (video, HD, 4k etc) need far more storage than any configuration of internal drives can give anyway (I saw one post on Macrumors from a guy that does all his video work from an external 80TB RAID!) so they have compromised space that pro users won't need anyway.
It is however interesting that they seem to have dropped the 'fusion drive' ides already, as now it seems the only computer in their range that will support it is the iMac.
I've been running an SSD for over a year now and I'm already in the mindset that SSD is for the OS/apps and is internal, and everything else goes on external storage.
That's one of the new standard PCIe-SSD's - they are insanely fast and an industry standard.
Btw, I ditched my PC for a Mac (i7 Mini) earlier this year and am loving it, wish I had've done it years ago!
FYI, Apple now use the same SSD's in the Retina Macbook Pros (And possibly the Airs but not sure about those).
Quick update: The afore mentioned 13.3" MacBook Air absolutely flies! Handles everything I have thrown at it so far including playing a large project in Ableton Live 9 with many audio tracks and effects STREAMING OFF THE EXTERNAL USB3 HARDDRIVE! Pretty impressed and the OS is refreshing, yet Windows 8 seems almost so complimentary to this one it makes sense to have them sharing a desk space in the studio!
Even more great news is Logic Pro opens all my old Logic Audio Platinum (PC) projects from 2001 onwards flawlessly! Some of these bad boys I have not been able to open to remix/tweak for like 6-8yrs! (Because Logic was discontinued on PC)
Sweet!
PC + Mac = My idea of complete (and of course AmigaOS!)
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Even more great news is Logic Pro opens all my old Logic Audio Platinum (PC) projects from 2001 onwards flawlessly! Some of these bad boys I have not been able to open to remix/tweak for like 6-8yrs! (Because Logic was discontinued on PC)
Sweet!
PC + Mac = My idea of complete (and of course AmigaOS!)
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