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Apple New Releases
Posted by Ben King
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Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 11:56AM |
Lots of new hardware!!!
[www.apple.com]
Quad-core iMacs with up to 16GB RAM and 21.5 and 27" displays
New MacBooks & MacMinis
Oooo drool... I might have to invest in a couple of MacMinis as a Compressor/AfterEffects/Cinema 4D render farm!
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[www.apple.com]
Quad-core iMacs with up to 16GB RAM and 21.5 and 27" displays
New MacBooks & MacMinis
Oooo drool... I might have to invest in a couple of MacMinis as a Compressor/AfterEffects/Cinema 4D render farm!
For instant answers to more than one hundred common FCP questions, check out the LAFCPUG FAQ Wiki here : [www.lafcpug.org]
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Re: Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 12:01PM |
The i5 four-proc (kind of eight-proc) chip is only available in the 27-inch "boogie board" configuration.
At $300 per processor, the new low-end mini looks like a pretty decent value for rendering.
At $300 per processor, the new low-end mini looks like a pretty decent value for rendering.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 01:21PM |
Like the Magic Mouse! The new Macbook is useless for even low end video work (no FW at all or express34 slot). I don't like this "built-in battery" stuff on the new laptops either.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 01:25PM |
I see both side of the battery argument. On the one hand, I can surely imagine a situation ? flying to Hong Kong, stuck on a desert island, whatever ? where having a spare battery would be incredibly useful. But on the other hand, the last time I owned a spare battery for my laptop was ten years and two laptops ago. So I really don't see it affecting me personally. Which as we all know by now, is all I care about. Ahem.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 01:28PM |
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...the last time I owned a spare battery for my laptop was ten years and two laptops ago.
...that's you Jeff. If folks do a lot of remote work with their laptops (like me), you NEED 2 batteries and must be able to CHANGE THEM OUT. Built-in batteries suk...it's a corporate lock on repairs. It's like selling a car without a dipstick and oil filler cap...you have to take it to the dealer to change the oil for $1000. SHAME ON APPLE for this ridiculous feature.
Sorry...this pi$$es me off.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 01:40PM |
I have to say after nearly 2 years I needed to replace my MBP battery - but I still use the second on occasion when away from home and not near a power outlet!
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Re: Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 01:45PM |
Just in case anybody out there isn't already aware: Replacing the battery in a current-model MacBook Pro is approximately equivalent to buying a replacement battery for an older MacBook Pro. It costs $129 for the 15" model, if I remember right, and is done for you while-you-wait at an Apple Store. You have to make an appointment in advance, obviously, and it takes a few minutes at the store, but it's not like it's a gianormous undertaking either.
The benefit, of course, is that the battery you're replacing gets disposed of in an environmentally safe way, as opposed to ending up in your trash can or stuffed in a box at the top of your hall closet.
The benefit, of course, is that the battery you're replacing gets disposed of in an environmentally safe way, as opposed to ending up in your trash can or stuffed in a box at the top of your hall closet.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 01:49PM |
I am all for being environmentally friendly, but store replacement doesn't help you when you are on a train or plane with no power port and your battery dies.
Suks no matter how you spin it.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
Suks no matter how you spin it.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 01:49PM |
Okay, Joe.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 20, 2009 01:52PM |
Thank you Jeff (and Cheers Ben for backing me up 
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When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
).When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 12:07PM |
>Only $100 more than a 30" ACD.
Nono. Read again. It's $100 less than an ACD, and comes with a free mac. Very very cool.
Not the pro stuff yet. I wonder what's the expected schedule on the release and if we'll get quad cores in the laptops.
I hope the mouse turns out much better than the hockey puck model.
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Nono. Read again. It's $100 less than an ACD, and comes with a free mac. Very very cool.
Not the pro stuff yet. I wonder what's the expected schedule on the release and if we'll get quad cores in the laptops.
I hope the mouse turns out much better than the hockey puck model.
www.strypesinpost.com
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 12:12PM |
For better or for worse, Apple's release schedule for the Mac Pro is now largely tied to Intel's release schedule for their high-end CPUs. Consensus on the street where I live ? for whatever that's worth ? is that we'll see new Mac Pros when the Core i9 processor is available sometime in the first half of next year. It's supposed to be a big leap, as the i9 is said to be a six-core processor, as opposed to the currently shipping four-core i7 processor in the Mac Pro. So blah blah faster, blah blah 24 execution units per system, blah blah even more overkill for creative editorial than the 16-unit Mac Pro systems already are.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 12:41PM |
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So blah blah faster, blah blah 24 execution units per system, blah blah even more overkill for creative editorial than the 16-unit Mac Pro systems already are.
I'll take it...not overkill for me in the least...sounds like exactly what I need...running 3 grafix apps / a 3D app / FCP and more all at once...rendering & editing - editing & rendering. Can't wait. In the immortal words of Veruca Salt (the little spoiled BRAT in the original "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory"
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"I WANT IT NOW!!"
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 12:48PM |
Laptops may go quad too. I hope they don't run into heat issues, but I do have a small industrial fan next to my kit.
[www.appleinsider.com]
Also, I hope FCP finally can take full advantage of multiple cores and access more than 4 gigs of RAM. I encoded an 11 min SD project the other day in 1 min 50 secs. I hope to see that kind of speed improvements in FCP.
www.strypesinpost.com
[www.appleinsider.com]
Also, I hope FCP finally can take full advantage of multiple cores and access more than 4 gigs of RAM. I encoded an 11 min SD project the other day in 1 min 50 secs. I hope to see that kind of speed improvements in FCP.
www.strypesinpost.com
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 12:55PM |
Um...they mention 18.4-inch notebook in there...
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 12:58PM |
Hell I want a 16 or 32 core MacPro with a serious GPU or set of GPUs... - more the better - even for rendering video - I save hours a week just by having a fast Mac and fast RAID.
So give me more realtime - more power!!! If nothing else the games would look awesome
*cough* back to work I go....
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So give me more realtime - more power!!! If nothing else the games would look awesome
*cough* back to work I go....
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 01:08PM |
SCREW IT...I want a dual-proc 12 core Macbook Pro (that's right...coming early next year for the Mac Pros - Intel Xeon six-core Processors) - screw the boat anchor tower! Backpack full 'O power!!!
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 02:03PM |
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 02:05PM |
Oh yeah? Well I'm gonna install an Extended 80-Column Card in my //e. THEN you losers will see what's up.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 03:13PM |
I wanna pony.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 03:54PM |
I have pony - ponies are overrated - I want a dragon
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Re: Apple New Releases October 21, 2009 05:55PM |
Dragons bite. I wanna fire-breathing pony...with wings...and time travel abilities.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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