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Actually it just dawned on me- why didn't they try to make a "pro mini" instead with pci-ex slots and upgradable ram (and I know why- because the planned obsole
by leetrout 9y ago
Actually it just dawned on me- why didn't they try to make a "pro mini" instead with pci-ex slots and upgradable ram (and I know why- because the planned obsolescence) but that would be a better "middle ground" between a laptop and a pro machine. And better than an all-in-one if they make mini-itx form factor. I can use whatever monitor I want but i get to keep Apple blessed hardware (for whatever that's worth these days) along with macos (also losing it's luster with me).
- wlesieutre 9y agoThey did a "Pro Mini" with expandability via Thunderbolt, the problem was they priced it at $3000+ and called it "Mac Pro"
- leetrout 9y agoHeh, yea, fair point. No idea why I was being downvoted for bringing it up... maybe the planned obsolescence comment?
- stan_rogers 9y agoThe canonical use case here (and it's already a thing) is an iMac running Capture One and/or Phocus (for Hasselblad) and/or Lightroom (if the desired output is raw + xmp) for tethered commercial photography on set. There are rugged cases available for it. All you need is the iMac, a keyboard and (Wacom) tablet and cable for a rather complete DT (digital technician) setup. You don't need a lot of processing power in the grand scheme of things, you just need something that the photographer, AD and client can use to make decisions without incurring the cost of a potential reshoot. The grunt work of post-processing is done elsewhere and elsewhen - that's much to costly to do on location - but you do need a "close enough" representation of final colour and contrast, along with focus checking, page overlays and that sort of thing.