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My guess is the pros are going to be the tock to the consumer tick in the Apple silicon upgrade cycle. It takes months before pros are comfortable upgrading Mac

by qppo 6y ago

My guess is the pros are going to be the tock to the consumer tick in the Apple silicon upgrade cycle. It takes months before pros are comfortable upgrading MacOS to begin with, and it will probably be a year or two before they're comfortable that pro software vendors have flushed out their bugs on the new architecture. Basically I'm guessing that no one who wants more than 16GB on their professional machine was going to upgrade on this cycle anyway. We'll see

capableweb 6y ago
Since about 2-3 years back, the film professionals I hang around with are all starting to dump Apple hardware in favor of PC workstations now, as they are tired of paying large amounts of money for something that can be had cheaper and with less restrictions. Especially when it comes to price vs quality for displays and hard drives that Apple sells. I think today's presentation is just confirming what we've known for a while, Apple is pivoting away from professionals.
- unicornfinder 6y ago
  Same thing in the audio engineering world. It’s crazy how quickly it’s pivoted from Mac to PC in such a short timeframe.
- wintermutestwin 6y ago
  While I use it for gaming, I cannot fathom anyone using Windows 10 professionally.
  - egsmi 6y ago
    I think it depends a lot on your job. I used to do a lot of Cadence Virtuoso work in Windows (now I've moved to Linux) but that fact that is was running on Windows only mattered once, when I setup the tool. From then on I was full screen in the CAD tool and my day to day was basically identical to my flow now. I imagine for a lot of professionals, like myself, it's the application suite that matters, not the OS.
  - capableweb 6y ago
    Not sure what industry you're in (professionally) but at least in creative industry it's either Windows or OSX. And if you need really powerful hardware, it's either Windows or Linux (with custom software), at least that's what I'm seeing in my circles. Although OSX used to be popular with the indie-professional scene, it's disappearing quicker than it appeared years back.
  - qppo 6y ago
    It is the leading OS for enterprise users by miles

by qppo 6y ago

capableweb 6y ago

Since about 2-3 years back, the film professionals I hang around with are all starting to dump Apple hardware in favor of PC workstations now, as they are tired of paying large amounts of money for something that can be had cheaper and with less restrictions. Especially when it comes to price vs quality for displays and hard drives that Apple sells. I think today's presentation is just confirming what we've known for a while, Apple is pivoting away from professionals.

unicornfinder 6y ago
Same thing in the audio engineering world. It’s crazy how quickly it’s pivoted from Mac to PC in such a short timeframe.
wintermutestwin 6y ago
While I use it for gaming, I cannot fathom anyone using Windows 10 professionally.
- egsmi 6y ago
  I think it depends a lot on your job. I used to do a lot of Cadence Virtuoso work in Windows (now I've moved to Linux) but that fact that is was running on Windows only mattered once, when I setup the tool. From then on I was full screen in the CAD tool and my day to day was basically identical to my flow now. I imagine for a lot of professionals, like myself, it's the application suite that matters, not the OS.
- capableweb 6y ago
  Not sure what industry you're in (professionally) but at least in creative industry it's either Windows or OSX. And if you need really powerful hardware, it's either Windows or Linux (with custom software), at least that's what I'm seeing in my circles. Although OSX used to be popular with the indie-professional scene, it's disappearing quicker than it appeared years back.
- qppo 6y ago
  It is the leading OS for enterprise users by miles