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I think this discussion is interesting but misguided. For consumer laptops, light, very thin, and a single USB-C port makes sense to me. On the other hand, if y

I think this discussion is interesting but misguided. For consumer laptops, light, very thin, and a single USB-C port makes sense to me. On the other hand, if you are building a larger form factor laptop for professional use, why not add additional ports, they are easy to fit into the design. My Dad is 100 years old, and we were having a friendly disagreement over Apple gear: he is a fan of the desktop Mac Pros, just bought another new one in the last year. I was trying to point out that my wife’s new iPhone 13 Pro can probably process video competitively with Intel chips and conventional GPUs. I based this on the real time video effects, driven by deep learning models, that the new iPhone can do in real time. My Dad uses his desktop Mac Pro exclusively for video editing and 3D rendering. I was stating an opinion that I thought one of the new laptops with 64G ram in the SOC, with the extra GPUs and neural processing units would be better for video editing.

FirstLvR 5y ago
100 years old and using the Mac for editing and rendering? teach me master, am 35 and can barely wake up in the morning
- bartread 5y ago
  I had a similar thought. I'm 45 and GP's dad sounds like the guy I want to be when I grow up.
- sto_hristo 5y ago
  If you overspent that much on a shiny Mac, you'd force yourself to make up for it even from the grave.
  - BizarroLand 5y ago
    If you're 100 and still using the latest and greatest for video editing you're either making money off of it or enjoy it enough that the cost doesn't matter.
- yoyohello13 5y ago
  Exercise, eat healthy, be lucky.
- kcplate 5y ago
  I read it as sarcasam. My dad is in his eighties and we took the keys to the car and the computer away from him.
S_A_P 5y ago
So much to be amazed about in this post. :) your 100 year old dad does video editing and 3d rendering to a degree that a Mac Pro is the computer he wants to use? I would love to see some of his work. (genuine interest)
- alisonkisk 5y ago
  Probably base 8.
neogodless 5y ago
> I think this discussion is interesting but misguided. For consumer laptops, light, very thin, and a single USB-C port makes sense to me. On the other hand, if you are building a larger form factor laptop for professional use, why not add additional ports, they are easy to fit into the design. But this conversation is largely about the MacBook Pro, where it's a "larger form factor laptop for professional use", and yet they removed all but the USB-C ports, and then put them back. That seems rather on point in this discussion.
throw10920 5y ago
Was your disagreement about form factors or processing capabilities? If it was about form factors - your father is in the right, the laptop form factor is terrible for your body in a number of different ways, so if you don't need to move around, you should just get a desktop. (unless you have the money to be able to afford both a laptop and a dock setup (although keeping your laptop docked usually kills the battery, so it's still kind of preferable to get a real desktop)) If it's about processing, you may very well be right - there was an article just yesterday about the M1 Max's rendering capabilities[1] and they're extremely competitive with current desktop workstations. Why not get the best of both worlds, though, and wait for a desktop with an M1 Pro/Max chip? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28994800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28994800
peckrob 5y ago
Dude, holy cow, I would love to see an interview with your Dad about doing that kind of work at that age and I bet it would go over really well here. That is amazing. Being in my early 40s now I have been increasingly thinking about what the future holds for me. Reading things like this gives me a lot of hope that I could keep my skills sharp that long. Bet Apple would love to see it, too. That's the kind of thing they'd put in a commercial or on stage at an event.
m463 5y ago
note that the desktop mac pros are expandable. With a little help you can add lots of nvme and hard disk storage.

FirstLvR 5y ago

100 years old and using the Mac for editing and rendering? teach me master, am 35 and can barely wake up in the morning

bartread 5y ago
I had a similar thought. I'm 45 and GP's dad sounds like the guy I want to be when I grow up.
sto_hristo 5y ago
If you overspent that much on a shiny Mac, you'd force yourself to make up for it even from the grave.
- BizarroLand 5y ago
  If you're 100 and still using the latest and greatest for video editing you're either making money off of it or enjoy it enough that the cost doesn't matter.
yoyohello13 5y ago
Exercise, eat healthy, be lucky.
kcplate 5y ago
I read it as sarcasam. My dad is in his eighties and we took the keys to the car and the computer away from him.

S_A_P 5y ago

So much to be amazed about in this post. :) your 100 year old dad does video editing and 3d rendering to a degree that a Mac Pro is the computer he wants to use? I would love to see some of his work. (genuine interest)

alisonkisk 5y ago
Probably base 8.

neogodless 5y ago

> I think this discussion is interesting but misguided. For consumer laptops, light, very thin, and a single USB-C port makes sense to me. On the other hand, if you are building a larger form factor laptop for professional use, why not add additional ports, they are easy to fit into the design. But this conversation is largely about the MacBook Pro, where it's a "larger form factor laptop for professional use", and yet they removed all but the USB-C ports, and then put them back. That seems rather on point in this discussion.

throw10920 5y ago

Was your disagreement about form factors or processing capabilities? If it was about form factors - your father is in the right, the laptop form factor is terrible for your body in a number of different ways, so if you don't need to move around, you should just get a desktop. (unless you have the money to be able to afford both a laptop and a dock setup (although keeping your laptop docked usually kills the battery, so it's still kind of preferable to get a real desktop)) If it's about processing, you may very well be right - there was an article just yesterday about the M1 Max's rendering capabilities[1] and they're extremely competitive with current desktop workstations. Why not get the best of both worlds, though, and wait for a desktop with an M1 Pro/Max chip? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28994800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28994800

peckrob 5y ago

Dude, holy cow, I would love to see an interview with your Dad about doing that kind of work at that age and I bet it would go over really well here. That is amazing. Being in my early 40s now I have been increasingly thinking about what the future holds for me. Reading things like this gives me a lot of hope that I could keep my skills sharp that long. Bet Apple would love to see it, too. That's the kind of thing they'd put in a commercial or on stage at an event.

m463 5y ago

note that the desktop mac pros are expandable. With a little help you can add lots of nvme and hard disk storage.