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Especially for media studios with lots of data to digest. They eat all of these PCI slots up probably. They probably gonna kit whole studios out with these thi

• pavlov 3y ago
  The author of this Verge article had the same assumption, but couldn't find anyone in the VFX or video production business who uses Mac Pros like this. The reasons given by the studio people interviewed make sense. They get a lot more graphics bang for the buck with Nvidia-equipped PCs, and they can upgrade piecemeal. Additionally for video pros, they were burned by Apple's consumer-oriented FCP X product overhaul over a decade ago and the mistrust still lingers: 'And while Apple’s decision to overhaul Final Cut Pro was over a decade ago, studios still haven’t forgotten. Almost all of the video professionals I spoke to brought it up. “Every filmmaker in the world was using this,” Lebensfeld complained. “And they lost that whole market. They just don’t take it seriously.” '“They really did screw us over on that,” Ford, the documentarian, agreed. “I was really upset.” 'I searched high and low and ended up connecting with over 20 professionals for this story in order to locate someone who enthusiastically wanted to buy the Mac Pro. I found exactly one: Drofa. He loves the cheese-grater design. '“The killer feature is when somebody comes and says, ‘Okay, you have a Mac Pro,’ and I say, ‘Yeah, I can make a cheesesteak,’” he explained.'
  • detourdog 3y ago
    They didn't talk to me.