Re: [LUG] [OT]Take the New Mac Back?
2008-01-12 by Andy Hardwake
Hey Bob, I knew for sure something was boiling at Apple (www.macrumors.com and similar stuff plus the fact Mac Pro line had not been updated in a year and a half at the time), so I went out and bought myself a 2.66 quad just a month before the new line was announced. The logic behind my purchase is: 1. the old line had been in production since june 2006, and by the time I was ready to purchase it all possible bugs should have been ironed out, 2. it gave me the power I needed (and way more than that) for the kind of work I do, 3. it can still run Tiger and I can easily start another HD/partition/whatever if I ever need to, 4. I can easily expand it just as I like as RAM and other stuff is readily available and (relatively) inexpensive compared to the new RAM. I have absolutely no regrets about purchasing mine and I'd do it again if I had a choice. Do I care about the new line and how Logic will use those new bells and whistles? Not a bit -- I'll think of it when I run out of juice and need to get a new machine, until that I stop watching them just like I did during 2 last decades of using the DAW. Just my $0.02. Best, Andy
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On Jan 12, 2008, at 12:51 PM, bobsafir wrote: > > Just three weeks ago, I bought a new Mac Pro 3.0Ghz, four-core > machine with 6 gigs of RAM, hard drives, etc. I did a lot of > research which indicated there may (or may not) be new Mac Pro > machines at MacWorld. I engaged in extensive questioning of staffers > at Apple stores, Apple business consultants, and Apple support, > etc., but the "official" word was that none of them knew anything > about a new Mac Pro line coming out anytime soon. > > While I knew there was always a risk of getting a machine that could > be outdated soon, I never expected that "soon" would be within the > first thirty days, while the odor from the packing materials could > still be sensed in the room. But to be fair, I was also motivated > to purchase this machine because it was one of the few ones left > that still had Tiger installed on it, which meant I could delay > switching to Leopard and also to Logic 8, and keep on working, > uninterrupted, without a host of problems posed by bugs, by the > incompatibilities in software libraries, and so on, as expressed > often times on the LUG. > > Still, I'm having a serious tinge of buyer's remorse because the Mac > Pro I bought is not only outdated, it's obsolete! I'm on a machine > that isn't a month old and they don't make 'em anymore. They will > soon be writing software (especially Logic) with 8-core machines as > the main target. > > I probably could make a case for taking it back and getting an 8- > core, but is it worth the hassle? What would you do? Let bygones > be bygones? Or ensure that you didn't purchase something that was > already EOL (end-of-life), even if it meant a transition period with > some bugs, instabilities, etc? I'd be interested in other opinions. > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Logic Users Group (LUG) - http://logic-users.org > Search the LUG: http://logic-users.org/forums/LUG/search > Logic FAQ: http://logicfaq.omega-art.com/ > List Policy: http://logic-users.org/forums/LUG/policy > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >