Re: After a year has perception of FCPX changed?

[Marcus Moore] "Tou...ché...?

Wow, compelling debate. Here, let me meet you part way...

Could I see the MacPro going away? Absolutely. But not functional hole that it fills.
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Sorry. I wasn't trying for compelling debate, because you weren't debating. You were simply insulting people who, for a variety of reasons, have serious doubts about Apple's commitment to workstations. I was simply returning the favor. Sometimes "I know you are, but what am I?" is all a comment requires.

If you look around this forum you'll see that this is a much-discussed topic. There are certainly people who agree with you, and some of them make fairly good arguments. Many of them believe that Apple will release, if not a mini MacPro, then a iMacPro. I'd be happy to think this is the case, but I see a lot of evidence to the contrary, and am not counting on such a thing to happen. From my perspective, Apple has missed far too many moments to introduce a new MacPro, and has made far too many statements about being a post-PC company for anyone to feel secure that they plan to continue with any kind of workstation. Add to that that workstations are an utterly insignificant part of their revenue, and that the company has aggressively touted a form of cloud computing that breaks their traditional echo system, I'm really not expecting Apple to come out with any kind of heavy hitter. As I've said in the past, I'd be delighted to be wrong, but as each opportunity to update their current line of heavy hitters passes by without remark, my doubt grows. Frankly, as inconvenient as it might be for me personally, I think it is probably a better choice for them not to. So, that's what I'm smoking.