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Re: New Macbook - Deliberately hobbled?
by Gabe Thorburn on Oct 16, 2008 at 6:06:35 pm

The bottom line here is that Apple needed to separate the Pro line from the consumer line, and they did in the wrong way.

Why can't they separate the two like they've always done, with processor power, larger HD capacity, RAM capacity, graphics power, screen size. The MBP already has lots of pro options that the MacBook doesn't have such as an Express card slot and larger screen size.

All of Apple's computers should cater to all creative professionals in some basic way. Firewire was the way. I remember the good 'ole days when I had a G5 tower, iMac, powerbook, ibook all in the same office, and I could plug a Firewire HD into any one and do FCP video editing on anyone. Firewire is what made Apple great for video production.

Now, with the new MB, you can't even connect a DV / HDV camera to capture video. USB 2.0 doesn't cut it. THis is very disappointing not so much for the Pro user, but for those who can't afford a MBP and want to use the MB as their machine to edit on.

I used to have an iBook G4 1.4 GHZ that I used to edit with. It was great. I got rid of it in hopes to get a MacBook, but they denied the use of FCS on it with the Intel graphics card. This video editing let-down on Apple products started with the 1st gen. of MacBooks





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