Apple dumps Intel and shows Final Cut Pro on new Mac with Apple CPU !

puredrifting said:
Yep. New iMacs look interesting too, I would dig a 32" iMac. They are rumored to have the M2 Silicon.

I really don't like laptops in general, they are nothing but a size and power compromise compared to a desktop or iMac.
That's why I'm still rocking my 2011 MBP, all I need it for is Word and email. Editing on a laptop is an unsatisfying experience compared to my 27" iMac.
I get it, some people HAVE to edit on the go and laptops are handy for that. But if you have a choice...
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This is my feelings to a t. It doesn't matter how powerful the laptop is, my productivity is greatly reduced for any complex task. However I am ready to ditch the endless noise of my desktop pc & a truly silent, cool efficient replacement would be a dream. I doubt I could stomach the massive overpricing of a Mac Pro. A mac mini video editing/photoshop station & a 3d/video renderer in the other room is probably my best compromise. I wish the M2 mac minis were out already because I don't think 3d design could work for me with the first generation but I need to think more about that
 
The laptop increases my productivity because I can edit with my baby napping on me, or at the playground with my 5-year old, or during downtime on a shoot. But yeah obviously you're gonna get more bang and a nicer screen etc with an imac
 
~23 years and five laptops. I've never owned a desktop. And whenever I do interface with a desktop, it feels strange. Mostly because of the keyboard and because most people use mice, which I absolutely, positively despise and think that the devil himself came up with the idea for. Give me a trackpad and/or (thumb manipulated)trackball any day of the week.
 
I'm still figuring things out with my mini. I ended up going with the BenQ PD3200 32" monitor 4k for $700. With the extra real estate I've been able to edit with one monitor. It was well worth it. I like their hockey puck controller because it allows me to switch between my old mac until I finally get settled. I bought Affinity Photo in an effort to transition away from Adobe subscription. I'm trying to also learn to use DAW for audio project.
 
It's great. Funny thing when there are no problems you quickly settle in, concentrate on work and don't think about the computer. I haven't timed my exports. It seem good but I'm not doing back flips. I'm just happy I can move effortlessly through the timeline without it bogging down dropping frames. There's no loud fan noise. Only downside in winter I've now lost my space heater. I still wonder if I should have gotten 2tb internal, yes outrageous spending $800 to upgrade from 256 to 2tb, instead I used $400 toward a great monitor.
 
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Peter C. said:
. I still wonder if I should have gotten 2tb internal, yes outrageous spending $800 to upgrade from 256 to 2tb, instead I used $400 toward a great monitor.
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I'm considering getting a 16" MBP when it comes out and have been pondering which SSD to choose. I currently have the 512GB which is often enough but necessitates more footage juggling than I'd like. So I'm thinking 1TB.

One interesting thing about the storage costs is that the internal SSD prices are more or less on par with a standalone external pcie ssd and clock in at a faster speed, as I learned from the pcie ssd thread. So, if one is considering adding such an external drive later, one may be better off with a larger internal.
 
ahalpert said:
if one is considering adding such an external drive later, one may be better off with a larger internal.
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Yes and you'll get faster speed as well internal... though for most use cases it's likely more of a theoretical advantage at least as of today. But...

Peter C. said:
I still wonder if I should have gotten 2tb internal, yes outrageous spending $800 to upgrade from 256 to 2tb, instead I used $400 toward a great monitor.
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SSD nand prices will continue to decline over time. For $800, you are probably better off just selling the current system to buy an entire next gen Mac Mini in 2 years if you don't need the extra space today... and you likely don't given you are working with simpler 1080p files.
 
4k and ProRes can make short work of a drive. I did a multicam project that was 30 minutes long, 3 cameras (2x 1080p and 1x 4k.) I didn't realize optimize multiclip and auto render was on. Just the render and optimized files took up 500gb, just imagine if the project was a hour and all the cameras were 4k. 2tb internal would be a nice luxury.
 
In that case, yes. I was under the impression you were working with simple 1080p files.

In any case, an external SSD drive won’t be as fast on paper but it will be as fast in practice - and much cheaper. And small. No sweat.

Next upgrade around you can invest in more internal storage.
 
filmguy123 said:
In that case, yes. I was under the impression you were working with simple 1080p files.

In any case, an external SSD drive won’t be as fast on paper but it will be as fast in practice - and much cheaper. And small. No sweat.

Next upgrade around you can invest in more internal storage.
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It's no big deal I'm going order a 2tb external nvme thunderbolt enclosure for larger projects.
 
So two weeks now with the M1 Mac mini 16Gbyte version.

It's much faster than my old iMac, however.

Initially, it refused to see my Pegasus thunderbolt raid, indeed to run a terminal command and update the Pegasus unit itself, that worked.
There is a script that forces FCPX to run via rosetta, you do get some of the plugins back that do not run under SOC native, but not all.

But today, both the Mail app and Safari went nuts. Mail is unusable as is Safari, freezes and crashes. I am not alone; this has been a widely reported problem—a tad embarrassing for Apple of their new machine when their own apps fail. Chrome and Firefox are fine.
 
Peter C. said:
It's no big deal I'm going order a 2tb external nvme thunderbolt enclosure for larger projects.
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Which T3 enclosure and nvme blade are you looking at? I've researched the enclosures quite a bit, and there are issues of heat dissipation and attendant thermal throttling with some of them.
 
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Which T3 enclosure and nvme blade are you looking at? I've researched the enclosures quite a bit, and there are issues of heat dissipation and attendant thermal throttling with some of them.
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I've forgotten most of the research I did a month ago. Fledging dissipates heat the best but is large, has a fan, and is expensive. OWC performs the best for the money. I'm leaning towards getting Sabrent tool-free usb c and a thunderbolt, that way I can easily swap out the drives. (my older mac has usb 3, and my dell laptop has usb c , both would be incompatible with thunderbolt). The issue with thunderbolt while faster you're limited to only devices that have it and because it is faster heat throttling can happen . If I went with the usb c enclosure it would be slower, but half the price, but because it's slower it won't get as hot and throttle, and compatible with every device I own. The other thing to consider is how you're going to use it. Throttle seems to happen only when copying amounts of data, but if most of the time you're editing off it then that shouldn't be an issue.
 
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In Q1 2020, Apple held 5.8 percent market share, Google held 5.3 percent, and Windows had 87.5 percent market share. In Q4 2020, Microsoft’s market share slipped to just 76.7 percent. Apple had 7.7 percent share in Q4, and Chromebooks claimed no less than 14.4 percent of the market.
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https://www.extremetech.com/computi...s-chromebooks-outsell-macs-for-the-first-time

Alphabet, Microsoft, Qualcomm protest Nvidia's Arm acquisition
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https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/alp...ias-arm-acquisition-bloomberg-news-2021-02-12

Qualcomm’s Acquisition of Nuvia Could Help it Create Custom Core Designs Instead of Licensing Existing Ones

According to opinions of journalists like Stephen Ellis, WinFuture reports that in the future, Qualcomm isn’t going to be relying on simply licensing CPU designs developed by ARM for use in its own chips. While Qualcomm currently does this, its plan is reportedly to take on Apple by developing custom cores. With the Nuvia acquisition, the San Diego chipmaker has the opportunity to do just that.
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https://wccftech.com/qualcomm-develop-own-arm-cores-to-take-on-apple/

Taiwan Semi has leaped over Intel as the technology leader in semiconductors. TSMC is now at least one generation ahead - more likely two.

But Intel has another problem: the phasing out of the x86 architecture across an increasing number of critical applications.
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https://seekingalpha.com/article/4406598-two-reasons-taiwan-semiconductor-jump-on-intel

Microsoft's Reported Plans to Design Its Own CPU's ...
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https://www.thestreet.com/investing/microsofts-reported-plans-to-design-own-cpus-5-thoughts
 
ahalpert said:
Looks like Apple is coming out with the M1X next with 12 cores (8 high-performance, 4 power-efficient) for the 16-inch and 14-inch MBP later this year (Q2 maybe?) as well as the 27-inch iMac. And some time later the M2 will have 32 cores for Mac Pros and top of the line MBPs. Or so the rumors say

https://www.tomsguide.com/amp/news/macbook-pro-m1x-benchmarks-just-leaked-and-intel-should-be-scared
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Wonder why they may release with no fanfare... rumor perhaps has it mixed up, I could see this being tied to WWDC rather than a dedicated event. In any case it’s good timing overall for them releasing the pro model later, by this time a lot more software will be native - including pro apps like Adobe Premiere being out of beta most likely. Can’t wait to see benchmarks and pricing.
 
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