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Quote: Originally Posted by pmasters8941 Thats what I was afraid of. I loved the FCS2 print manual. It was nice to be able to quickly reference and read it as I followed along. Oh well. Ill focus on the positive in that shortly Ill have it in my …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM I don't know about a paper manual. I would assume so, but Apple has been known to drop their paper manuals for PDFs. You should already have the manual in PDF form on your computer, unless you specifically d…
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[QUOTE=pmasters8941;1453766]Quote: Originally Posted by Graeme Ok Tampa Apple Store has it in stock and wife is on her way to pick up now. What all does it come with in the box? Can I do a clean install or do I need FCS2 installed to upgrade? …
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[QUOTE=maxplanar;1453629]Nope. I ordered mine yesterday morning and it's slated for delivery next week. yes it is shipping already -ordered yesterday down to receive mine today- looks like a practical/ useful update. still room for improvemen…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Entirely different product category. The H2 is a portable stereo digital recorder. The Apogee One is a USB audio interface designed to work with Apple's sound programs that happens to feature a built in mic as…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 Yeah, I am...thanks. That's interesting about the lack of 15"/FCP bundles. Is there anyway you could give a few examples? Only able to give current examples- i.e. only 17" + the usual desktops (from a goo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 That was my quote, actually. But I wasn't claiming the ports were melting the machine...just that Apple is really not marketing its machine to people who use them like you do. That much is obvious. Don't get…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 ]That doesn't mean they designed them for using all the ports (including ethernet and express card) simultaneously. They didn't design it to use RAID, Firewire 400 and 800, ethernet, an external monitor, video…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I don't know how important the designation is these days either. The truth is that back when, pro features cost a lot more to implement. Even simple features could add greatly to the cost. not so much today…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 I appreciate what you're saying (writing). I do. And I'm not arguing that you have crazy needs. What I'm saying is that you really are asking a laptop to perform tasks that a desktop should be doing, especia…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 You're missing the point. I can understand that "adding a card" is not supposed to be beyond the machine's capabilities. But he's not just doing that. He's doing stuff like this: and this: A …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Color me unconvinced by this argument. Adding a card is hardly rigging it up to exceed the capabilities of the computer. If you want to talk about what people need, you need to keep in mind that while 2.5GHz d…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 Thanks for the response. First, let me say you're way beyond me in terms of your needs. However, I have two thoughts I'd like to offer. 1) I really think you're going beyond what most portables are desig…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SDW2001 No, that's not what it is supposed to be. It's a machine with more power for prosumers and creative professionals. Concerning what you're doing: 1. Why are you plugged into a hardline ethernet? No wirele…
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Quote: Originally Posted by allblue This seems about right. I'm older, poorer and not very productive at work and I haven't got one! ha ha- was about to write the same words-older, poorer and not very productive with the addition that i have …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Is it really a problem to go up to a 17"? If you're connecting a RAID on the go, then the extra inch of width isn't going to be a big deal compared to carrying a RAID. ]If redundancy and storage capacity is …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hudson1 These machines still have ethernet and that's faster than any of these other ports being talked about. Connecting via Ethernet not really an option.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Anklosaur Sorry if this has been said but I've never really understood the need to connect a raid array to a notebook. Do you really carry the array around with you everywhere? I guess I could see it for a musician... …
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Quote: Originally Posted by minderbinder Are there really that many video editors working at the level that requires a deck plus external drives AND are working on a 13 or 15? Wouldn't most editors working at that level want the 17 anyway?. W…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Wiggin So in reality, they didn't make the MacBook Pros cheaper...but they now make a 15" MacBook (non-Pro). + 1 I can see that a lot of workflows don't use a card slot, but then there some that do and flexibilit…