polymnia

Yay! My condolences to the complainer contingent, one less thing to complain about. Though they are quite the resourceful bunch, I'm sure something else will be tapped to fill the gap soon.

allmypeople said:

On a more productive note from all the bickering... Does anyone have any opinions on using Plex for music streaming? I'm abandoning iTunes. I held on to it for a long time but it's time to move on. I've connected to my buddy's server through my account but haven't purchased a Plex pass. Can it do everything? That's ideally what I want for the family moving forward. 

I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing. Been using Plex for movies and tv shows forever. It’s great. The server is rock solid. Hard to believe it’s running on my own network on a Linux machine I configured myself (I’m not a Linux person). 

I have an audiophile uncle who who made the switch and has been telling me that it’s great. Once I can figure out how to transfer all my iTunes music (with playlists, metadata, etc) to the Plex server, and have a couple days to spend working through the process, I’m planning the same transition you’re considering.

its worth a try, right?

the real question is this: do I keep an iTunes (Apple Music) library so I have access through Mac apps via built in iTunes functionality? Not sure it’s worth the effort. 

Seems this is moving along faster than most of us guessed. 

Here is my wishcast: the Photoshop for iPad that Adobe's working on is a Catalyst app, so photoshop for iPad will also be Photoshop for Mac. 

Corallary: they already have 80% of desktop Lightroom built into the publicly shipping iPad app, perhaps that will get the same treatment?

wizard69 said:

netrox said:

Love how amateurs complain about the costs of Mac Pro... it's for Professionals making lots of money... not for amateurs living on a few hundreds. iMac Pro is for prosumers. Mac Pro is for professionals. iMac is for consumers (but they can do all the things that pros do but at a much slower speed). 

netrox said:

Love how amateurs complain about the costs of Mac Pro... it's for Professionals making lots of money... not for amateurs living on a few hundreds. iMac Pro is for prosumers. Mac Pro is for professionals. iMac is for consumers (but they can do all the things that pros do but at a much slower speed). 

Sure the Mac Pro is for professionals.   The mistake you make here is assuming that there is enough professionals out there to justify manufacture of this machine.  Frankly this is worse than the old cheese grater and will suffer the same fate.   

In case you are wondering that is sales so bad that Apple can’t justify the engineering expense to maintain it.  Apple needed a machine that would sell multiple thousands per month not a few hundred per month.  

The only fate the cheese grater suffered was being replaced by a new machine that didn't catch on. In its day, there was one cheese grater on every desk of every business I worked at/with. Going all the way back to the PowerMac G5 which shared the same case design, more-or-less.

By 2010 iMacs were capable enough that many creatives began using them instead.

To stay relevant, a Pro desktop really should be designed to completely destroy the all-in-one designs.

That's my opinion, anyway.

bitmod said:

StrangeDays said:

bitmod said:

If you’re a Fortune 100 company... it’s going to be great!

Quality tools are expensive. Do you need a tool this powerful? If so, great, here it is, you can do your job and produce value with it. If not, it's not for you, and that's fine. The iMac Pro, iMac, and Mini are great options for desktops.

Uhhhh... yah. They designed a Mac Pro for Pixar and maybe 5 other massive design houses. What about the other 98% of content creators? 
Where is the Mac for the small business that makes up 98% of the market? The freelancers who need a solid machine that they can upgrade over 7 years. iMac isn’t it. 

This is looks like a fantastic machine - but it misses the mark for what the average pro user has been asking for.

I freelance quite successfully on a maxed out 2017 iMac 5K. Though I would love to make an upgrade in a year or two to something like this. IMO most Macs fit the bill for small businesses: iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini—all quite capable small business tools. Obviously different types of business will gravitate to different machines. The regular MacBook is rather anemic, I'll grant you that. This MacPro is obviously a bit upscale for many small businesses, but there are freelancers out there in certain niches for whom this machine will be IDEAL. Even though I don't NEED this MacPro for my business, I could certainly use its capabilities. The money wouldn't be wasted.