As I may have posted a few timesWaiting for another professional machine for 5 years now is unique in Apple's history

How many people just in this thread - me included - are happily using (upgraded) 9-year-old computers?
As I may have posted a few timesWaiting for another professional machine for 5 years now is unique in Apple's history
on this we agree wholeheartedly. They will try to drag us into new gear by inventing new standards of some kind and we'll be forced to upgrade in order to connected with the world in some way.As I may have posted a few timesthe reason is that computers reached a performance plateau about ten years ago, and they're now long-term investments.
How many people just in this thread - me included - are happily using (upgraded) 9-year-old computers?
You are quite right about this. Now the question remains - why? I think that most consumers are happy with the status quo because they don't need more and the remaining 0.1% of us who don't want to have to use slaves on a giant template or who don't want to sit and wait 12 hours for a 3D scene to render are financially speaking not worth it putting in the necessary research into faster technology.computers reached a performance plateau about ten years ago
The truth is that they actually CAN'T make computers much faster with the existing paradigm. Its not a matter of motivation. A fundamentally new technology has to be invented, if that's even possible....along with free energy.You are quite right about this. Now the question remains - why?
Shoddy software development will bring that to it's knees eventually.Right, although the 28-core chip Intel recently announced is still moving forward.
But as you say, how many of us need that much power? I’m not working with moving holograms, and I have less interest in VR helmets than in sleeping on nails.
It's hard to imagine that happening with an instrument or effect plug-in. Hosts are all making good use of multiple cores. But who knows.Shoddy software development will bring that to it's knees eventually.
Here's the link:28 cores wow. but I agree, my MacPro 12 core has all the power I will need for quite some time.
It was 10 years ago for me but exactly the same scenario. In my case, I left Pro Tools and Windows for Logic and a Mac. Since then of course I went down the Apple rabbit hole with iPads and iPhones and Apple TVs. And I haven’t regretted it yet, except for the empty wallet. However, I’m a bit concerned about their ongoing commitment to the Mac and OS X. For me, it’s the key to my continued loyalty to the Apple ecosystem.I bought a mac just for Logic 8 years ago, but I stayed and will stay on mac for much more. Definitely unhappy with the current Mac lineup but not leaving the ecosystem for windows unless apple forces me.
I am (happily using a 2009/2010 Mac Pro). But what worries me is that this thing won't last forever. CPU's and components getting stressed a lot each day and one day it'll fail. And over time so will all 2009/2010 Mac Pro's and there'll be nothing new from Apple to buy as a replacement.As I may have posted a few timesthe reason is that computers reached a performance plateau about ten years ago, and they're now long-term investments.
How many people just in this thread - me included - are happily using (upgraded) 9-year-old computers?
I replaced my 10 year old (8-core) Mac Pro not long ago with an 8 year old (12-core) Mac Pro. I'll add more RAM and a a new graphics card to the Mac before I consider buying a new Mac. The 12 core with 32 gb RAM cost me 10% of what the current fully spec'd Mac Pro would cost, or 5-6% of what a fully spec'd iMac Pro would cost me.How many people just in this thread - me included - are happily using (upgraded) 9-year-old computers?
The 2009/10 gets a lot hotter than older computers (because of its power), i.e. it does take more stress than older machines. But for example I have a PowerMac 9600 from the '90s in my room that still works perfectly, and I'm pretty sure a IIci buried in my garage somewhere still works!I am (happily using a 2009/2010 Mac Pro). But what worries me is that this thing won't last forever. CPU's and components getting stressed a lot each day and one day it'll fail. And over time so will all 2009/2010 Mac Pro's and there'll be nothing new from Apple to buy as a replacement.
Which is why I desperately hope they won't fuck up the new Mac Pro release. Not holding my breath though, as they might come up with a too locked down system to be useful, rasonably affordable and upgradeable for what I/we do.
I was in the same situation in 2013...the only difference is that it was for post production reasons (scoring to pic) as opposed to recording live instruments. I took the plunge and paid $2800 for the top-end MacBook pro at the time; best move ever. Five years later, it's still going strong and has been totally reliable (unlike my PC's for the previous 20+ years). You might pay more up front, but it's money well spent IMO. I still use Cubase for certain projects, but Logic Pro is my primary DAW. And honestly, Logic has crashed like maybe two or three times in the past five years, and it was due to a faulty plugin.I’ve always wanted to jump ship to Logic Pro. A big driver for that is studios and musicians that i’ve used and collaborated with on my pop material have been Logic users
Well, the machines today are powerful enough to run all that crap, so whether the word "bloated" applies is open to debate.Still amazes me to think my Mac Plus had no hard drive, the OS and everything you ran was on a single density floppy disc (128k if I remember right and it had something like 256kb RAM).
Now that also tells me how disciplined the software programmers must have been!
OS software now has way to much crap bloating it in comparison.
Yes I think you are right! I got mine secondhand of a guy who had bought it to write his thesis on (always wondered why he bought a Mac for that.Also, didn't the Mac Plus have a massive 1MB of memory? Wasn't that the Plus part? I vaguely remember upgrading the memory to 4MB. But I know the original one was 128K.