Comments on: Mac users still waiting for Intel systems

The "pause" in Mac sales seen during the company's first quarter continues into the second.

[kfdan]

As a video pro .....

I will want to see FireWire 800 as well as 400 and a real delivery
system for P2 cards in the new intel laptops before I put down my
hard earned money for a new Mac. I think a lot of professional
video producers are thinking the same way! If Apple begins to think
in terms of pro needs and consumer needs they are going to make
a great deal more money! Think of the gamer's market as well.
Mac laptops could become competitive in a number of areas! think
Apple - THINK!

[wysiwyg22]

Graphic Pros Chime in

I'm right behind you Kfdan. . . Our whole studio analyzed the
advantage of updating all of our systems to the new DuoCore
Intels, but the fact is that our DC-G5 and Quad G5s seriously
outperform anything they're offering with an intel chip right
now.

Follow that up with the fact that the entire Adobe suite runs slow
on the Intels, EVERY Intel, mac or pc/ when compared to the G5
w/OSX.

Until Adobe CS3 comes as a universal binary and until they
release something that can outperform what we have in the real
world applications, (more than Mail, Safari and the handful of
universal programs available), we're going to buy Intel Minis for
a receptionist and occasionally pepper our resources when we
need "SOMETHING", and pretty much leave it at that.

I was really curious about the Intels, but I'm seeing less and less
in them the further I look, it seems to be the standing opinion
here in Hollywood... we'll wait. Give us something that'll at least
realistically keep up with our G5s. We will run an Intel and a G5
side by side in the studios - we had better see a difference. The
few Intels we have were curiosities at first, they're now net
browsing computers.

To me, that is a VERY low station.

We'll wait until they work out the generation 1 bugs. Give us the
power we need to perform. Get the software up to speed so
we're not shooting ourselves in the foot every time we boot up
our critical design and video apps. Give us Firewire 800 (Apple
essentially invented it for our market, GIVE IT TO US!).

If I wanted to run Windows XP for the design market, I'd buy a
Dell Precision Workstation. Like all the lemmings, I ran out to try
out Boot Camp. . . but the fun is over. . . that was cute, but you
didn't follow it up with anything so far.

Give us some more power.

[booboo1243]

My hopes for the 17" Macbook

My wish list for the 17" Macbook is:

Top mobile chipset from ATI or NVIDIA (7800 Go level)
Pro level video chipset available as option (Quadro etc.)
Firewire 800
Switchable drive bay (for hi-def formats or extra battery)
Next-gen wireless for better than G speeds

I hope Intel's upcoming products are as strong as recent benchmarks seem to indicate...that should boost Apple's fortunes as well.

[ggore]

Waiting for more models

As the owner of a 12" Powerbook that I find to be the perfect size for travel, use on airplanes, etc, I'm waiting to see what Apple may have in store. I know all the speculation is that they will drop this size but who knows?
Also I think people are waiting a generation for more bugs to be worked out, and better battery life that should come with newer processors. Core chips were supposed to use much less power but here we are with the same short batter life, something is wrong with this picture.

[Joe Blow]

As Usual, I and Many Others, Will Wait ...

for the bugs to be worked out of v 1.0 of the Intel Macs (the magnetic power connector that apparently has a flambe option is "interesting", to say the least). We will buy them when those bugs are fixed, and/or the prices on the systems drop as they're being cleared out to make room for the v 2.x products. At least Apple has finally figured out how to no longer have to worry about keeping up with initial demand - by pricing their products so high that only the most rabid of Mac Faithful will buy them (especially ironic, since now virtually every part in an Intel Mac is built in the same factories as PC parts, with production in the tens of millions of units per year). Fortunately, I've had my rabies shots, so I'm not foaming at the mouth while buying the new stuff (although I do have to admit that I am drooling). However, there's no danger that I'll be shorting out any Mac Book Pros anytime soon, since there aren't any on display in any of the stores beyond Apple's, even here in SillyCon Valley.

By the time I get around to getting an Intel Mac, all of the apps will have been ported to x86 native code, and quad core processors will have been available for years. In the meantime, I might invest the price of a MacBook Pro in a share of Apple's stock, in the hope that, like Steve Jobs, they'll give me my own corporate jet.

All the Best,
Joe Blow

[dansterpower]

Glad I bought the Quad!

Personally, I am very happy that I purchased the G5 Quad's I use
in my studio. I hear a lot of negativity about Apple these days
and the lack of Pro Towers, etc.

This blows me away: Folks making these statements seem to me
to be disconnected from the realities I see with our Quads --
they are AMAZINGLY impressive and fast boxes.

If you need a fast, multitasking capable Mac that Destroys real-
life production demands unlike any other, there is no reason to
wait. The Quads are for real. Don't believe the lack-luster press
-- a journalist with a stop watch makes a poor tester in regards
to real life production demands.

All our software runs NOW, and fast. PCI-E cards are being
updated regularly. Surely the Intel towers will have their issues:
our production realities cannot accomodate downtime issues
sure to arise.

Again, if you need power now -- Get a quad.

Best Machine ever built by Apple. Hands Down.

DJO

[Shauheen]

Oh yeah

give me a break with that title! if that is called "still waiting"!! then what about the infamous new windows! Oh yeah I see, nobody is waiting for that anymore!

[ddesy]

Missing the point...

I think you've missed the point. People are still buying plenty of
copies of Windows XP and systems with it installed. Since Vista
is really not so major a change, the software made after Vista's
release will most likely work just the same on XP.

On the Mac side, however, people have more to worry about.
With the different processor types and overall system redesigns,
the changes are much larger. They will affect the performance
of software much more. As such, they are waiting rather than
buying Intel based Macs, many some of which are already
available - unlike Windows Vista.