I think is great that they have a policy towards common users. It's normal that as a common user, when you enter the apple world, having what they give you is a great option cause they've thought about every detail in order to make your experience of use easier and definitely great. For me itâs always been a plus.
But theyâve obviously forgot the audio/video guys. The new iMac 27â have almost the same port solution (USB Thunderbolt) as the Mac mini, I donât get that. For me that I do weddings the DVD optic drive option is not only necessary but fundamental. The momentum that a DVD represents, with the face of the bride on the DVD or whatever, and a book with the wedding photos, is irreplaceable. Now a days there are web options and facebook or twiter options added for the wedding experience. But a solid book with âbrochuredâ copies of photos and DVDâs canât be replaced in that experience. Letâs not forget that apple provide a book service with aperture and iphoto if Iâm not wrong. This is stuff you canât change either.
Denying a good DVD or future bluray option itâs a bad professional move. On the one hand they provide a powerful computer obviously featured for those that need time saving solution on managing files and render, with the fusion drive, in my case they could just left a 1.4 TB all flash (the double of mac book pro retina) but would have scared people.
Some people compare the DVD solution to the floppy disk from 1998⊠By that time it was only logical 1.44 MB didnât produce any business but to the guys who still sold them. And internet was growing big time providing the solution of sending little files through free email accounts⊠If I donât remember badly by 2002 you could send 5MB by hotmail account, almost 3 times more than a floppy⊠Today itâs not that easyâŠ
I donât think this is just a facebook status checking machine, for that I have iPhone and iPad, they strip away the necessity of being able to provide different professional formats, or better said consumer formats trough what I consider a working computer. I think itâs definitely sad that they chose to take DVD away and not giving bluray solution thatâs been asked for by consumer of private video and photo creation.
Many people will say or think that for that type of necessities we will be provided by a tower mac pro solution. But in this economy and turn of events of the digital world that is a solution thatâs for a few lucky people that can charge for their equipment. More and more these days the payment of photo/video work itâs a global low payment that has no consideration for the equipment that you use. Since thatâs a common coin in the profession, I as a professional tend to low cost in equipment in order to make a job viable of profitâŠ
Itâs not my job to provide solutions but to demand them. Iâve used mac for a long time and have defended their every move. This I canât, this is not a matter of religion or who knows better. The times of the mac being a struggling company are gone, now itâs on the top of the chain in a partnership with intel and many other top brands. I expect the best because I pay for the best.
