Comments on: Could 2016 Be The Year Everything Changed?

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 23:43:47 +0000

Yes, its unfortunate. I’m having to opt out of Mac usage. Lack of upgradability etc just means I’ve no option. There’s a lot of stuff to port to PC when it happens! I’d be interested to hear what your custom PC builds will comprise of. Keep us posted.

By: Walter Biscardi

Walter Biscardi — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:44:38 +0000

No, no interest at all in the MPB, no interest at all in a Mac laptop. The MacBook Air is simply for writing and keeping up with my blogs. For primary editing I’m on desktop machines. As I said in the article, I’ll most likely go with a Microsoft Surface or possibly the HP Envy to replace this Air when I’m ready.

By: Shameer Mulji

Shameer Mulji — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:36:09 +0000

“As for me personally, I have probably made my final Apple purchase as I’ll trade in my current MacBook Air for a Surface Tablet.”

Have you looked at the new 13″ MBP without Touch Bar? It doesn’t have a touch screen but it’s incredibly light and powerful (head & shoulders above the MBA).

By: Walter Biscardi

Walter Biscardi — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 00:07:32 +0000

This machine will easily handle small to pretty heavy video production work. We’ve been running 32GB iMacs for over three years now cutting everything from corporate jobs to full documentaries. Specs on the iMacs are dated compared to this machine so yeah, it’ll cut video production work just fine.

By: Shameer Mulji

Shameer Mulji — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 23:26:37 +0000

I’ll give MS credit. The Surface Studio look great. Good for them. One thing though, is what creative pro is it aimed at? If you watch the intro video, the only examples they show are drawing / annotating / note taking. No video editing / production and no music production. On top of that it maxes out at 32GB of RAM (in many cases this may not be enough for heavy video production work)

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-studio/overview

So it seems that initially, it’s aimed at a very specific segment of the creative pro market

By: Walter Biscardi

Walter Biscardi — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 19:41:23 +0000

I have a few friends who are using the Surface Tablet in lieu of a laptop now and I can see that they have similar and better specs than my current MacBook Air. I edit with Premiere on here and use Photoshop all the time so if I can do that, then the Surface can easily do the same. I would not edit all day with it, but for evenings and personal projects, it works just fine. I’m really looking forward to trying out a Surface Studio Pro desktop the next time I’m near a Microsoft store.

By: Al B

Al B — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 19:35:02 +0000

100% agree with you. And Microsoft always has had strong partnerships. I think that, with cloud computing, and the huge use of pads for portable needs, that the desktop for pros is going to re-emerge. I find myself looking very closely at the Microsoft offerings. Apple’s newest laptops are just not worth upgrading to. I have almost the same configuration in my 2014 MB pro and 27″ iMac.
MSFT needs to pay the devs that have key Apple software to develop for Windows10, which they have an entire division to sell to them so it’s not out of the question.
Given that I have moved from FCP 7 to Pr and the Adobe suite, it’s only a matter of NTFS formatting to get me over to it. I can always leave a few key apps on my Mac, just like running Windows 7 in a virtual on my Mac now for an app that is great at DVD labeling and not on Windows. Virtual is not fast enough for full time Pr work though.

By: Walter Biscardi

Walter Biscardi — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 13:38:03 +0000

I think the key for Microsoft will be how they partner with and integrate strong products that are already out there. A Windows based streaming box tied to Vizio for example. But they have definitely gotten the world re-introduced to how “cool” PCs can be and they’re not ready for the junk heap yet.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 13:24:48 +0000

You’re right, this is the year, people start to notice that Microsoft’s up to something. But I think it will be a few more iterations before people start switching.