Philip

Dailies or rushes are one possibilities. That could require some color correction but Color is only one way to do that. Often the rushes are down-rez to standard definition and placed on DVDs for review. This would include syncing the sound, one-light color correction and adding window-burn timecode.

Sometimes the editor is on or near the set and starts doing a rough cut as the footage rolls in. This gives the director a chance to see what may have been left out when there’s still time to shoot some additional footage.

OTOH, Apple’s prices are dropping faster than ever before. The new models are all substantially less than their predecessors.

Philip

I guess I hold a grudge. When Apple claimed to have invented the personal computer, I had two at home and I only had to build one of them from a kit (Altair 8800). If you look at this link you’ll see that there were several before them. I always resented them for that. http://oldcomputers.net/kim1.html

Later during my career they screwed over two companies I worked for and countless customers when they left no upgrade path or backward compatibility when introducing new products. Perhaps they needed to do this to survive but it made me wary of getting into bed with them.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m no fan of Microsoft, Intel, Sun or SCO. They all have their good and bad points. (I do like Adobe, AMD and Google, so far.)

I guess I’m trying to keep some kind of score in my mind to help me decide who I should do business with. Apple won me over with OS-X and more reasonable prices. But now it seems that their prices are trending up faster than comparable Windows hardware.

I was hoping to buy a laptop this year but now it would have to be the $2500 17″ if I want to use it for DIT work. Maybe I should look for a used 15″ our just haul the Mac Pro out to the location.

Philiop

I have sent another note to Apple with the correction of my statement as quoted below.

My apologies for misrepresenting your comments, I must have been absorbing all the negative chi from the other 2 posts which I quoted.

Please find below the note resubmitted to Apple.

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I had previously sent negative feedback on the exclusion of ExpressCard slots on the new MBPs. That feedback included this statement which I have been requested to correct.
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I strongly urge you to reconsider this move. Here are a few strongly worded reactions of some very widely read video professionals who have condemned the removal of the Expresscard slot.

http://lfhd.blogspot.com/2009/06/apple-wwdc-and-new-computers-reaction.html

http://philipbloom.co.uk/2009/06/08/apple-why-15-mbp-loses-its-express-card-slot-and-gainsan-sd-card-slot/

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2009/06/08/why-no-expresscard34-slot-on-new-macbook-pro-models/
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The writer in the last link Philip Hodgetts would like to clarify that I had misrepresented the gist of his article as posted below.

11.Philip said …

Just to put this on the record. I do NOT condemn Apple’s move. If you re-read my post I demonstrate why I think it’s mildly disappointing for the small number of video professionals who might have used a 15″, but I totally understand why Apple did it. Dropping the ExpressCard slot on the 15″ makes perfect sense since almost no-one used it. Apple cannot make all their hardware for niche users like video pros. Video pros have the choice of the 17″ – which will give a much better user experience than the 15″ for Final Cut Studio.

I don’t condemn, but I do understand. I’d appreciate it if you took me off that list of people who condemn the move as I believe you misrepresent my statements. Thanks

Philip
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Please note for your reference.

An eSata (port multiplied) connector would be a perfect addition to a video pro laptop, but I wonder if the market is big enough. I’ve been hopeful that eSata would appear on laptops but I’m not so hopeful anymore.

Philip