Comments on: New Thunderbolt accessories signal renaissance of Mac customization

By: crowdtube.tv

crowdtube.tv — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:21:20 +0000

Boxx looks great. Thank you.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 04:59:23 +0000

I agree with your comment. The thunderbolt seems to be a step backwards from FireWire 400 & 800. For example, before purchasing the MacBook Pro recently, I was able to live capture video by way of FireWire cable from my video camera to my computer either by QuickTime or Final Cut Pro. Sine I was told thunderbolt was bidirectional I assumed it could receive video signal but soon after purchase found differently. I purchased a MacBook pro with thunderbolt & also the cable from the Apple store, that had HDMI on one end & thunderbolt on the other end for camera to laptop use.

I have yet to get the laptop to see my camera that is connected to the laptop. I call 1-800-my-Apple & was assured it’d work. Apple sets me up an appointment at local Apple retail store with genius tech & he can’t figure it out. He finally tells me that thunderbolt doesn’t work with capturing video from a video camera source.

To return to the post comment, I do feel Apple has taken some steps back. I can no longer live capture from video camera to MacBook anymore.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:14:57 +0000

This modular design thing (like everything else Apple has done in the pro market) seems like a step backward to me. I don’t see the benefit of splitting a workstation into pieces. Sure, it might benefit mobile production on a laptop (maybe to capture dailies and stuff), but Apple and the press are trying to sell this as a replacement to the Mac Pro. I don’t see the cost benefit, or even the practicality benefits of replacing one unitized cohesive chassis with integrated parts with a bunch of little chassis filled with distinct and separate systems that come together through a single lane. Am I the only one that thinks this is a major step down from the Mac Pro? This is like when they killed X Serve and suggested people use Minis instead. This ecosystem is becoming a joke. Every Mac person I know (including me) has started to give some serious attention to PC workstations like the HPZ800 or Boxx. I could have never imagined I’d be looking at PCs again, but if this is Apple’s future, a half-baked non-integrated solution for Pros – well, it was nice while it lasted I guess.

By: bill

bill — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:38:28 +0000

each of the mac pros pci slots can do almost 3000MB per second per slot thats over 12000MB total compared to 600MB total for thunderbolt without a monitor hooked up.
I say the mac pro will be needed for quite awhile, most non pros dont relize the huge difference in bandwith between the two.
the maximum the TB 3 bay pci slot can do is 600MB divided by 3 or 200 MB per slot

By: Digital Dazzle

Digital Dazzle — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:11:07 +0000

That alone is worth upgrading to a Thunderbolt notebook or iMac. However, this could also spell the end of the Mac Pro, but then Apple has been slowing down “all things Pro” anyway…