Lion will drop support for earliest Intel Macs..

kwiz · Post by **kwiz** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:28 am

Hmmmm...
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MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:10 pm

Wrong section... try the Mac section (or maybe JS or S can move it).

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:00 pm

Looks like the gap is rapidly closing on the used Mac Pro 1,1 I bought last year.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:28 pm

James Steele wrote:Looks like the gap is rapidly closing on the used Mac Pro 1,1 I bought last year.

ARRRRGHHH! That has to be frustrating (assuming the rumor is true).

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:43 pm

Oops.. I should have said "my 'stop-gap' MacPro 1,1." Looks like it's frozen out of 64-bit paradise. Better get my act together and sell my G5 and it soon as I can and maybe find a Nahalem Quad.

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:52 pm

Man. These doorstops are getting expensive.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:17 pm

Can't keep the dwarfs out and the wizards in, eh? But system orks abound, non?

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:07 pm

Dunno, but things are headed to Mt. Doom faster than I can keep up with them.

Killahurts · Post by **Killahurts** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:43 pm

Frodo wrote:Man. These doorstops are getting expensive.

Oh c'mon, repurpose them. You can think of something can't you?

I got about 30 of 'em, and they're all doing something, even if it's stupid.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:47 pm

I've only got the G5 and I seem to be the one doing stupid things with it...

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:20 pm

Killahurts wrote:
Oh c'mon, repurpose them. You can think of something can't you?

Sure--- doorstops!!

j/k!!!

I just did a bunch of upgrades to my current MacPro-- more RAM, new/better SuperDrive, fifth internal HD, etc.

n2mpujack · Post by **n2mpujack** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:56 am

You could always use the old Macs as VE Pro support machines.

Phil O · Post by **Phil O** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:16 am

Hmmm, I have two areas - one where I track, and one where I mix, and a Mac Pro in each area. I've always kept identical systems on each, but now this changes everything. My older 4 core machine will probably not be supported.

Obsolescence seems to be coming at a much faster pace these days, ehh.

Phil

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:38 am

That's sort of where I am, Phil. As long as the stuff is working well then everything's fine. Now that protocols and compatibilities are being adjusted the question now is focused on how much time remains before a new machine will be a must. I'm already running a network, so when the time comes it could be a double-dollar whammy to bring everything up to date.

SixStringGeek · Post by **SixStringGeek** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:59 pm

Well I figure my dual quad is good for one more generation - however I don't know if upgrading it to Lion would even be worth it. Once a system is built and configured, unless there are bug fixes available for things that - well - bug me, I consider it a more or less sealed appliance for its lifetime. There is no reason to upgrade and the thing should be good for at least 5-7 years if not as many as 10 (the last PPC's were sold about 8 years ago).

I don't see anything in Lion that is really compelling except for AVFoundation - really the return of QuickTime authoring to the platform. AVFoundation was introduced in ios 4 to unify access to various media formats. Makes sense to bring it to the Mac now. Even then, I'd only consider that potentially useful for film work.

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