Rob.

all good points.

its sad that people have to keep on doling out money and older.macs are essentially orphans. its a clever marketing strategy i saw over the years used as i worked in tech and i guess apple r n d would argue they need the income to bring out new groovy products...haveing worked for a computer manufacturer
im sympathetic to the fact that r n d can chew up capital.

but otoh my concern is the poor song creator in a poor country who bought a apple product awhile back...but cant afford now to rebuy. capitalism at work sadly.
this is a factor thats stopped me going mac ie obsolesence as well as pricing....much as i love what apple have done with processor technology. ie M series.
the new ipad pro isnt exactly cheap costing 1200 bucks or more ?
whereas my new ryzen 7 pc with m2 tech costing 400 bucks is no slouch and handles all i throw at it ..and you should see how fast it handles bb/rb .
im happy. (kudos to gordon for turning me onto mini pcs which i thought might not be able to handle work load.).

but the big challenge for apple and one im waiting with bated breath to see how they handle and the bane of all processor manufacturers is ramping up processor technology and performance given the elephant in the room...ie the laws of physics.
its gonna be interesting to see how things play out given this limitation....plus read up sometime about potential competitors eg snapdragon and others....lots of future fun.

as to pg's plugin strategy...i remain concerned about this haveing seen first hand what can happen when one developes products to work with third party products which one has no control over.
specifically one might be caught in constant upgrades to keep up with
changes in the third party products.
i realise that loads of users want this re their fav daws but the devils in the
technical implementation details..and i think pg should be given some slack in this regard. i suspect its no walk in the park.

happiness.

om

Last edited by justanoldmuso; 05/11/24 06:03 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)