It is finally here, and Valentine’s Day is probably one of the worst days to receive a new computer, especially one like this. 
The packaging is rather obvious at what’s inside, probably like little moving billboards for Apple. Not that it is much different than say Dell or a cow-like box from Gateway. Computer manufacturers seem to like using their packaging for touting how many they are shipping around the globe. But it is black, sleek, minimal, Apple. If you have ever bought an Ipod, IPhone, etc – you can tell Apple pays very close attention to their packaging as part of the overall user experience. It is quite a contrast to say a new lens you might get, which is pretty much a plain, brown wrapper as camouflage.
As photographers, we always hope that it is the content that matters above all else, but presentation does factor into overall impressions. It simply cannot be ignored.
But now the migration begins, and feeling like a fish out of water for awhile. I may develop a new strategy in my image storage since I can pack 4 hard drives or 4 TB into this thing. Seems a shame not to take advantage of the fast access on the internal drives and utilize my NAS boxes for backups. More to come!
Congratulations to you! I’m sure you’re going to be tremendously happy. (Cow-like box…*ROFL!*)
I sure wish somebody loved me enough to get me a MacPro for valentines day!
Congrats Mr. Graf, … you now have a new mistress!!
Congratulations, Mark. As you are a long time PC user, I would suggest plugging in a regular USB mouse having 2 buttons and ditching that evil one button Apple mouse. To be sure, especially using Lightroom and Photoshop, you are used to right-clicks. With that one button mouse, you’ll have to ctrl-click and that ain’t fun!
Enjoy your new toy and keep us filled in!
Hey Paul, I know what you mean about the mouse. You can turn on the ability to right click in the system preferences I learned. But then I also learned that actually getting the mouse to perform a right click takes a bit of finesse. I’ll give this thing a chance, but it may be the first thing I swap out!
Opening a new Mac box is an experience unto itself. So….. nice. Can’t wait until my budget lets me get a new one… *sigh*
Congratulations Mark! I look forward to following your experience.
Ron
Congrats Mark, I look forward to hearing about your experience after you’ve been able to use it for a while…. I’ve been contemplating making the same leap!Hope all is well.
cheers,
Ethan-
Hey Mark
Awesome, man. If you have any technical issues, you know who you can call.
Cheers
Carl