What is everyone complaining about? Hardware design of Apple is state of the art. Other companies can match on specifications but only 1% of people really care about those.

Now, let's replace "Apple" for "Panasonic" or "Sony" and imagine that we are talking about TVs few years ago. Initially it seems that words are valid. Initially.

I'm a Mac guy and always have been, but it's lame announcements like this that slowly cause me to stray. I now have an android tablet, I will probably get an android phone next, and if they don't come out with a new Mac Pro soon I might jump ship on the Mac's as well. The iMac is nice for some now that it has Nvidia graphics chips, but I need more horse power. I love FCPX, but if they don't give me my Mac Pro soon I'll relearn Premiere.

@brian202020 +1. Have you looked into PP CS6? Quite nice. Adobe copied a lot from FCPX, and it can do more. But I'm waiting for CS 6.5. SpeedGrade integration sucks.

I have to use Mac's because of Work as The Editing Package that is used is FCPX but for home a Good Mac pro is out of my Price Range and the Mac work Provided for Home Is SLOWWWWW so I am looking at the Hackintosh route.

Very interesting.

@Vitaliy - what is your take on Rockchip and what do you see as a next-gen evolution of the tablet?

In other words, what would you select as hardware for a power user / pro tablet? Are there any forthcoming technologies that you see as "game-changing" or is the tablet market essentially about the most for least money (I.e. retina Display Rockchip tablet)

If someone was donating a tablet to you , would you prefer the "new new iPad " or a Microsoft surface if those were your only two choices? (I know this is a false premise)

I have my own design for a next gen tablet, here's to hoping I can get it made :)

what is your take on Rockchip and what do you see as a next-gen evolution of the tablet?

Rockchip will have 4 core LSI with improved GPU soon. Chinese are known to implement things in end product within month or so.

MStar also after merger is moving fast (mostly in TV segment), making already very good chips.

China now is the same as US in 70s and 80s. Many companies doing different things. Big piles of crap, of course.

If someone was donating a tablet to you , would you prefer the "new new iPad " or a Microsoft surface if those were your only two choices? (I know this is a false premise)

I prefer something running Windows 8 Pro, personally, with high res screen and Wacon stylus included :-)

You need to be very organized with Premiere, data management sucks. If you change the smallest thing, like using a backup instead of a hard disk gone bad, even with the same folder structure it's an orgy of re-linking.

@Frame +1. I'm stuck with MBP, too. I'm unhappy that Apple is stripping out the optical drive. No room for installing 2nd hard drive. Sucks. One day Apple will strip out the keyboard and claim that 15" iPad looking device is "the" new MBP.

Oh my eyes...

I am an Apple user since 1994, bought my first PC (a netbook Acer D270 ) this February. And this shxx crashes on day 2 when copying data from the internal SD-Slot (using an USB-Adaptor is the workaround) Never had such problems with a Mac

Let's just rephrase:

I always had small cats, but this february I saw some old and sick dog near dump site and got it home. It died within days. I am very disappointed with dogs. Cats are much much better.