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Brad the effing pilot BTFP (he loves that title) (our now departed corporate pilot) pointed out their plane to me while we were pulling into the general aviation terminal.

We went to KBIS at end of January for a couple of days for the company. We spent a small fortune on food and drinks, and I think out of the 9 of us only one actually gambled in the casino. On the upside, I got a cr*p load of points on my MGM status, paying for all of the rooms and drinks and food. 😂

Lenny, I don’t agree with you often (ever), but this time you might be on to something! 😆

So, did you get the MacBook Pro with the M2 Max chip? I was just looking at the Apple Store, and that would be the one I would buy if my wife wouldn’t kill me after buying the Airstream and the new truck on order.

You are bad! I can’t watch it live without watching commercials, so I watch it on Thursday night. You need to do some self flagellation as a penance.😂 Although, I don’t care enough to know which one that is other than a male. Now I have to pretend when they go to tribal that I don’t know who is out.

I think the Mini with m2 pro is a lot closer to the base studio, but of course, the Studio is way more expandable, and at some point it will be coming out with either the M2 or maybe M3 chip set. You can do the 1 TB SSD in the M2 Pro Mac Mini. If you are doing professional editing, cores become paramount, way beyond my usage. I find that when I am editing surfing movies😂 of a max of 2-3 minutes (how long I can upload to Smugmug for storage) that when I do rough editing of raw 15 minutes of videos producing 4 to 5 3 minute videos for an hour, at the end of the hour, I have to wait about less than 10 minutes on my 2018 MacBook (which is way less capable than than either the best Mini or Studio or your MacBook). In other words it would be nice if it was instant, but it is hardly a big deal. JMHO and YMMV. (By rough editing no added voice or music, just trimming and cutting and splicing video using IMovie). jc<———is not doing professional work because nobody is paying him! On another topic, when we go on the road in the Airstream, would you want to watch us on YouTube?

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I think the new Mac Mini which has the M2 Pro chip would be an excellent tool for editing video with that chip set. I haven’t used the new Mac Mini. I have a 14 year old one that I use to project 4K videos out of our upstairs office for Halloween and Christmas. I used to edit video with it but replace it in 2013 with a MacBook Pro 17” and I have that in my office as my video monitor projecting to a 27” tv in my office, I am currently streaming the Tiger group at the masters, usually it is playing my edited videos and pictures. I replaced in in 2018 or 19 with the new version. That is what I currently edit 4K video with. I use it a lot. I am probably needing to upgrade to these new chips sets. The current MacBook Pro I use is fast at the editing, the video, it is just not as fast rendering the final file. So, in my opinion, the hard part on all of these devices is easy, which is the time to look at video, and to time the cuts, and if you add any voice over or music, etc. The time when you say create file is where the faster chips make the biggest difference. My personal decision, about the next Mac is going to take the reality of spending a lot of the time on the road in a 23 foot Airstream, and being limited on space. I will probably stick with a laptop again because of the screen included. In a home, where you have space and the ability to use it with a giant tv or monitor, the Mac Mini M2 Pro would probably be a better option. The IPad Pro is not a suitable replacement for either. It is great for posting at CC… which is how I post here. JC<——— has been using Mac computers since 1987 with a Mac Plus. Using Apple II since 1982 and crappy DOS and Windows computers at work since 1988.

Bernaise?

You guys are killing the purpose of a laptop. If you are going to buy all of these add-ons just buy a mac Mini.

Went for Tuesday and Wednesday practice rounds in 2010, such a beautiful place. I was the guest of a large company, I have no idea how they got the tickets, I assume scalped, it was all a package. We had dinner and lots of drinks with a member of Augusta National one night at the Bonefish Grill on the main drag. He told us stories about the place. When we had cocktails last Saturday night in my 2010 Master’s beer cups. I think the beers then were $2. I think they are $5 this year. I remember the egg salad and pimento cheese sandwiches were less than a $1 in 2010. Very cool to walk the course.

A bit harder to get a tee time at Augusta National!

Bad enough to have to have extra hard drive attached on a mobile device and really bad to have a mouse attached. The MacBook Pro historically has a good touchpad. It just becomes sketchy as it ages. So, yeah a mouse is still a better answer, but an extra pain.

That is huge, is the keyboard full width it looks smaller?

We are going to a Doobie Brother’s concert in June. I tried to get out of it. Saying we had seen them many times while they were young, and even when they were old, but apparently I lost that argument. 😆

I need a new MacBook Pro…. My current two, and my newest probably 4 years old, the touch pad is twitchy, from editing too many videos. Does the newest version have same touch part as the old, replacing the long ago departed mouse?

She is definitely a teacher. And I am guessing from your comments you are a very bad student!😂

Definitely too small, but it is nice to have a captive audience in a pond. Small mouth bass are tasty, but they are no crappie. JC

Crappie is yummy! Had crappie for dinner Saturday night at the lake house. Fresh water fish pretty small. Most are about 1 pound. jc

And one we are trying to recreate here. 😂

75 here today with a risk of tornados, it must be spring. We are going to the lake house tonight, tomorrow upper 60s and upper 70s on Sunday. Might go for a boat ride.

I sort of agree, until I cook a big batch of king crab legs. That container of water must weigh 50#. JC

Understand. I have great happiness for the closing for you. That will be an exciting thing to be free from it. Hopefully, the buyer will continue to operate the business well. Change like that is always hard on the employees. jc

50F is the magic number for it to operate, has to be above that. At 50F it is really cold. A wetsuit is an absolute necessity. PITA. I have participated when it was 52 and the wind blowing at 40 knots. I am not quite right. It was very cold. Bring the kids towels regularly they help when they are fresh. JC

You have a job beyond running the farm?