Twas two days after Christmas,
And all through the house
Only one sound could be heard:
The click click of a mouse.
The offerings were displayed
On the monitor with glee.
There were so many brand new
Mac Pros there for me.
A 4-core a 6-core,
And 8-core, even twelve.
The black trash can o fun left
my G5 to be shelved.
Terraflop vid cards
Of custom design.
I wanted it now
Dare not waste anymore time.
A new Final Cut station,
On a made-to-order rig.
A six-core was chosen,
With flash memory 265 Gig.
Add two D700 cards
For editorial tasks,
Like rendering whilst editing,
Using motion mattes and masks.
Credit card, expiration,
Shipping address, security pin.
I quickly hit confirm
Before the price made my head spin.
And then my jaw dropped
I was stunned by the news,
The ship-to date listed
Had me all kinds of confused!
I didnt know the wait
Was already legendary
It wouldnt be delivered
Until sometime February.
I had little choice
Used FCP for years
I needed a new Pro machine.
But this nearly drove me to tears
January passed quickly,
And on February 4th,
Received a note from ol Apple
Expect your Mac Pro henceforth
Its been quite a challenge
To get these orders done
But we promise that in February
Your new Mac will come.
Valentines day passed
My heart ached, it was broken.
No update from Apple.
Not a word, nothing spoken.
Then, three days later
Came an email confirming
"Delivery in February
Cause the factorys churnin."
Then nothing but silence
From Cupertino town
Not a peep from ol Apple
As the month wound itself down
The Fates were in charge,
There was no cause to fight them,
As the online store kept showing
Just the status: Processing Item.
And then on the last hour
Of month number two
I checked one more time
If the orderd gone through.
No such luck
As the clock rounded to March.
Mouth foaming with fury
As if filled up with starch
They Lied! Apple lied!
Theres just no way to save
This sullied reputation -
Steve Jobs flipped in his grave!
And then, just like that
It turned into March first.
When it comes to decisions
This one was the worst.
Lost clients, lost projects
Another payday gone lost
Just adds more frustration
To the price of the cost.
Too late to change now,
But its easy to see
Next time I upgrade
Maybe Adobe and a PC?
And all through the house
Only one sound could be heard:
The click click of a mouse.
The offerings were displayed
On the monitor with glee.
There were so many brand new
Mac Pros there for me.
A 4-core a 6-core,
And 8-core, even twelve.
The black trash can o fun left
my G5 to be shelved.
Terraflop vid cards
Of custom design.
I wanted it now
Dare not waste anymore time.
A new Final Cut station,
On a made-to-order rig.
A six-core was chosen,
With flash memory 265 Gig.
Add two D700 cards
For editorial tasks,
Like rendering whilst editing,
Using motion mattes and masks.
Credit card, expiration,
Shipping address, security pin.
I quickly hit confirm
Before the price made my head spin.
And then my jaw dropped
I was stunned by the news,
The ship-to date listed
Had me all kinds of confused!
I didnt know the wait
Was already legendary
It wouldnt be delivered
Until sometime February.
I had little choice
Used FCP for years
I needed a new Pro machine.
But this nearly drove me to tears
January passed quickly,
And on February 4th,
Received a note from ol Apple
Expect your Mac Pro henceforth
Its been quite a challenge
To get these orders done
But we promise that in February
Your new Mac will come.
Valentines day passed
My heart ached, it was broken.
No update from Apple.
Not a word, nothing spoken.
Then, three days later
Came an email confirming
"Delivery in February
Cause the factorys churnin."
Then nothing but silence
From Cupertino town
Not a peep from ol Apple
As the month wound itself down
The Fates were in charge,
There was no cause to fight them,
As the online store kept showing
Just the status: Processing Item.
And then on the last hour
Of month number two
I checked one more time
If the orderd gone through.
No such luck
As the clock rounded to March.
Mouth foaming with fury
As if filled up with starch
They Lied! Apple lied!
Theres just no way to save
This sullied reputation -
Steve Jobs flipped in his grave!
And then, just like that
It turned into March first.
When it comes to decisions
This one was the worst.
Lost clients, lost projects
Another payday gone lost
Just adds more frustration
To the price of the cost.
Too late to change now,
But its easy to see
Next time I upgrade
Maybe Adobe and a PC?
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