At this point I wish Apple would sell off “Pro” apps

[Dennis Radeke]

“It’s the reason why Adobe products are still not 64 bit in Mac, but they are in PC.”

Most Adobe products are not 64 bit native on either platform. There are a couple of exceptions however:
Photoshop is 64 bit native on Windows
Lightroom is 64 bit native on either platform (cocoa development on Mac from the start)

Premiere Pro and After Effects take advantage of 64bit memory addressing on EITHER platform. This means that not only are both applications able to address all of your CPU cores, but you can address up to 3.5GB of RAM per core. In my opinion, this is the single biggest advantage of a 64bit OS. I blogged on this some time ago if you’re interested.

https://blogs.adobe.com/genesisproject/2009/03/64_bit_os_and_adobe_products.html

[Frank Pledge]

2+ terabytes per project….meh

I understand what you’re saying, but i work with a company that does a lot of online doc content. tons and tons of media working off Xsan with multiple editors. they then reuse edits (not master media) for multiple promo stuff etc for like YEARS after.

A reliable method of consolidation would be good. But maybe it’s kinda here now…

My one minor bone to pick with your perfectly reasonable solution is that I’d prefer not to just “throw money” at the issue by just constantly buying hardrives that i put…where?

G5 2.5 Dual PPC
4Gigs Ram
FCS2
Leopard

[Winston A. cely]

In most cases, they go on the shelf instead of the tapes, which now get stored out of site. I admit our situation is unique, but it seems like a good solution for many instances just not all, for sure! 🙂

Winston A. Cely
Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLC

Mac Pro 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
4 GB RAM | Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 | Aja Kona LHe

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