Link 2 G5s together to speed up Rendering????

[Rsieben]

Not yet…it’s a rumored feature of rumored FCP 5

[Adam Schmidt]

apple jumped on the distributed computing idea for Logic 7 and it works damn well. And remember, many apps like AE, Shake, maya, and even Compressor can utilize “grid” computing, so the investment in a couple cluster nodes is not a bad idea for time critical work environments. Apple’s Xgrid node software even has subdirectories for FCP and Motion, but they have not been taken advantage of yet. And if the rumor gods have it correct, we will be looking at dual core, dual 3.0Ghz G5 macs (that’s 4 G5 3Ghz chips) with 32GB of Ram, and 4 20GB/s PCI-X slots between NAB and MWNY.

Dream Very Big,
Adam

[Don Greening]

Damn, Adam. Wouldn’t THAT be something. I’m drooling already. I knew there was a reason to wait and use use my G4 a little longer. I read somewhere the other day that Apple is poised and positioning itself to go after the heady Silicon Graphics market. That can only mean good things for us.

– Don

[Mitchji]

[Don Greening] “I knew there was a reason to wait and use use my G4 a little longer.”

Hi Don,

You might want to get a G5 now and then upgrade again later. If you do a nice ebay add and get a refurb G5 it won’t cost you that much.

I sold my DP 867 on Ebay with a few extras for $1,400 and got an Apple refurb (full warranty) Rev A DP 1.8 G5 for $1,800.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Don Greening]

Thanks for the heads up, Mitch, but if I started spending even .02 cents more on gear right now by monday I’d be in divorce court.

– Don