New Powermacs tomorrow….Dual Core?

[Chris Babbitt]

Somebody please explain to me what “Dual Core” will mean for us.

[Chi-ho Lee]

From what I understand, dual core is two processors within one. So dual “dual core” machines will mean a mac with 4 processors – quad processors. But I believe software will have to be coded or recomplied to take advantage of this.

Perhaps someone with more hard knowledge can chime in.

-CHL

Chi-Ho Lee
Film & Video Editor
Apple Certified Final Cut Pro Trainer

[Jerry Hofmann]

Chi-Ho has it right. It’s a dual processor on a single core… I wouldn’t be holding my breath though for an announcement before mid 2007 on this new beastie… Hope I’m wrong though.

FCP will have to be re written for these Intel chips too… Of the pro apps, I’ll wager that FCP has the most to rewrite… Motion is a Cocoa app I believe, but FCP isn’t even close. Its carbon, so will require a tweak for sure.

Jerry

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Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D

[Jerry Hofmann]

This wouldn’t stop me from buying a new dual G5 now though. I’ll bet that when the first of the dual core chips in Macs happens, it will not be a quantum leap in performance overnight from the G5 tower it replaces… Right now dual G5’s keep up pretty well with the latest Pentiums and they’ll get faster before we see Pentium towers. It will be a gradual shift probably and not an earth shaking event like the first dual G5 was over the last dual G4.

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer

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Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D

[Clay Walker]

but will these new G5’s be able to handle the taxing playback requirements of iPod videos?

🙂

[Walter Biscardi]

[Jerry Hofmann] ”
FCP will have to be re written for these Intel chips too… Of the pro apps, I’ll wager that FCP has the most to rewrite..”

Maybe they can finally fix the Media Manager.

Then go back and fix some of the things that weren’t broken on previous releases like proper Photoshop Layer Support (you know, how the layers used to retain their own names rather than the name of the file, HD-SDI capture of 720p material, etc…..

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Peter Mcauley]

And while there at it, (I mean the total FCP rewrite) how about timecode displays and audio meters that don’t disable in capture or edit to tape modes, one of my all time fave dislikes.

Peter McAuley
Axyz Edit
Toronto
G5 dual 2.0
4 gigs ram
10.4.2
FCP 5.02
QT 7.02
Kona 2 v1.2 with K Box
4 X 250 gig external F800 Lacie firewire drive
2 X 23″ Apple cinema display

[Chi-ho Lee]

And a re-sizeable audio meter!

-CHL

Chi-Ho Lee
Film & Video Editor
Apple Certified Final Cut Pro Trainer

[Jerry Hofmann]

Chi… try playing around using the audio mix tool… you can resize that puppy all ya want!

Jerry

Apple Certified Trainer

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Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D

[Ed Dooley]

But the rumored dual-core G5s that some are expecting to be announced today are *not* Intel, they’re IBM 970MPs.
Most reports, like MacWorld, etc., say that the new chips will offer performance gains of 50-80%. They’re saying that
existing programs will see the boost.
Ed

[Jerry Hofmann] “Chi-Ho has it right. It’s a dual processor on a single core… I wouldn’t be holding my breath though for an announcement before mid 2007 on this new beastie… Hope I’m wrong though.

FCP will have to be re written for these Intel chips too… Of the pro apps, I’ll wager that FCP has the most to rewrite… Motion is a Cocoa app I believe, but FCP isn’t even close. Its carbon, so will require a tweak for sure.
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