Rocket Jump switching from Macs to PCs

[Steve Connor]

Not that interesting, just the same arguments made for switching, that have been around for the last year.

Steve Connor
‘It’s just my opinion, with an occasional fact thrown in for good measure”

[Shawn Miller]

[Steve Connor] “Not that interesting, just the same arguments made for switching, that have been around for the last year.”

I think the ‘who’ in the blog, is what makes the story interesting. Freddie Wong is a major influencer amongst young, independent filmmakers.

Shawn

[Gary Huff]

[Shawn Miller] ” Freddie Wong is a major influencer amongst young, independent filmmakers.”

Many of whom prefer to edit off a laptop, and the article still points out that Apple laptops are second to none, so I fail to see how this will be much of an influence in the long run.

[Steve Connor]

[Shawn Miller] “I think the ‘who’ in the blog, is what makes the story interesting. Freddie Wong is a major influencer amongst young, independent filmmakers. “

OK, didn’t know that because I’m old!

Steve Connor
‘It’s just my opinion, with an occasional fact thrown in for good measure”

[Shawn Miller]

[Gary Huff] “Many of whom prefer to edit off a laptop, and the article still points out that Apple laptops are second to none, so I fail to see how this will be much of an influence in the long run.”

For editing, sure. But I think a pretty big part of his fan base are also VFX/Mograph artists… I’m guessing they’re more likely to be desktop/workstation users. It might also be worth mentioning that, his post is partly about moving away from FCPX.

Shawn

[Gary Huff]

[Shawn Miller] “It might also be worth mentioning that, his post is partly about moving away from FCPX.”

Yes, unless you want to run some Apple-centric hardware, there’s no reason to be tied into one platform vs another.

[Shawn Miller]

[Gary Huff] “Yes, unless you want to run some Apple-centric hardware, there’s no reason to be tied into one platform vs another.”

I completely agree.

Shawn

[Daniel Frome]

Not surprisingly. If you’re into making short, vfx effects heavy content — then pure performance is key. Adobe and Avid software runs better on Windows 7 than OSX anyway (maybe not significantly better… but again “pure performance is key”).

[Nevin Styre]

While my main system is now PC and 99% adobe there are still needs for a mac(looking at the retina). Dealing daily with content that comes in from different companies & sources a lot of the time formats are mac specific, instead of dropping dough on a bunch of plugins and quicktime codecs so I can view the content on my PC it makes more sense to put that money towards a mac that will read it natively & also give me the option of portability that my PC tower setup is missing. Workstation PC laptops are similar priced without high-res screens and gaming PC laptops are way too bulky with TN panel screens for the most part, apple still has the notebook crown. And if I do have some footage that I need on PC(IE xdcam in a quicktime container) I can transcode to prores with the macbook. It also helps that my creative cloud subscription allows 2 installs and is cross platform.

[Gary Huff]

[Nevin Styre] “Dealing daily with content that comes in from different companies & sources a lot of the time formats are mac specific, instead of dropping dough on a bunch of plugins and quicktime codecs so I can view the content on my PC it makes more sense to put that money towards a mac that will read it natively & also give me the option of portability that my PC tower setup is missing.”

Yes, because the plugins and QuickTime codecs you’d need to purchase cost well over $2200.