Andrew Kimery
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[Shane Ross] “that, and it’s very old.”
It’s the very old part that is a deal breaker for me.
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[Shane Ross] “There are many options for 10.10 and 10.1”
Sweet.
[Shane Ross] “It was the only one out there with Thunderbolt 2. “
I see…
[Shane Ross] “Newer boards either don’t have Thunderbolt at all, or have Thunderbolt 3, which isn’t compatible with the MacOS yet. “
Well that’s a problem…
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So, today, my options are 10.9 w/ThB or 10.10/10.11 w/o ThB? Since I need both 10.11 *and* ThB I’ll have to wait for Apple to release an OS that supports ThB 3 and then wait for someone to hack it and generate a list of ‘safe’ parts to use to build the Hack?
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[Shane Ross] ” The machine I have is running 10.9.5, and getting it to 10.10 will be tricky.”
That rules a Hack for me then as I have some software that requires 10.10 or 10.11
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[Daniel Grixti] “Does anyone know how to create a multi-cam sequence so that each camera will be given it’s own track, rather than each clip? “
It’s been a repeated feature request of mine but it obviously hasn’t come to pass yet. It seems like an easy enough thing to implement, but I don’t code for a living…
[Herb Sevush] “The fix is easy enough to do so I guess there isn’t a lot of pressure on Adobe to fix this.”
It’s all fun and games until you have a doc or reality gig that routinely gets you 40 or 50 video tracks that have to be ‘shrunk’ down to 2 or 3.
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[Shane Ross] “Do what I did…make a Hackintosh. This one is like a top of the line iMac, but with better GPU. AND….only $1600….”
Going by your Twitter updates this was a PITA to get up and running. Not exactly reassuring. 😉
My biggest worry with a Hack is that run-of-the-mill software updates will break it and I’ll constant be playing a game of cat and mouse to keep it running correctly.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “There was a ton of comparison when the tune came out, and dollar for dollar, it was not overpriced. If you built an equivalent technology PC, you’d spend right around the same money. If you out specced the tube, you’d spend more money. “
Yeah, feature for feature newly launched Macs are typically the same price as a PC, that parity does fade over time as the Mac’s features and price stays the same while the PCs get faster and cheaper.
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[Steve Connor] “Why not buy a used nMP from eBay?”
I didn’t buy a nMP off eBay in the past because the price difference wasn’t that much (Apple still was having issues getting them out the door in quantity) and because I figured at least a spec bump was coming from Apple (which would bump down the V1 prices). Now I don’t want to buy from eBay because the prices are still higher than what I want to spend for tech from 2012/2013.
If new MBP’s come out (even if they only have Sky lake chips and not Kaby Lake) I might pick one of those up because my 2011 MBP is showing it’s age (even though the RAM is maxed out and it has an SSD in it).
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[Herb Sevush] “The one thing that is consistent is my bad timing.”
You and me both, Herb. In 2013 I got tired of waiting for the nMP’s to actually ship so I bought a 2009 MP as a ‘stop gap’ that I figured I’d have for a year or two and then I’d pick up a V2 nMP. Jokes on me. Or not as what I’ve spent on the ’09 MP plus upgrades is still way less than what I would’ve spent on a nMP.
[Herb Sevush] “Oh well, at least I’m not buying a house.”
At least with houses you have more options and even though their are ebbs and flows you know more inventory is always incoming.
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[Herb Sevush] “Does Mac Drive write as well as read? I thought it was read only.”
Read and write. Once place I work at has a Promax server for shared storage, which is Windows based, but they use Mac formatted drives with it all the time (all of the other computers are Macs).
-Andrew
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Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on but those are horrible numbers for an SSD. Even if your SSD speeds were closer to Shane’s you still probably be getting good performance if you are using the native 4K files from the GH4. Even on a mid-range new Mac Pro whenever I get 4K footage from a GH4 or DVX200 it is super choppy in terms of playback.
My suggestions are to transcode into ProRes (assuming you aren’t already doing that) and to trouble shoot why your SSD speeds are like 1/10th of what they should be.