[Bj Ahlen]

I’ve heard much praise for the A8N32-SLI Deluxe (and the Premium version), but it was my impression that it was not useable with a DL Extreme for some reason I can’t find right now. Has anyone tested it?

It does have 3xPCI 2.2 slots, which could be a place to put my existing DL Extreme card.

BM only recommends the Asus A8N-E, which is not a very exciting board.

For the moment I’m doing OK with a SATA RAID-0 (for D5 uncompressed 10-bit SD), and am hoping that SATA will improve enough to use it for HD compositing before the end of the year even.

The other possibility is of course one of the new SCSI flavors like iSCSI, but it’s still a drive issue to pay so much more per GB. (Although at least I won’t get high blood pressure from paying for SCSI terminators and overpriced ribbon cables.

[Bj Ahlen]

I’m concerned that the resale value on a PCI card isn’t so hot, and worse, that many of the new PCIe boards seem to have problems with running both a DL Extreme and a PCI Express video card.

I’m looking for something that is tested, this is a crucial system for me and it has to work flawlessly.

[Bj Ahlen]

No way that is OK.

I have seen other deals for hundreds of dollars less than retail, and you can register with Adobe, now that’s real.

This looks and smells totally crooked. You get a CD and you can’t register it with Adobe.

[Bj Ahlen]

No way that is OK.

I have seen other deals for hundreds of dollars less than retail, and you can register with Adobe, now that’s real.

This looks and smells totally crooked. You get a CD and you can’t register it with Adobe.

[Bj Ahlen]

Well, AE7 Pro bundle goes for $1K (list price).

Regular AE7 is $499, and I’d be surprised if you couldn’t get a platform sidegrade from Adobe.

Worst case you should be able to upgrade to AE7 Pro from an existing AE6.5 (or earlier) Pro for $199.

This assumes you need the Pro bundle (which most people do anyway), it really is an incredible value.

I’ll even stick my head out a bit farther and venture that I think there’s a good chance that Steve Jobs has seen that there is no way that he can get the steep revenue growth, that he badly wants, from feeding the world’s relatively few professional audio, video, and film jockeys.

I would give it much better than even odds that he is putting a vast majority of his company’s resources into living room gear and content instead, based on the Intel Viiv platform for DRM.

That’s where he can grow, it fits with his monstrously successful iPod sales, it fits with his desire to find totally new revenue streams based on selling content, and more.

Consumers = rapid growth to feed an empire, pro gear = limited market boutique stuff.

Pro Macs will be a prestige thing on the backburner, and then either eventually peter out naturally or be replaced with something completely different that is 100% incompatible with anything in existence today.

Or he could switch to Apple becoming software-only in the pro space, that is also possible.

[Bj Ahlen]

Well, AE7 Pro bundle goes for $1K (list price).

Regular AE7 is $499, and I’d be surprised if you couldn’t get a platform sidegrade from Adobe.

Worst case you should be able to upgrade to AE7 Pro from an existing AE6.5 (or earlier) Pro for $199.

This assumes you need the Pro bundle (which most people do anyway), it really is an incredible value.

I’ll even stick my head out a bit farther and venture that I think there’s a good chance that Steve Jobs has seen that there is no way that he can get the steep revenue growth, that he badly wants, from feeding the world’s relatively few professional audio, video, and film jockeys.

I would give it much better than even odds that he is putting a vast majority of his company’s resources into living room gear and content instead, based on the Intel Viiv platform for DRM.

That’s where he can grow, it fits with his monstrously successful iPod sales, it fits with his desire to find totally new revenue streams based on selling content, and more.

Consumers = rapid growth to feed an empire, pro gear = limited market boutique stuff.

Pro Macs will be a prestige thing on the backburner, and then either eventually peter out naturally or be replaced with something completely different that is 100% incompatible with anything in existence today.

Or he could switch to Apple becoming software-only in the pro space, that is also possible.

[Bj Ahlen]

Well, AE7 Pro bundle goes for $1K (list price).

Regular AE7 is $499, and I’d be surprised if you couldn’t get a platform sidegrade from Adobe.

Worst case you should be able to upgrade to AE7 Pro from an existing AE6.5 (or earlier) Pro for $199.

This assumes you need the Pro bundle (which most people do anyway), it really is an incredible value.

I’ll even stick my head out a bit farther and venture that I think there’s a good chance that Steve Jobs has seen that there is no way that he can get the revenue growth that he badly wants from feeding the world’s professional audio, video, and film jockeys. I would give it much better than even odds that he is putting a vast majority of his company’s resources into living room gear instead.

That’s where he can grow, it fits with his monstrously successful iPod sales, it fits with his desire to find totally new revenue streams based on selling content, and more.

Consumers = rapid growth to feed an empire, pro gear = limited market boutique stuff.

Pro Macs will be a prestige thing on the backburner, and then either eventually peter out naturally or be replaced with something completely different that is 100% incompatible with anything in existence today.

Conceivably he could switch it to Apple becoming software-only in the pro space, that is also possible.

[Bj Ahlen]

Well, AE7 Pro bundle goes for $1K (list price).

Regular AE7 is $499, and I’d be surprised if you couldn’t get a platform sidegrade from Adobe.

Worst case you should be able to upgrade to AE7 Pro from an existing AE6.5 (or earlier) Pro for $199.

This assumes you need the Pro bundle (which most people do anyway), it really is an incredible value.

I’ll even stick my head out a bit farther and venture that I think there’s a good chance that Steve Jobs has seen that there is no way that he can get the revenue growth that he badly wants from feeding the world’s professional audio, video, and film jockeys. I would give it much better than even odds that he is putting a vast majority of his company’s resources into living room gear instead.

That’s where he can grow, it fits with his monstrously successful iPod sales, it fits with his desire to find totally new revenue streams based on selling content, and more.

Consumers = rapid growth to feed an empire, pro gear = limited market boutique stuff.

Pro Macs will be a prestige thing on the backburner, and then either eventually peter out naturally or be replaced with something completely different that is 100% incompatible with anything in existence today.

Conceivably he could switch it to all software, that is quite possible.

[Bj Ahlen]

Circuit City has this Gateway PC with AMD X2 4200+ Dual-core CPU, 2GB RAM, 320GB harddrive, DVD burner, GeForce 6100 graphics, 19″ LCD monitor and more for $1349. All turnkey: turn on and tune in.

It even has an available PCI Express x16 slot if you want to get an extra hot nVidia 6800GS ($190) or 7800GT ($270) graphics card later for AE7.

That would be about right for an AE system, and you can either add drives inside, or better use firewire drives outside for each project (buy cases and drives for $0.25-$0.50 per GB and assemble yourself (a few minutes of work), or get a Seagate ready-to-use external drive for less than $1/GB.

You can read the user ratings at the site, and you can check out similar systems at your local Circuit City or Best Buy store.

Performance wise this system would be very, very decent for After Effects.

[Bj Ahlen]

[Ron Lindeboom] “”The grass *is* always greener — over the septic tank.””

That’s a keeper!

:O)