Frank Gothmann
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[Herb Sevush] “Networking is much. much easier in OSX. I have a mixed network of Macs and PCs and I’m forever having network problems on the PC side. Everything about setting up and maintaining a network seems easier in OSX. You can take into consideration that I’m a network moron, for anything complex I have to get outside help.”
My experience is the exact opposite. I find networking with OSX a disaster zone, burnt earth (which is a shame because it is unix based). The network stack is buggy, making it work smooth with Netatalk on the Linux side needs lots of tweaking and it has some bugs, NFS is bad and requires tweaking, Samba isn’t smooth (when it was still part of x), iscsi doesn’t exist out of the box and requires a free tool from one vendor. On the other hand, our Linux severs and windows machines communicate without any issues right out of the box.
Prores: agreed. But that’s not windows fault but because Apple wisely chose to make it decode only. I think there will be shift towards other codecs over time, especially when towers go. If you want to see a great example of bad Apple software you just have to look at Quicktime for windows. Exporting to a cineform .mov takes about 6 times longer than exporting the same material to cineform .avi.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Have you tried this? This would be the worst situation of them all. At least Bootcamp is a supported venture.”
No, but then again I am happy with win7 and moving away from anything Apple so I haven’t really looked the odds and ends.
However, due to the legal situation in Europe, you can buy legit Hackintoshes in Germany for example.
It’s mainly small companies offering them, not too many, but they do offer support for those machines. Eg: (https://pearc.de/).[Jeremy Garchow] “Linux doesn’t have the history/baggage of Windows or MacOS. I would think that people would be more intrigued than “frightened” especially when it’s such a “DIY” culture. Plus, none of the most ubiquitous NLEs run on Linux. “
True, but most compositing, color correction and restoration tools have a very strong standing and background on Linux. There was a time when almost none of them were available on the Mac in the old PPC days, prior to Apple buying Shake. That situation might reocurre if Mac towers fall and strong gpus are not an option.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “What I do like about Macs is that you can run both OSes on the same machine. Sure, not in an ideal windows config, but you can’t do that on an HP. ;)”
True, although you could turn it into a hackintosh. Not ideal, but can be done. In any case, the roadblocks aren’t exactly HP’s fault, no?
“Fight or flight”… I don’t think it has to be any of those two. That’s exactly my point.I just wonder if people would feel equally frightened at the prospect of a switch to a Linux based OS.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “Some people still prefer OSX. I do. We have two machines running windows. OSX is easier (for me) to support and maintain. “
And that’s just fine. I was just referring to the statement above that the idea of moving to windows is “terrifying”. I am certain you wouldn’t see it that way if push comes to shove. Windows is not going to burn your house down or eat your children, its an evolved OS just like X or any Linux flavor. With certain advantages, disadvantages, good interface design and bad, bugs and whatnot. There isn’t that much difference in terms of quality between OSes anymore, just in approach and concepts maybe. And if you or anybody else makes whatever decision based on that plus your professional requirements rather than “fear” I won’t argue for a second.
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I wasn’t pointing at you obviously but you cannot deny that there are a of myths floating around Mac people when faced with windos or when in a discussion about windows. Macs being more stable, more secure, easier to use, less hardware conflicts, its all just copied from the Mac, it just works etc.
You are a power user on the Mac and you would be on a windows box within a short period of time, basically because of the work that you do. It requires knowledge of certain soft- and hardware aspects that a lot of people never deal with.
I know quite a few people that are as hopeless on a Mac as they were on windows. Their windows machines were slow, cluttered, misconfigured, some stuff corrupt – which is why they switched in the first place hoping to find redemption. Looking at their Macs now a while later, they are as slow, cluttered, misconfigured and corrupt.
But just out of curiosity – what is it that you prefer in OSX compared to windows beyond just being used to it more? -
What amazes me most with this whole affair is how well Apple’s propaganda machine along with its cute blue screen of death icons has worked with so many Mac people. The prospect of using windows seems to a lot of folks here like heaven falling.
There is so much misinformation out there with regards to stability, compatibility, potential issues, maintenance, paired with ancient myths and experience from 10 years ago, it’s unreal.
After a few month of working in win7 I honestly don’t want to go back to OSX. I find it as stable (if not more in mixed network environments), more flexible and overall faster… to the point where I am seriously considering ditching my private Macbook Pro for an HP Laptop. -
I totally disagree. This forum can also tackle other issues as they come up and that’s just fine and part of the appeal.
But in any case, there is nothing he said that is of any issue. And even if it was with regards to religion… nothing wrong with that. I can and should be subject to irony, jokes, criticism, praise or whatever you personal opinion is – just like any other subject. -
First of all, you need a raid card to get Raid 5. Given the price of a proper one (Areca, Atto) using it with only three drives is a bit of a waste. It’ll also give you 6G speed with 6G drives.
You can do it, it will work, but its a bit of a waste to be honest. You may want to look at such a raid card and an external enclosure. Even if you only fill it with three drives, you will have empty slots left that you can fill with new drives as your storage need increases so you’re ok for the future.
As far as drives are concerned – I know Areca have a list of drives approved for their cards on their site. I usually use Hitachi. They are a bit on the warm side but very fast, approved for 24/7 and I never had any issues with them. -
My reply isn’t specific to X (I am not using it) but any modern NLE would be unhappy with those specs. 2GB memory is way, way to little; it’s the bare minimum to even run your OS (and even that not properly, let alone a demanding application. The rest of your machine is also not really the beefiest to say the least.
Sorry, mate, my recommendation would be to get a new machine. -
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Looks very sweet. Am I wrong or is this possibly the machine a certain Walter B might be test driving soon?