Walter Biscardi
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[Dan Daube] “What does everybody think about the switch to AMD from Intel??”
As noted above, AMD is now the graphics card, looks like they purchased ATI or have licensed the technology since the cards have the same Radeon name.
Processors are all Intel i5.
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[Dan Daube] ” It begs the question; is Apple going to sell more iMacs and Laptops than Pro workstations? I’d say yes.”
They’ve been selling more iMacs and laptops than Mac Pros for years now. That’s no big surprise. Consumers want laptops and small desktops. Apple sells millions more of those computers than Mac Pros.
The Mac Pros are primarily used by pros, schools and laboratories.
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[Shawn Miller] “What about processors? Do you feel that it will be worth it to give up the dual Xeon configuration of the Mac Pro?”
Except for the very top of the line Mac Pros, I’m not sure you’re going to miss them. If the PCI Expansion chassis via Thunderbolt take off, then you’ll have all the expandability that has been missing from laptops and iMacs all these years.
This will be a major shift in the “status quo”. The standard desktop will no longer be necessary for the most flexibility
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Sonnet has a whole lineup of Thunderbolt add ons planned included Ethernet, Firewire and even Expansion Chassis for PCI cards all via Thunderbolt adapters.
https://www.sonnettech.com/news/nab2011/index.html
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[Devin Crane] “I have an editor that uses an iMac over ethernet and had him switch over to a Mac Pro and asked him if he saw any difference in performance. Answer, Nope.”
For editing, nope.
For rendering lots of filters. Yes.
That and the RAM are really the big difference. Also the ability to add all those third party cards that can really make your workflow more efficient for certain tasks like working with RED and Resolve among others.
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If you want rock solid, look at companies like Small Tree, Maxx Digital, Sonnet and Dulce.
We’ve been running Maxx Digital / Small Tree combination for years now and are converting over to a brand new Small Tree RAID next month. Solid products and they just keep running. We have four and five year old RAIDs still turning out projects daily.
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Actually Empire is a big advertiser in Atlanta as well. Sad to hear that he’s passed on.
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Really, without spending any money, yes that’s the best you can hope for in Studio.
You can purchase the Nattress Standards Converter which does a good job.
The best way is to lay to tape or digital file and send to a shop that has a hardware converter.
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[Arnie Schlissel] ” Tell your editor to simply swap the monitor cables. This will effectively swap the position of the monitors. When he decides that the performance is improved, you can tell him about the placebo effect.”
I LIKE this…..
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No difference whatsoever how you have your Windows set up for FCP performance. Heck, I have 20 different window setups on my machine which I switch between depending on the task I’m doing.
https://www.biscardicreative.com/blog/2011/03/fcp-interface-one-window-layout-does-not-fit-all/
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