Will Pixar ever use PowerMac's?

muchfresh

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News is reporting that Pixar is moving from SGI workstations to IBM workstations running Linux. Whats up with that???? If S Jobs uses Mac forums to pump Pixar movies I think Pixar should be pumping Apple technology.



Of course Apple needs some decent technology like G5,Snappier OSX, DDR, blade servers, High end 3D hardware.



Alias also needs to release the latest version of Maya of Mac OSX.

macsrgood4u

It probably has more to do with software issues than hardware. I believe Pixar has proprietary software. They do use Macs in early production development I believe.

concentricity

[quote]Originally posted by muchfresh:

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News is reporting that Pixar is moving from SGI workstations to IBM workstations running Linux. Whats up with that???? If S Jobs uses Mac forums to pump Pixar movies I think Pixar should be pumping Apple technology.



Of course Apple needs some decent technology like G5,Snappier OSX, DDR, blade servers, High end 3D hardware.



Alias also needs to release the latest version of Maya of Mac OSX.</strong><hr></blockquote>



keep in mind that Steve isn't really a CTO kinda guy. if the real nerds at Pixar say "we NEED to go with ..." it'll probably happen. also, IBM is an ever increasingly important partner of Apple's. Don't forget that Apple may be relying on IBM for further G4/G5 production and/or development. Oh yeah, and who knows, maybe the IBM workstations use PowerPC's?

lkmusician

[quote]Originally posted by muchfresh:





News is reporting that Pixar is moving from SGI workstations to IBM workstations running Linux. Whats up with that???? If S Jobs uses Mac forums to pump Pixar movies I think Pixar should be pumping Apple technology.

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Believe me...this is just a step towards Mac adoption at Pixar. Look at the signs...moving towards Unix ( OSX ) moving toward Power PC ( IBM is a partner )...baby steps to the bank...baby steps to the bank....



We all know Steve's goal for the home user is the Digital hub, but I think his goal for the professional is to corner the market on creativity...Watch and see....( I've felt this is where Steve has been going all along)



If PCs keep the business market, but Apple becomes the standard in 3D animation, Video, Digital Audio, and Print Media....wow . That seems great to me.... N'est Pas ?





-LKMusician

apocalypse

[quote]Originally posted by muchfresh:

<strong><a href="http://news.com.com/2100-1001-825723.html"; target="_blank">http://news.com.com/2100-1001-825723.html</a>;



News is reporting that Pixar is moving from SGI workstations to IBM workstations running Linux. Whats up with that???? If S Jobs uses Mac forums to pump Pixar movies I think Pixar should be pumping Apple technology.



Of course Apple needs some decent technology like G5,Snappier OSX, DDR, blade servers, High end 3D hardware.



Alias also needs to release the latest version of Maya of Mac OSX.</strong><hr></blockquote>





as i said in a different thread:



well thats not surprising SGI is dumping IRIX and moving on to Linux as a primary OS many Hollywood FX houses are moving on to cheaper pc based hardware running RH Linux and Maya. As it turns out they are a more cost affective solution.

ti fighter

Yea macs are only starting to get on the pro 3d kick with OSX. In fact thats why i bought a pc as my last computer, to run Softimage 3D and Maya. Also all of Pixars programs are proprietary so they can switch them over themselves. Their needs to be pro 3d cards availible for mac, (Geforces are powerfull but not pro cards) like 3d labs and such, btw most pro 3d cards suck in games for the most part, thats for all you Geforce 4mx haters Also apple needs to have cheap multi proccessor comps for use as render farms, Pixar had made a deal with compaq for computers for that use awile back

amorph

Moving to General Discussion, since this really isn't about future hardware (although future hardware is about the only way Apple machines will end up doing the heavy lifting in Pixar).