Posts by Jim W

Marvin, I give up on you. I hope you are very happy with your iMac. Pros will not be. You obviously know something about specs, but almost nothing about what pros really want, a true workstation, a real Mac Pro. Otherwise, why is this...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  Would they have gone with Apple hardware even if it had been updated though? HP workstations start at $1000. Writers tend to use Macbooks so it's more likely that would be the...

A $1000 HP computer is NOT a workstation. Not even close. In HP's it is the Z820, and equipped for video editing goes for around $10,000-$15000 w video I/O card. Now I know how much you know about workstations used for this purpose....

You only have to go to Creative Cow or any of the other Premiere Pro Forums, as an example, to see the trend that could be an avalanche away from the Mac at the pro end of things if a new Mac workstation does not appear after "something...

What do you bet that Chris Rock was first impressed by a Mac on a film or video shoot? And why was it there? Ultimately, because almost everything is edited on Avids using Mac Pros. This is where Hollywood saw their first Macs. The...

Marvin, all I can say is that you must not make your living doing professional video, animation or even high end photography. 35%, 50%,90% gains are very substantial when you are doing projects that bill in the thousands and even tens...

Well, they are streamlining themselves right out of the professional marketplace. There is a huge movement to Adobe software in video editing. That is occurring now, not ten years from now. And I speak as the former exclusive Avid...

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin  You save the space that the Mac Pro would have taken up to begin with. There's more cabling with external storage + 2-3 peripherals but you can put them in a box if you like. The...

Quote: Originally Posted by jlandd    We sold a G5 Mac Pro which ran a Pro Tools TDM system last year, as a interested buyer appeared and we figured what the heck.  So that rig was replaced with a 2012 MBP...

Exactly, I have essentially the same setup as gwmac that I use intensively for video, animation, and photo work. iMac level systems just don't cut it for that level of production. I wouldn't be too anxious to dump Pci either. That is...