PC Preferred (Oucha!)
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PC Preferred on Adobe's Web site.
http://www.adobe.com/motion/gear/main.html
Dull Precision Workstations
Dell offers powerful video editing workstations - tested, optimized, and Adobe Premiere certified. Dell workstations are designed to run your most sophisticated editing tasks and were even used in the making of "Minority Report." Select Dell's dual processor capable Precision 530 with integrated 1394 or the Precision 340 with a 1394 PCI add-in card. Both systems can be ordered with Adobe Premiere, starting at less than US$2,000.
I'm a hoping for a hopping 970 future now!
PC Preferred on Adobe's Web site.
Quote:
In the July 2002 issue of Digital Producer Magazine, Charlie White reported on a head-to-head duel between a single-processor Dell 2.53GHz Pentium® 4 ? the Dell Precision Workstation 340 ? and the fastest Macintosh then available ? a 1GHz dual-processor G4. The contest compared renderings of files created in Adobe® After Effects®, Illustrator®, and Photoshop® software that are typical to the video post-production workflow. The graphs below show some of the results, which were consistent. While the computers used in this study are no longer the fastest in their respective classes, the information is still valid. The PC outperformed the similar Macintosh machine, at an impressive rate.
In the July 2002 issue of Digital Producer Magazine, Charlie White reported on a head-to-head duel between a single-processor Dell 2.53GHz Pentium® 4 ? the Dell Precision Workstation 340 ? and the fastest Macintosh then available ? a 1GHz dual-processor G4. The contest compared renderings of files created in Adobe® After Effects®, Illustrator®, and Photoshop® software that are typical to the video post-production workflow. The graphs below show some of the results, which were consistent. While the computers used in this study are no longer the fastest in their respective classes, the information is still valid. The PC outperformed the similar Macintosh machine, at an impressive rate.
http://www.adobe.com/motion/gear/main.html
Dull Precision Workstations
Dell offers powerful video editing workstations - tested, optimized, and Adobe Premiere certified. Dell workstations are designed to run your most sophisticated editing tasks and were even used in the making of "Minority Report." Select Dell's dual processor capable Precision 530 with integrated 1394 or the Precision 340 with a 1394 PCI add-in card. Both systems can be ordered with Adobe Premiere, starting at less than US$2,000.
I'm a hoping for a hopping 970 future now!
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adobe doesn't mult-thread their programs and they wonder why a dual doesn't do well....HMMMMMM
f***'n jackoffs
Originally posted by tink
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PC Preferred on Adobe's Web site.
http://www.adobe.com/motion/gear/main.html
Dull Precision Workstations
Dell offers powerful video editing workstations - tested, optimized, and Adobe Premiere certified. Dell workstations are designed to run your most sophisticated editing tasks and were even used in the making of "Minority Report." Select Dell's dual processor capable Precision 530 with integrated 1394 or the Precision 340 with a 1394 PCI add-in card. Both systems can be ordered with Adobe Premiere, starting at less than US$2,000.
I'm a hoping for a hopping 970 future now!
You have to realize that this is an ad that Dell paid for.
Mac users have their own needs while window users have their own needs.
Originally posted by stunned
whats the point of all these comparisons??
Mac users have their own needs while window users have their own needs.
I agree. They get very annoying after the first three times you see one. What's worse is when PC punks come here to annoy us(and often succeed).
Maybe they're kicking Apple in the nuts, so Apple will kick Motorola in the nuts.
I think that this is a pretty heavy thing for adobe.
(At least someone somewhere pointed out the first graphical stats' dumb inconsistancies.)
Can Adobe make themselves look any dumber?
Ah well, since this thread is on top for now, I'll leave this one open.
I don't blame Apple though. After Effects hasn't been cutting edge for quite some time. Premiere has lagged behind. With these apps as the focus Apple could claim no advantage over a PC running the same apps. Final Cut Pro needed to happen. Apple needs to push Apple forwared for Desktop Video just as they pushed forward Desktop Publishing.
Adobe is good..but not good enough to hold back the platform. Apple is going to have to push forward in some areas. It's not always their fault. Try to get ANY VC for an Apple only app and see how far that gets you. Until Apple can claw scrape and drag themselves up to %5 marketshare and beyond the new apps are just not going to be there in huge numbers.
Originally posted by Whyatt Thrash
Was the comparison made in OS X or 9? If it was made in X, it's Adobe's own damn fault that the Apple machine performed so poorly. Illustrator X and Photoshop 7 are pieces of crap on OS X...
yes their fault but still no supporting dual processors well...i think that is the mian problem
Adobe applications are performance hungry - obviously they are going to recommend the platform that their applications perform best on.
When the Macintosh was superiour Adobe wasn't shy about promoting it, now that the Macintosh is little more than a tragic over priced joke, why would Apple expect blind endorsement from Adobe?
You can get a PC that is far better than the DP 1.42 for less than the price fo the single processor 1ghz tower. Why the hell would anyone even consider buying a Mac these days?
Oh that's right - they aren't
All I ever seem to read is how PC's are so fast or great. I'm reading the same websites and magazines as you. Why don't I see it?
Originally posted by Whyatt Thrash
What the frick are you talking about? Last time I checked, a DP1.42 cost about 3.000$, not 1.500... We're talking about performance vs. cost, ie the net value of a product.
Exactly you won't find a $1500 PC with the features of a Powermac Duallie. While you'll get speed you won't get much else worth crowing about IMO.
Originally posted by hmurchison
Ummmm geez would someone please tell me where to buy a PC for $1500 that is FAR better than a Powermac Dual 1.42
Try absolutly anywhere, Dell, HP / Compaq, IBM, Walmart...
Originally posted by hmurchison
Exactly you won't find a $1500 PC with the features of a Powermac Duallie. While you'll get speed you won't get much else worth crowing about IMO.
And what features would those be?
Underclocked Memory on a prehistoric memory subsystem?
Anemic GeForce 4mx Videocard?
Pathetic Onboard Audio?
90 Day Telephone Support?
When your talking Adobe software, speed is the ONLY thing that counts.
PC's are FAR faster for a fraction of the price.
That is why Adobe is recommending them, it's up to Apple to deal with it.