Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #41703
From: Carey Dissmore <carey@imugonline.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] The Future of the Mac Pro in Video Post
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:46:42 -0600
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Thanks for weighing in on that Jim,

This ease of platform transition is an important development for our industry. 

I also appreciate having frank conversations with developers about the performance they are seeing on a give platform. For example, I have seen numerous benchmarks, and had conversations with developers that have noted that functions such as CUDA and OpenGL are simply higher performance, and drivers receive far more frequent updates on Windows. That alone may not be a reason to make a platform switch, but it's certainly grist for the mill.

Carey

On Jan 17, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Jim Tierney wrote:

Fwiw… most of us software companies, including Adobe, are pretty good about letting you move from one platform to another. Many companies, including us, offer cross platform serial numbers. So at least you don’t need to buy the software all over again.
 
If you think it’s likely you’ll switch to Windows at some point in the near future, you may want to download the trial Windows versions of the software you own and tuck them away. In some cases it’s difficult to download old versions of software, so if you need to switch you can do so without being forced to upgrade or trying to find the right person at a given company that will send you an old link.
 
Cheers,
Jim Tierney
Digital Anarchy
 
btw… The Digital Anarchy web site will be down tomorrow in support of the blackout protest of SOPA and PIPA.
From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Russel Fairley
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:34 AM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] The Future of the Mac Pro in Video Post
 
Great post, Carey.  This is a subject I've been following with great interest.  I run a small shop in Toronto, and without going too far into detail - without buying very much - we spent about $19K on Apple pro products alone, another $6K or so in memory, accessories, etc., for our Mac Pros, and I won't even get into software, cables, other junk we need to connect up all of the toys.  This was a building year, so we might be ok for a couple of years with a bunch of what we have (but not all of it), but if Apple drops the pro market altogether it's going to be a terrifying, wildly expensive time.  Forget cool new Thunderbolt toys this year - we're sticking with what we have on the computer and peripheral side and staying extra cautious with our cash in the event we need to buy $11K Z800s.
 
Sigh.
 
From: Tim Sassoon <tsassoon@aol.com>
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 12:21:23 AM
Subject: Re: [AE] The Future of the Mac Pro in Video Post
 
 
On Jan 16, 2012, at 9:06 PM, Brendan Bolles wrote:


I bet Softimage users are glad it was once bought by Microsoft and not Apple.
 
 
Yeah, but can you imagine how employees felt when SoftImage got sold to Avid? Their retirement had looked so golden, and now... :-)
 
 
Tim
 


 
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