That is what I was originally thinking of doing, Hackintosh.

But since this is going to be my main system, the fact is, driver and system updates can potentially crush the system to all but nothing and start from scratch yet again.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> wrote:

> Hello PC. We are about to become good friends.

 

I’m already a PC friend obviously, but I was contemplating get a bared bones SB Xeon Mac Pro as my Hackintosh is an el-cheapo Core 2 dual as I need a solid Mac in the shop for working with FCP projects that I create DCPs from and for some tasks related to my IMAX non-profit film.

 

But since said SB Xeon is not coming, my choices are now hoping people will unload old Mac Pro’s cheap on eBay or look for a write off and donate one to the film.  I certainly can’t justify buying one of the current models at Apple’s price. I could also consider building a beefier Hackintosh – and now that choice is much more attractive as a reasonably solid Lion Hackintosh can be built cheap.

 

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

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A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

–Stanley Kubrick