Return-Path: Received: from gateway05.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.16.77] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4747130 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:36:55 +0200 Received: by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 665E788773F94; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:39:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B8F588773F6F for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:39:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.167.166.243] (port=55338 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SfExH-0002LF-2z for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:39:39 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:39:17 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <025a01cd4a5d$01b92fe0$052b8fa0$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_025B_01CD4A3B.7AA87A40" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQHhM6kvPqdOD3u1p3HyyteEeRRDdpbSTuiQ Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1184.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (Neptune) [24.167.166.243]:55338 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 5 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_025B_01CD4A3B.7AA87A40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > The "pro" computer ten years from now will be the same size as today's = iPhone. I will bet a million dollars, in all seriousness, in front of all the = witnesses here, that this is not the case. Physics says no as does = Moore=E2=80=99s law and what we will be doing with said computers in ten = years. I will agree the iPhone of ten years from now will outperform todays = tower. But I am sure enough to bet a million dollars that pro=E2=80=99s = will need far more power than that. The iPhone today much slower than = the pro CPU in 2002. And the pro CPUs 10 years ago can=E2=80=99t run any = recent version of CS6 (which requires Core 2 Duo minimum). =20 Unless you are hoping some massive revolution in = chip/CPU/drive/RAM/storage, I think my best is pretty safe. =20 Plus, my towers have been getting bigger over the last 10 years, not = smaller=E2=80=A6 =20 stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 =20 http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ =20 A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick =20 ------=_NextPart_000_025B_01CD4A3B.7AA87A40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> The "pro" computer ten years from now will be = the same size as today's iPhone.

I will bet a million dollars, in all seriousness, in front=C2=A0 = of all the witnesses here, that this is not the case. Physics says no as = does Moore=E2=80=99s law and what we will be doing with said computers = in ten years.

I will agree the iPhone of ten years from now will outperform = todays tower. But I am sure enough to bet a million dollars that = pro=E2=80=99s will need far more power than that. The iPhone today much = slower than the pro CPU in 2002. And the pro CPUs 10 years ago = can=E2=80=99t run any recent version of CS6 (which requires Core 2 Duo = minimum).

Unless you are hoping some massive revolution in = chip/CPU/drive/RAM/storage, I think my best is pretty = safe.

Plus, my towers have been getting bigger over the last 10 years, not = smaller=E2=80=A6

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

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A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes = later.

=E2=80=93Stanley = Kubrick

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