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From:	Carey Dissmore <carey@imugonline.com>
Subject:	Re: [AE] OT: Apple contemplating switching from Intel CPUs
Date:	Tue, 6 Nov 2012 17:50:39 -0600
To:	After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

On Nov 6, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Mike Abbott <mda@vantagegraphics.co.uk> wrote:

Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Apple contemplating switching from Intel CPUs

I agree with this… I'm of the mind that we eventually will move to more of a dummy terminal model with all processing done remotely… focus your local hardware on display and network I/O speed. media storage and processing is done at a remote facility

And when that processing power is inevitably consolidated... that's one scary big brother as far as I'm concerned....

Mike A.

However, to believe that all processing for pro video can be done in the cloud (I'm talking about over the internet---not over a fast local network) for is to GREATLY underestimate the issues of sheer volume of footage to upload, and latency, etc.

The part that *could* work today is streaming a reasonably good-looking video preview stream of your comp window, edit window, etc.

For artists who synthetically generate all of their material from "lightweight" files like Illustrator vectors, 3D models, etc. this might not be so bad...but in the world of high quality video? Oy, the source material is, well, really big.

carey