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Subject: Re: [AE] New MacBook Pro
From: Steve Oakley <steveo@practicali.com>
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:43:23 -0600
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On Feb 5, 2013, at 6:52 AM, Carey Dissmore <carey@imugonline.com> wrote:
> Other than a few codecs that aren't cross-platform the files and =
projects can move back and forth pretty seamlessly. I also try to stick =
to Truetype fonts whenever possible to help with that.
>=20
> carey

that "other than a few codecs" is a HUGE problem for me. not being able =
to write prores is a real show stopper. I've messed with DNxHD and its =
not been terribly happy because the codec has 2 color spaces and its a =
bag of hurt when apps don't write / read the color space correctly. =
basically part of my normal workflow is completely broken. TGA or TIFF =
sequences or uncompressed QT's via AJA or BMD codecs are just not =
workable for work beyond spots.

then there are the win7 networking problems. not sure if they are fixed =
in win8 or not... but not having network discovery work is a big deal. =
basically win7 refuses to see any linux or OS X SMB shares. probably =
having to do with homegroup vs workgroup and MS deciding to "correctly" =
implement some part of the spec they hadn't of before breaking =
everything... typical MS. while AFP works on linux and its free I don't =
know of anything on win to do the same. kind of suprised that the coders =
who wrote AFP for linux didn't port it to Win.

so while I'd like to have a cheap fast PC to crank work out, there are =
too many workflow stoppers for me to make it worth a consideration. I =
can sit and wait a bit more to see what apple will offer for a tower =
replacement and see if it works for me. if it doesn't then I"ll need to =
decide if I want to deal with the PC problems, or not. meanwhile... =
waiting to get a new iMac which may actually become my main machine.

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