Re: What if there is no new Mac Pro?

The interesting thing about 'good enough' these days is how much it's different from the 'good enough' of not too long ago. This is part of the shades of gray I was referring to.

When the DVX100 was the indie camera of choice the drop off between 35mm or 16mm film and the DVX100's SD @ 24p was pretty huge. But now there are a plethora of cameras ranging from DSLRS like the 60D to prosumer cameras like ex3 to top end D-cinema cameras like the Epic & Alexa.

I have a MacBook Pro that kicks the shot of the first couple generations of Mac Pro towers and since it has ThB I can interface with fast storage (local or over fibre) and I/O devices for uncompressed workflows if I want. I'm still in the market for a new tower but a laptop purchase today is more functional than it ever has been, IMO.

I saw the video of Michael Cioni talking about the 4k workflow they did for "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and I think it's amazing that their pipeline had to push 1.1gigs/sec for real time playback of the full res film. They needed some serious CPU crunching for that workflow. I also dig Stu Maschwitz showing off what amazing things can be done on a DIY budget where you have more time than money. I find both ends of the spectrum inspiring and now, more than ever, there is a place for a whole range of content and workflows.


-Andrew

2.9 GHz 8-core (4,1), FCP 7.0.3, 10.6.6
Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse (7.9.5)