Re: The SuperApp? A current Smoke user's take...

[Alan Okey] "I do think that a Windows version would be advantageous, but Autodesk has no plans to port Smoke to Windows."

That's kind of a bombshell- did Autodesk announce this? This is the first I've seen a definitive claim that there are not even plans to port Smoke to Windows. In fact, despite its Linux roots, I can't find any mention of a Linux version of Smoke 2012 or 2013. Surely it would be easier to port back to Linux than Windows if OS X becomes too constrained?

[Alan Okey] "Despite the fact that Smoke 2013 is said to run well on an iMac, I don't relish being limited to Apple's future hardware offerings, which will exclude the Mac Pro."

Though I share your skepticism of the Mac Pro's future, we don't really know what will happen to it. We should have a pretty good idea by the end of the summer though. If Apple is going to revise it, replace it, EOL it, whatever, it will be done by then. If nothing else, the supply chain for key components of the current model's guts could be winding down in the near future.

Dead Mac walking!

Best,
Andy