MicroProcessor Forum 2002

[Kid Red]

Re: Apple CPU's

Originally posted by eirik
Assuming IBM's new CPU, the so-called GPUL, shows up in Mac's in late 2003, I'd be quite happy to see a new G4. The new G4 would possess an on-board memory controller for DDR. And, it would be fully MERSI compliant, enabling quad configurations.

Even if such a new G4 were to intro at only 1.5 GHz, it would still power one hell of a box.

Unfortunately, the rumors suggest that Motorola is not working on a new G4. However, a rumor does suggest that a Book E CPU might make its way into Mac's. But, I fear this Book E rumor is terribly unlikely.

Eirik

They are, moto will have a G4++ in Jan with new mobo, FSB and DDR, then the GPUL in Sept.

 

[jgalun]

Re: Re: There's a lot of BS in this thread

Originally posted by agreenster


Go back and re-read.

I never mentioned rendering farms. Being a professional animator, Im constantly looking for a more powerful WORKSTATION, which allows me to animate in real time with the least amount of lag possible. I want to use Apple (since I really like OSX, and Im pretty pleased with everything about the computer minus the speed) but am stuck using an XP box. Two Xeons and a 128MB Quadro4 video card allows Maya to float right along.

Most people in this industry use 64bit IBM (w/Linux) or SGI boxes for workstations. I want to use Apple, but not the G4 chip because it is simply too slow. (and please, dont tell me a dual 1ghz G4 will run faster than a dual 2.0ghZ Xeon running Maya. We've tried it many a time. The G4 runs choppier, renders slower, and is generally slower.)

My apologies, I should have read your post more carefully. I get annoyed at all the mindless Mac-advocacy/Intel-bashing, so I didn't give your post the merit it deserved. Sorry, and thanks for your informative response.

 

[jefhatfield]

Re: Re: Re: There's a lot of BS in this thread

Originally posted by jgalun


My apologies, I should have read your post more carefully. I get annoyed at all the mindless Mac-advocacy/Intel-bashing, so I didn't give your post the merit it deserved. Sorry, and thanks for your informative response.

in the early days of macrumors, the factless/mindless intel bashing mac users got dubbed the nickname "zealot" by spikey, an unusually fiery poster who used to be here

he started a group called the anti-zealot campaign and i was the first member to join him...later, more posters joined in

we know macs are great, but to falsely accuse wintels of being worse than they really are is unfair...i find my pc can do a lot of the things my mac can do and some things the mac can't do...and vice versa

while i like the mac more and think it is a slightly better machine, i don't see wintels as a bad choice at all

today, we live in a win-win situation with macs and wintels and the consumer does well with either choice...so in my case, i got both

 

[ktlx]

Originally posted by sentinal

No, the only animation studios still using SGIs are using them for legacy software. For most commercially available software, like Maya, an AMD Linux box with current nVidia graphics is way faster.

Pixar is doing a lot with Linux too.

Originally posted by agreenster


You are wrong, but thats okay.

The only major studio I know that isnt using SGI is PDI/Dreamworks. They are using HP Linux boxes.

Besides genius, the first box to use Maya was SGI/Irix. I even learned to use Maya on an SGI.

It was announced months ago that Pixar is moving to Linux. Do a Google search next time.

 

[jgalun]

Originally posted by ktlx

Originally posted by agreenster


You are wrong, but thats okay.

The only major studio I know that isnt using SGI is PDI/Dreamworks. They are using HP Linux boxes.

Besides genius, the first box to use Maya was SGI/Irix. I even learned to use Maya on an SGI.

It was announced months ago that Pixar is moving to Linux. Do a Google search next time. [/QUOTE]

I don't know if this counts as a major studio, but the studio that did the Lord of the Rings effects uses Linux too, because it was so much cheaper than using the custom SGI solution:

http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/linux/2001/01156783.html