What do you think Steve's computer set up is?

[RacerX]

When Jobs purchased Pixar from George Lucas he set it up as a hardware development and marketing company. While sales of hardware have mostly been dropped in favor of the more lucrative animation business Pixar still utilizes proprietary equipment for dissemination and editing of internal files. They do use G5s for SOME video work but certainly not all. Yes the G5 is a beefy machine but certain SG and SUN workstations are better suited for Pixars demands.

Actually Pixar has never made hardware. They are a software company that does animation to show what they're software can do. Pixar has changed hardware from movie to movie to show that they're software is just as good on any platform (they have moved from IRIX and Solaris to Linux to Mac OS X and have shown that the quality of the work their software produces is consistent). And yes, Pixar made software (a version of RenderMan) that ran on NeXT systems for a while (though I don't think they used any NeXT systems for any feature animated film).

So no, Pixar never made hardware, always software.

And they have always tried to be platform neutral. I would not be surprised if they made a future film with Windows. The object of them changing platforms from one movie to the next is to show the quality of their software on any given platform and not to show that they favor any platform over any other. They are in the business of selling software that runs on many platforms.

 

[wwooden]

Thanks Gary, memory was a bit fuzzy, annd i was to lazy to go look it up. Think Steve's family members get their choice of computers?

Man, that would be sweet to be in his family. If I remember correctly....I think I am his father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate...........what does that make us??

 

[puckhead193]

which one... he prob has every model back from the 80's all lined up.... of course fully loaded

 

[Abstract]

Man, that would be sweet to be in his family. If I remember correctly....I think I am his father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate...........what does that make us??

Strangers.

 

[MontyZ]

I think Steve is still using a NEXT computer. It matches his wardrobe: black.

 

[840quadra]

Actually Pixar has never made hardware. They are a software company that does animation to show what they're software can do. Pixar has changed hardware from movie to movie to show that they're software is just as good on any platform (they have moved from IRIX and Solaris to Linux to Mac OS X and have shown that the quality of the work their software produces is consistent). And yes, Pixar made software (a version of RenderMan) that ran on NeXT systems for a while (though I don't think they used any NeXT systems for any feature animated film).

So no, Pixar never made hardware, always software.

And they have always tried to be platform neutral. I would not be surprised if they made a future film with Windows. The object of them changing platforms from one movie to the next is to show the quality of their software on any given platform and not to show that they favor any platform over any other. They are in the business of selling software that runs on many platforms.

Thanks for the information!

I was wondering that myself!

 

[rendezvouscp]

I reckon he has a:

G3 400mhz iMac (firewire) with a 1st Gen 5gb (mac version) iPod.

It's even too expensive for Steve to keep up with the latest and greatest.


PS: I hear he has saved nearly enough to update to a dual 2.7ghz. But he isn't sure whether he might bring out a dual core dual 3ghz. So he's holding off to see what he announces at WWDC.

Ah, by far the funniest thing I've read today (I haven't said that already today, have I?).

The Dual 800 MHz G4 makes a lot of sense, but I'm guessing that he'll upgrade his computer relatively soon just because of what's available. He wouldn't want to miss out on all the cool features of Tiger, would he?
-Chase