DiscreetFX Platform Shift

[psxphill]

According to Steve Jobs, the Mac now makes up 20% of total computer sales. I personally know of about a dozen people that have switched from PC to Mac,but none that have gone the other way....

Just because people choose a Mac over a PC, doesn't make it a good choice. The main requirement is more money than sense. Most people know more about cars than computers & they just buy a car they can afford and like the look of.
 
If you've ever been in pc world when one of their sales people are upselling, you'd realise just how clueless everyone is.

[kolla]

The whole this seems designed by geeks for geeks and frankly a waste of time for me.

Gnome and KDE are designed by geeks, but not for geeks. Their target is "most users", which is why they both suck so bad, IMO. I would love to see a GUI centric DE made for geeks

[tone007]

Backed up all my data, burnt the ISO, popped it in, booted up....

Nothing except for a black screen, waited for about an hour & nothing happend... (tried a couple of times)

 
Same issue with mine, there are ways to get it working but not via the LiveCD it seems. You'd need the alternate install CD and would need to hack around with X configurations, too much trouble for me.

[Franko]

Yup, same here, however I'll keep mucking around with it and see if anything can be done without too much hassle or losing all data. It would be nice to get these old iMacs running at a decent speed but it's not looking too promising though...

[SamuraiCrow]

Same issue with mine, there are ways to get it working but not via the LiveCD it seems. You'd need the alternate install CD and would need to hack around with X configurations, too much trouble for me.

Maybe it will be better when Ubuntu Linux drops X in favor of Wayland.  Here's a link to OSNews.

[Pyromania]

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/27/technology/microsoft_pdc/index.htm

CNN Story about Microsoft as a dying brand.

[adolescent]

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/27/technology/microsoft_pdc/index.htm

CNN Story about Microsoft as a dying brand.

I'm sure DiscreetFX switching to Mac will be the final nail in the coffin. :lol:

[SysAdmin]

I'm sure DiscreetFX switching to Mac will be the final nail in the coffin. :lol:

You said it because you know its so true.


:roflmao:

[Franko]

http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/27/technology/microsoft_pdc/index.htm

CNN Story about Microsoft as a dying brand.

I know I shouldn't laugh, I mean all those folk that could be out of a job, but what the hell it's Microsoft after all... :biglaugh: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao::banana:

[hardlink]

Sounds like what I am seeing in my personal life... 6 years ago I didn't know anyone with a Mac... Now I can think of 14 people off the top of my head who all own a Mac (who didn't before)... And all but 3 of them bought MacBooks...

I'm not surprised at the DiscreetFX Platform Shift, either, based on people I know who do video projects for money 'on the side'. In the 1990's they were the Toaster then Flyer users and boosters, with those specialized Amiga hardware boards. In the 2000's they went to big WindBlows systems, with specialized hardware boards. Now, the only specialized hardware is the compression chips in their cameras, and they use stock hi-spec MacBooks with specialized software to do all their video work. At least, that's how I got my A4000T T/F setup