Re: [Avid-L2] Re: mac pro no?

Or just go to a PC - The workstation market is still a viable option. At
least expansion is readily available.
And as most people know. Avid is still much more stable on Window 7 64bit.
For finishing work (at least in Canada) more people use Windows.

Jeff

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Terence Curren <tcurren@aol.com> wrote:

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> The problem with the Thunderbolt expansion chassis is the current 4 lane
> limit.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Erik_Freid" <erik@...> wrote:
> >
> > Definitely, Ludicrous speed, right out of the pro market.
> >
> > There will be a great niche market for thunderbolt equipped external
> PCI-e chassis.
> >
> > We all remember how well the NuBus expansion chassis worked don't we?
> Power down, re-seat your cards, restart...
> >
> > Two steps forward one step back, and we are doomed to repeat history. I
> just hope they come out with true optical thunderbolt soon to support
> multiple external add ons like 4+ PCI-e cards, 2+ GPU cards, your monitor,
> a couple of TB raid, etc all through one little port or as I like to call
> it single point of failure...
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Anna Hovhannessian <annahovhannessian@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Apple's gone plaid.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:45 AM, "oliverpetersvidy" <oliverpeters@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The betting money is on a Mac Mini on steroids. Figure a GPU slot,
> one extra PCIe slot and Thunderbolt. Maybe two internal fixed drives. I
> wonder if they will actually go with more than a single quad core CPU.
> > > >
> > > > iMacs and faster laptops, too, of course.
> > > >
> > > > Oliver
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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