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Except Pixar, Sony, Weta, etc. are all Linux houses. MacOS has very little to no presence in the top-tier CG studios for actual CG work (we have a lot of MacBoo

by ykl 7y ago

Except Pixar, Sony, Weta, etc. are all Linux houses. MacOS has very little to no presence in the top-tier CG studios for actual CG work (we have a lot of MacBooks around for Keynote and video calls and whatnot though).

asperous 7y ago
Is that new since 2014? https://www.businessinsider.com/pixar-uses-apples-mac-pro-to-make-films-2014-1 https://www.businessinsider.com/pixar-uses-apples-mac-pro-to...
- thdrdt 7y ago
  The lanscape can change a lot in 6 years time. And Apple just lagged begind. For example, Nvidia came with super fast GPUs but it was almost impossible to upgrade your Mac Pro with them. So a lot of companies jumped to Windows. Also the software changed a lot. Nowadays Houdini is very big and 3DsMax and Maya are being replaced with Blender.
  - auggierose 7y ago
    Exactly. And in 6 more years they will be back with Apple.
    - thdrdt 7y ago
      Could be. But I think the lack of Nvidia support won't help Apple at the moment. But I think they have something with their 'cheap' reference monitor.
DonaldPShimoda 7y ago
Oh! I didn't realize that. Sorry, maybe my original comment wasn't clear, but I just meant that it's people in roles like those who would be using workstations such as the Mac Pro. I didn't mean to say that I had knowledge that those specific people actually used it. Apologies for any lack of clarity on my part there.
lliamander 7y ago
That's actually really fascinating. Is there anywhere one can find out the hardware/software specs used at such places?