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> but it will one day when everybody just use an Android tablet. I doubt an Android tablet will ever be able to process my post-production renders in a rea

by acuozzo 14y ago

> but it will one day when everybody just use an Android tablet. I doubt an Android tablet will __ever__ be able to process my post-production renders in a reasonable amount of time. This is the #1 thing I do with my desktop computer at home.

wcchandler 14y ago
What if instead of your desktop, you had a low-end server that was fairly cheap (~$1000) that could process it, quicker, cheaper, and more efficiently than your desktop? And better yet, the server is stored in a closet, never to see the light of day because it "just works" on your network? You're in complete control over it, giving it varying heavy tasks from whatever lightweight appliance you're using. Be it rendering video, playing a game, streaming media, storing data, etc...
- xradionut 14y ago
  You mean the Windows 2008 R2 server that I have at home? Or the Ubuntu server that I have at home? Can't be the DG/UX server, that's sitting in the garage awaiting the metal scrappers.
dyeje 14y ago
You know the funny thing is I bet somebody said something along the lines of "I doubt a $LAPTOP will ever be able to do $THING." not too long ago. Yet here we are.
mixmastamyk 14y ago
Statistically insignificant.
huxley 14y ago
Back around 1993, I worked doing digital editing and post-production on Macintosh Quadra 800/840AVs which had 96MB of RAM and 40MHz processors. A lot of the video work was done on co-processor boards (Media 100 and Avid), but almost all of the After Effects renders were done using the base Mac. My first job was to supervise a render of an animated banner on a commercial, it took 48 hours to render 30 seconds worth of video. I had to be there the whole time to ensure that a crash didn't stop the render. Things change and it is foolish to underestimate what CPUs and GPUs will be capable of. There are some pretty stunning games taking advantage of the iPad's GPUs, I would surprised if tablets in 5 years couldn't do what your professional workstations do today (the problem will be that professional standards will go up in the meantime and you'd turn your nose up at what you can do today).
tomjen3 14y ago
You need a render farm anyway. No need to to have that be your primary machine. Or to burden your render farm with the task your table will be better suited for.
- acuozzo 14y ago
  > You need a render farm anyway. Sure! Would you be willing to provide the necessary funds?

> but it will one day when everybody just use an Android tablet. I doubt an Android tablet will __ever__ be able to process my post-production renders in a rea

by acuozzo 14y ago

wcchandler 14y ago

What if instead of your desktop, you had a low-end server that was fairly cheap (~$1000) that could process it, quicker, cheaper, and more efficiently than your desktop? And better yet, the server is stored in a closet, never to see the light of day because it "just works" on your network? You're in complete control over it, giving it varying heavy tasks from whatever lightweight appliance you're using. Be it rendering video, playing a game, streaming media, storing data, etc...

xradionut 14y ago
You mean the Windows 2008 R2 server that I have at home? Or the Ubuntu server that I have at home? Can't be the DG/UX server, that's sitting in the garage awaiting the metal scrappers.

dyeje 14y ago

You know the funny thing is I bet somebody said something along the lines of "I doubt a $LAPTOP will ever be able to do $THING." not too long ago. Yet here we are.

mixmastamyk 14y ago

Statistically insignificant.

huxley 14y ago

Back around 1993, I worked doing digital editing and post-production on Macintosh Quadra 800/840AVs which had 96MB of RAM and 40MHz processors. A lot of the video work was done on co-processor boards (Media 100 and Avid), but almost all of the After Effects renders were done using the base Mac. My first job was to supervise a render of an animated banner on a commercial, it took 48 hours to render 30 seconds worth of video. I had to be there the whole time to ensure that a crash didn't stop the render. Things change and it is foolish to underestimate what CPUs and GPUs will be capable of. There are some pretty stunning games taking advantage of the iPad's GPUs, I would surprised if tablets in 5 years couldn't do what your professional workstations do today (the problem will be that professional standards will go up in the meantime and you'd turn your nose up at what you can do today).

tomjen3 14y ago

You need a render farm anyway. No need to to have that be your primary machine. Or to burden your render farm with the task your table will be better suited for.

acuozzo 14y ago
> You need a render farm anyway. Sure! Would you be willing to provide the necessary funds?