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> G5 Xserve - Good Audio Potential?
Tree Leopard
post Fri 14 Jan 2005, 06:01
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G5 Xserve was recently released ...
http://www.apple.com/xserve/

1U, 19in rack mount unit, with multi-platform compatibility (mac / win / unix) with a lot of power. Bascially, a very attractive proposition, especially for hi-rez recording and DVD post.

From reports the unit is selling very well. (Sure, its price and features are aimed at medium to large enterprise.)
http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/01/04/xs...serve/index.php

For the realists: if you had one of these in yor studio, how would you - given your particular config. and work processes - make use of it? I'm very curious about how people would take advatange of its features.
http://www.apple.com/xserve/specs.html

For the dreamers: ...do you visualize something that is a like half-step between the Mac Mini and Xserve, an upgradable 1U media server / external processor hub that keeps older model G4s in action (i.e. rather than buying a whole new computer to get the power) and is mobile and robust enough for "out of house" production projects...?

What are your thoughts?
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beyaRecords
post Tue 18 Jan 2005, 12:43
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As for the latency issue regarding node work the usage of gigabit comms very much deals with this issue. The main shortfall at the moment is that the nodes can only process logic plugins, so if you have any ideas of farming off those altiverbs or reaktors forget it ;-)
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