XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-26 20:37, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:36:47 -0400, -hh wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/25/25 20:45, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> What happened to the market addressed by the old Mac Pro? Seems Apple   
   >>> has given up on that altogether.   
   >>>   
   >> Markets change; "Film at 11".  The customer volume isn't there anymore.   
   >   
   > No, it’s just that Apple has given up on it.   
   >   
   >> My understanding is that the movie studios have moved over to clusters.   
   >> That means regardless of the OS run, it isn't being done on desktops.   
   >   
   > True. It’s being done, not on “desktops”, but on “workstations”.   
   Linux   
   > workstations, in fact.   
      
   I don't believe you know what the WORKstations are running.   
      
   It's very probable that the servers being used as rendering clusters are   
   running Linux, because that would be the least expensive OS to run, and   
   with no need for direct user interaction, who cares what it works like   
   from a UI perspective?   
      
   >   
   > Do you know what a “workstation” is? It’s what a “desktop” wants   
   to be   
   > when it grows up.   
      
   It's a word that means "most powerful desktop". That's all.   
      
   It's probable that effects houses are no longer using Macs, but that is   
   simply because Apple has ceded that market. It's not big enough for them   
   to bother with.   
      
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