estherau posted at 9:51AM Sun, 13 September 2015 - #4228057

but all the expensive nvidia cards say they actually are mac compatible http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/motion-graphics/nvidia-aims-change-way-animation-studios-post-houses-work/ Im just going to ask pixar (if they'll talk to a pleb like me) so I will get back to you if and when the guy writes back. Remember pixar do their own proprietary software and they probably do use a lot of different tools. They don't need to buy macs because the already have and use macs. And they can use whatever they need to render after they set up their animations. You often just guess and say well it must be this way because that's what makes sense to me, but I don't think you've done your homework either or have all the facts. At least I'm writing to the pixar guy to try to find out the truth without guessing.

LOL I have, but seriously you haven't and you're resorting to emotion because you haven't. And you probably haven't grasped how businesses work either when solutions are implemented. Daisychaining a single card with a cable, and having a bunch of cables and external powersupplies (not to mention the power and cooling you'll need to implementing this) makes absolutely no sense. Implementing technology to reduce the amount of hardware so you're using does make sense, and this is what this about. If they're implementing a gpu solutions (which contain devices with multiple gpus), they are removing hardware that isn't cost effective, meaning cpus not supporting the technology. If you actually watch some of nvidia tech videos, it would make sense to move to their all in one, os-independent units on a rack and proper wiring and cooling rather than having computers with a bunch of cables, power cords, etc hanging everywhere, and requiring a bunch of server room space which is apple's current solution. Remember Apple pretty much jettisoned their enterprise business in terms of personal and individual solutions from their 1U devices from years ago. When tasks need to be done in businesses, brand loyalty doesn't mean much if it costs more in investment and time. Emotions are better left at the front door.

EDIT and if you really want to be shocked, you should see how maintenance and returns are handled for enterprise customers... Major customers are directed to bring their equipment into the Apple store. If you can imagine lugging a bunch a macs into a busy store with customers window shopping and you're trying to flag down an employee, you'll quick realize how efficient that sounds... especially at Christmas.