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Originally Posted by porsche4life
D, I didn't say little or no software. I said more will be suited for Mac.
My point is that for that if you look around about any place that is creating video or animation, there will be stacks of Macs and mac based systems.
And for the standard user like David who just wants a no fuss machine for editing videos, the mac comes ready to go out of the box. Fire it up and iMovie is ready to go. To run AV linux you will have to do your homework on what machines it works best on, download it(hoping your hashs match when you are done) get it installed and then go. Yes for a guy like you or me thats not a big deal, but for most people they want grab and go easy.
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actually, you just said it again.
the fact is that Linux has a ton of software to cook video and it is free and it works on nearly any computer (unlike MacInto$h).
it is also a fact that many places doing video/animation will be running Mac$. i will just hand you that point. i find it simply amazing that 1. the same software exists for the windows based PC 2. the same computer running MS OS's are much cheaper, yet 3. these folks INSIST that apple is better.
again, AV linux is going to work on nearly any computer. i'd be willing to bet that it works on more machines than, say, OSX. frankly, it worked on two of my computers, straight up, no manipulation, no research. it just works.
apple has sold a bill of goods. people have bought into it. fanaticism is born of doubt.
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Originally Posted by slodave
My example was really to point out that the video card issues are cross platform issues.
The CPU can process video, but that's only the case for the built in video. Add-on cards have their own GPU, video is processed through that, leaving the CPU to do other things.
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video, in terms of video manipulation, is not done through the GPU.