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System's on Apple

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knoxbob

Will any of the automation systems that have been discussed on this board work with Apple computers?
A friend of mine purchased a new Apple Laptop and I've seen him compilling a movie playing a game and listening to music all at the same time and this thing doesn't miss a beat. He even loaded XP on it.
 
Most automation systems require Windows OS as the base...since he has XP on the Apple, he could load any of the automation systems (except the older ones requiring DOS such as McCart....egads!). NONE of the automation systems run under Apple OS afaik (Scott does have a version that runs on Linux)
 
CW said:
Most automation systems require Windows OS as the base...since he has XP on the Apple, he could load any of the automation systems (except the older ones requiring DOS such as McCart....egads!). NONE of the automation systems run under Apple OS afaik (Scott does have a version that runs on Linux)
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Right. With the new Intel-Macs, which have virtualization built into the chip, there are a whole bunch of Windows options available for Mac users. CrossOver Mac is probably the most interesting as it allow a Mac user to open and use Windows software WITHOUT the Windows operating system.

Here is a great overview on this subject:

http://www.maclife.com/article/windows_on_the_mac_of_course_but_mac_os_x_on_pcs_possibly

BTW, GarageBand 3 which comes free with each new Mac was redesigned for podcasting. As such it has many neat tools for radio production.

db
 
I have all sorts of Apple hardware and I thought it would have made sense to run the automation on this since it was a no-cost hardware option for me. At the time, all Apple hardware didn't use the Intel chip set so choices were limited. You could use current Apple hardware if you load M$ Windows on them, but it sort of takes the thunder out of the purpose.

I bet something like Rivendell could be compiled to run on Mac very easily since OS-X is based on Unix anyways. How easy it is to recompiled is another story, but it would be hot to see Rivendell with an Aqua interface. I use Macs to restore all my old vinyl and perform production work but I haven't see much as far as automation goes.
 
Bill, I bet you could recompile Rivendell on OS-X, as long as all the dependencies are there, since OS-X is BSD-based. The question would be whether you would have issues with the kernel. From what I have observed on the Rivendell list, the system is pretty kernel-sensitive. It would be a fun project, that is for sure.
 
DudeFan said:
Bill, I bet you could recompile Rivendell on OS-X, as long as all the dependencies are there, since OS-X is BSD-based. The question would be whether you would have issues with the kernel. From what I have observed on the Rivendell list, the system is pretty kernel-sensitive. It would be a fun project, that is for sure.
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I didn't really think about how dependent Rivendell was on the kernal. I'm betting it can be done as long as Apple doesn't go too nuts with revving the kernel version when they hop a major increment (i.e., 10.4 to 10.5).

I had looked a bit at Rivendell until I decided to go with StationPlaylist, which is a blessing considering I was able to throw my Digital Jukebox in the trash!
 
We're still in the process of building a Rivendell box. Other things have a priority around here. But I am very impressed with the documentation and features. I was even looking at emebedded (miniature) systems to see if you could build a Rivendell system that runs the OS off of a flashdisk and stores the audio on the network or on an external USB hard drive.
 
I'm willing to bet ... $50 that Rivendell won't run on Mac OS without significant modification. Yes, OSX is based on UNIX, but it is directly based off of BSD, which forked off of AT&T UNIX in the early 80s. Linux made a similar move in the early 90s.
 
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