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what kind of hardware does pixar use?
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I was kind of curious. I figure they use a lot of Macs, but on a recent trip to Iowa State University the tour guide stated that pixar uses Windows boxes from Silicon Graphics similiar to the ones used in the labs at ISU.
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Yeah, Pixar does not use macs, though I am sure they (Steve) would love to use em.
(Were there not rumors of them switching to G5s? or XServes? Or something...)
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I believe they do use Macs for office work. A friend of mine just picked up a truckload of G3s that have Pixar asset decals (you know, the metal ones) plastered on them. The hard disks had all been removed.
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They use lots and lots and lots and lots of Sun boxes to render their movies.
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Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
They use lots and lots and lots and lots of Sun boxes to render their movies.
I remember reading somewhere that they are migrating to Intel/Linux for their rendering.
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Originally posted by BasketofPuppies:
They use lots and lots and lots and lots of Sun boxes to render their movies.
Hmm, I thought it was lots and lots and lots of Xeons recently.  It was the best stuff at the time, I think, or most cost-efficient anyway. Like someone said, I also read somewhere that a lot of office stuff is Mac-based. But who cares? I'm sure the artists get to use whatever they're familiar or comfortable with. Some probably do their PS work on Macs and 3-D stuff on PCs. Whatever. Tools are tools.  Monsters wouldn't have been any better if they had done it all and completely on Macs.
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Yes, Pixar does use Macs for the majority of their office computing. People in the Art department use them profusely as well. Of course, they are not exclusive to a single platform, you sillies.
That is, this is what I remember from when I worked there 5 years ago. 
Oh yeah, and the NeXT box in Steve's office was pretty entertaining.
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Originally posted by cpatubo:
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Oh yeah, and the NeXT box in Steve's office was pretty entertaining.
Wow, NeXT boxes...I really liked those. I remember the server cube. Sorry, brain fart, you can all now go about your business 
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