![]() ![]() I started researching and compiling information, delving deep into the Hackintosh World. ![]() ![]() The inside of a Codex Vault XL, you can see a NVidia Graphics Card, Power Supply, PCIe Cards, Fans, etc. If you take away the proprietary technologies you just have a computer, which you can buy and build yourself which lead me to Hackintosh. If a custom built computer can handle one of the most data heavy codecs in the world, 6K ARRIRAW, it can copy it, process it, transcode it. This got my brain ticking and I began to think outside the box. Turns out it was just a connection on the power supply that had come loose in transit, but this process of looking inside made me realise that it was just a giant custom built computer. When the Vault landed in Australia DOA (Dead On Arrival) the only option was to pull it open to see if I could get it running. I had the privilege to use a Codex Vault XL for an Alexa 65 Job in January and got very well acquainted with the technology. The choice was to buy outdated technology, buy new inadequate technology or find another solution. The MacPro dated back to 2013 and the recently re-designed MacBook Pro Models didn’t come equipped with Intel’s latest Kaby Lake Processors nor did they exceed 16GB of RAM which has been a limitation for a long time now. At the start of 2017 it was a sad state of affairs for using a Mac on-set for heavy duty processing. ![]()
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