So disappointed in the new Mac Pro...

[Alan Baker]

...that they're releasing their extremely high-end software on the Mac
for the first time:

"MARI at WWDC

On Monday 10th June Phil Schiller, Senior Vice President of worldwide
marketing at Apple, mentioned MARI in the famous Apple keynote. He noted
how excited they are that The Foundry's 3D digital painting package will
be coming to the Mac this year and drew attention to a very special
lunchtime session which took place on 11th June in San Francisco as part
of WWDC.

The special session

In this special session Jack Greasley, The Foundry’s MARI Product
Manager, charted MARI's rapid rise from in-house studio tool to the film
industry’s painting tool of choice. He detailed its evolution, from
original conception during Weta Digital's visual effects work on Avatar
to becoming a critical element in making countless blockbusters a
reality.

MARI is The Foundry’s state of the art 3D digital paint tool, used to
create beautiful imagery across the VFX, games and design industries.
Jonathan Hoffman from Pixar then showcased MARI's use on Monster's
University to demonstrate the power of the new Mac Pro hardware and MARI
working together."

<http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/articles/2013/06/10/536/mari-is-coming-to-th
e-mac/>

<https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/videos/> ("Painting the future")

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."