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2010-05-23 12:15 AM
2010-06-01 05:32 PM
2010-06-01 06:07 PM
owen wrote:I actually think that computationally intensive computing is an argument FOR cloud computing. It is pretty inefficient for everyone to have high-end workstations on their desks (as much as I like it). I only need the power sometimes and the the ability of the cloud to load-ballance and dynamically allocate resourses where needed holds out the promise of reducing a firm's computing overhead. That, combined with a unified and therefore potentially simplified deployment environment (instead of multiple flavors of Apple + Windows hardware & software) is another huge benefit. Some firms have already begun this process using Revit on Citrix.
Cloud-computing may well have a future in non-processor intensive applications but I just cannot see remote server farms taking over from high-powered workstations for design firms with users running multiple applications like Photoshop, ArchiCAD/Revit, C4D/Max, Rhino, etc. ....There is a reason our standard workstation is an 8-Core Mac Pro with 8GB+ RAM .. people need it.
2010-06-01 06:15 PM
2010-06-02 02:58 AM
2010-06-02 03:58 AM
Chadwick wrote:That's not "skeptical", it's called wisdom.
Call me very, very skeptical of the cloud.