Preface – About Genesis MP
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Genesis MP Takes on the Field
In the competitive world of high-performance platforms, Genesis MP has some impor-
tant advantages which set it apart from UNIX workstations, such as those from Silicon
Graphics, and other Mac OS platforms.
• Genesis MP is the ultimate in speed, expandability, and upgradability. DayStar
provides more machine than you can get from Apple or any other vendor of
Mac OS based systems. Its ample expansion space, beefy power supply and
processor upgradability make it the Mac OS workstation of choice.
• Where the criterion is speed, Genesis MP has it. Fast SCSI-2, fast PCI
expansion, fast processors and more of them. More speed means jobs get done
quicker and the workstation is available for more paying work. And designers
can spend more time grappling with creative issues and less time watching the
progress bar.
• Because Genesis MP is built on the Mac OS, you’ll have access to thousands
of popular and well-known applications. By contrast, UNIX systems are often
specialty installations, designed to run a small suite of applications.
• Software for UNIX machines is very expensive, sometimes running into tens of
thousands of dollars for critical applications. Because the installed base of Mac
OS systems is so much larger than that of any of the specialized workstations,
competitive pressures keep prices reasonable and software updates coming on a
regular basis.
• UNIX is a very powerful operating system, but also very complex. Graphical
interfaces which run on top of UNIX can make life easier, but your creative
staff still has to learn an entirely new environment, with syntax that is similar
to MS-DOS—only more cryptic. You’ll certainly need a knowledgeable UNIX
system administrator, either on-staff, or as a regular consultant. Mac OS is
powerful, flexible, easy, and in use by 70% or more of the publishing
industry today.
A Fine-Tuned Solution for Media-Publishing
Genesis MP – DayStar’s high performance Media-Publishing system built around the
Mac OS – uses a revolutionary new multiprocessing (MP) technology developed in
partnership with Apple Computer. Genesis MP is the first and only Mac OS based plat-
form designed explicitly for the workstation user – a platform that has the ease of use
and broad application base of the Macintosh with more processing power than hard-to-
use UNIX-based workstations from SGI and Sun Microsystems.
If you own a business you don’t have to learn a new operating system or retrain your
staff. Your current staff can perform all of the typical system chores with Genesis MP,
and you can hire from a broad pool of talented artists, designers and other creatives.
Genesis MP is delivered with a multiprocessing extension to Adobe Photoshop 3.0.4 or
greater which accelerates hundreds of functions across multiple processors. It’s huge
memory expansion and fast disk access make Genesis MP ideal for image editing
applications.
Print publishers will enjoy the large available storage and fast disk access. Service
bureaus have plenty of room for multiple hard drives for server and array use. The mul-
tiple processors and large memory speed RIPing of complex artwork.
