The Power of Catalyst, Macbook Pro, and Mtron

[Mick Murray]

My company recently supplied lighting equipment for an outdoor festival in Ireland. A highly popular act headlined one of the days. They used two macbook pros with partitioned ssd drives to run catalyst, one as a back up and one as the main, the macbooks ran catalyst off one output directly to a stealth screen, the stealth screen is a major part of the show. These guys proved that the macbook pro is a reliable option with enough power to run a major show, and its something you can take in hand luggage

[SourceChild]

My company recently supplied lighting equipment for an outdoor festival in Ireland. A highly popular act headlined one of the days. They used two macbook pros with partitioned ssd drives to run catalyst, one as a back up and one as the main, the macbooks ran catalyst off one output directly to a stealth screen, the stealth screen is a major part of the show. These guys proved that the macbook pro is a reliable option with enough power to run a major show, and its something you can take in hand luggage

90% of my personal Catalyst projects are hopping on a plane with a Macbook Pro. I have actually been tempted to put an SSD inside the Macbook. Obviously not enough storage for my main Macbook but when every Catalyst show I do is with a laptop bag, the cost for shipping is gone.

[samsc]

My company recently supplied lighting equipment for an outdoor festival in Ireland. A highly popular act headlined one of the days. They used two macbook pros with partitioned ssd drives to run catalyst, one as a back up and one as the main, the macbooks ran catalyst off one output directly to a stealth screen, the stealth screen is a major part of the show. These guys proved that the macbook pro is a reliable option with enough power to run a major show, and its something you can take in hand luggage

matthew doesnt do many layers- and he tried quite a few configurations.
the limit on laptops is the graphics card, and internal buses.

most big shows require a lot more stuff than any laptop can do.