This post was published more than a few years ago (on 2002-01-07) and may contain inaccurate technical information, outmoded thoughts, or cringe takes. Proceed at your own risk.
Now a word from an Apple client: Dan Gregoire from LucasFilm comes up to show how LucasFilm is using OS X. A (very short) taped speech from 'ol George says they use OS X to create animatics for pre-visualization. Demo of stuff from Episode II in Maya, After Effects. He'll be at the Alias|Wavefront booth all week. I'm tempted to go. 😉