Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #41502
From: Rich Young <aefilter@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Buy a new mac pro or wait and see?
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:11:03 -0800 (PST)
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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For me, have actual options in hardware like NVIDIA cards is pushing me back to Windows. Even a cheap gaming card on one machine renders in 3 hours versus 8 hours SW-only takes in Premiere (about the same results as a new iMac).

Add in options for Red Giant, Sapphire, Speedgrade and other acceleration withNVIDIA if I get my licenses in order.

The Windows UI is a big letdown though, even if you get a comparable screen.

Rich


--- On Fri, 12/30/11, Darby Edelen <dedelen@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Darby Edelen <dedelen@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] Buy a new mac pro or wait and see?
To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
Date: Friday, December 30, 2011, 9:31 AM

The rumor mill has been pointing to Apple exiting the Pro market sooner or later. I wouldn't be surprised to see another revision to the Mac Pro line but I've already decided on going with a Windows box for my next machine. The factors that led me to that conclusion include:

-OS X Lion
-Final Cut Pro X
-Woefully infrequent hardware revisions (see Macrumors buyers guide) and relative lack of options
-Price

That said, Apple is an easy out of box experience. I'm no longer willing to pay that premium though. Build 2x 12 core Windows machines for the price of 1x Mac Pro!

On Dec 30, 2011 9:00 AM, "Jim Feeley" <jfeeley@gmail.com> wrote:
 
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