Return-Path: Received: from mail-yx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.213.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4682768 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:15:39 +0200 Received: by yenm8 with SMTP id m8so835685yen.28 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:16:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=8Q8eToEumwEuBu3Zq9ly8lEPGz82eEgClUeZOO7bFJc=; b=juQmFwZaR7p/gTZlA8McxfZrZtbcnIzhzDK0LaGIHIc2WsPqCfrA7DeaZB0fS3jRps DCUq207hqQrhj+ZIZGW0aDU8RPSQ8mQsqwrW9LX5WIZSfVWp37tPwlCEtryzeoweWsxo MquKBNaqgfaY4hKlpltpr1keY4qevcgSKyLG6LnM5cPI23xKBMm2KjEzv8PKf9aPjI3T gg6m09CDTVgFKp1rnbD2m1mgVrOCxCdIlviJH/ECP3yINp9WKgmFAJClhBPWweSA3S8U uLU0g/GrHqTMJSiTyUpxHb3EgmuSEBRC433RwQHHb6w/738iugG7/l3GeJyDhNUupfGc awYg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.181.70 with SMTP id k46mr133186yhm.21.1334182581909; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:16:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.176.137 with HTTP; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:16:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:16:21 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE From: Brian Higgins To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf305b1264dc39e704bd6e96e2 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkae+VGSjndWXnmCcAUl6TDAsGZdqKriIsKjNcQc7YkQ0ANGqX6xB9s5sXeKoW5nErgKc7T --20cf305b1264dc39e704bd6e96e2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 An iMac doesn't have xeons or a decent graphics card. If you compare apples to Apples (heh), that particular flavor of PCs comes out cheaper. -b On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Alex Czetwertynski wrote: > Are high end PC's really cheaper? I just tried pricing a 12core HP with > 2.6ghz processors, a decent graphics card, 2TB or HD, and something like > 14GB or RAM. I was coming very close to 5k just for the box....And that is > without SSD, etc... > Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place? > > > -- brian higgins | senior vfx artist Sol Design 312.706.5500 higgins@soldesignfx.com soldesignfx.com --20cf305b1264dc39e704bd6e96e2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable An iMac doesn't have xeons or a decent graphics card.=A0 If you compare= apples to Apples (heh), that particular flavor of PCs comes out=A0 cheaper= .

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On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 5:12 = PM, Alex Czetwertynski <alex@disciplefilms.com> wrote:
Are high= end PC's really cheaper? =A0I just tried pricing a 12core HP with 2.6g= hz processors, a decent graphics card, 2TB or HD, and something like 14GB o= r RAM. =A0I was coming very close to 5k just for the box....And that is wit= hout SSD, etc...
Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
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