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| I've mentioned this a few times in the past. Basically, if you have an AE-only workflow then iMacs are brilliant. This is mainly because AE is so poor at multiprocessing. The price difference between an iMac and a MacPro is certainly much bigger than the performance difference you will see between them, simply because AE isn't able to extract every drop of performance from a souped up MacPro. In terms of the everyday process of sitting in front of the computer and working, they are basically identical, even if the render times expose some level of difference. This isn't because iMacs are awesome machines, but because AE is a poor multi-processor application. As soon as you include other apps which are more multi-processor aware then you will start to se the weaknesses of an iMac - specifically Cinema 4D and Maya. 3D programs are able to scale their performance with additional processors almost perfectly, and the iMac range of graphics cards is limited if you use Premiere Pro. A few months ago I suggested that you could buy a 27" iMac and 5 Mac Minis to use as a render farm for the same price as a MacPro. If you only use AE then that's not as crazy as it sounds, and if you have a bunch of older Macs lying around you can build up a pretty useful render farm quite easily. -Chris On 12/04/2012, at 7:43 AM, Rob Birnholz wrote: > I am also interested in this question. My MacPro 2.1, while a workhorse, is showing its age and is ready to slide down to the #2 spot in my workflow. But with no new pro offerings from Apple, I'm wondering if a top end 27" iMac will fill the bill. My biggest concerns are with heavy duty AE rendering and to a lesser extent no CUDA capability. > > I hope to have a better idea of where things are headed after next week. > > Rob Birnholz > Absolute Motion Graphics, Inc. > Longwood, Florida > www.absolutemotiongraphics.com > > (sent from a mobile device) > > On Apr 11, 2012, at 4:18 PM, joe cafe <cafe.joe@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Is anyone using AE on an iMac, and is it to be recommended for broadcast motion design? > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> > |
