Return-Path: Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.195] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4682873 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:45:34 +0200 Received: from [10.1.1.22] (71-13-195-18.static.eucl.wi.charter.com [71.13.195.18]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MIdk0-1SKL680gp6-002rrx; Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:46:17 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE From: Steve Oakley In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:46:13 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:cepUZ6dT/ALsqWPfUUtuPUSBvd8bYKMGH0sFkM1EM+3 5UCKRWBCc9AVlVHEXFIg0O36ZrWauihNP/gNB5MAGyzE5/vf2F jl7w2rHE3Bg8Y7SirLWNR5VcKkqgFuAV01L7Wop1CByZFqiVON Jnyb1eixTpI+XNlYZ2fHpqptsNYf2laJ68rQ+FM1q8v8L21uwi PsAALdy7pP4aBOZBo1znHPUPGqhy6UqNe5WZBqz0t9tZ/yVw2b Eg64Zq96mLxAmh9DQGDRxaTa5UrzmkJnWnpbPhjsc0CTPsFFwE Y2DPtlzKFOlhRUS/Yadvjx56xJ5HzC5/Pg3mf/+QZe19p3pIHK nFozy24yy55NtwIYhRD0z+WTXVOrRRgnq27WRYk+Rd8cQ4Fhrt svowKtUDpAz2w== there is something else I wanted to say :) there is nothing stopping apple from killing their towers AND setting up = something like a HP z800 OS X edition. they can easily tweak the = installer to only install on select machines. HP can also easily tweak = their BIOS to only run OS X on the blessed machines. Apple walks away = from a low volume item and power users still have better towers than = apple ever made. dual 16X PCIe slots with the power to run big dual = GPU's, onboard raid controller, ect. Not Cheap :( but it would open a = LOT of options.=20 my bet is probably one last hurrah of mac towers and then plan B.... or = iMacs get a graphics slot, more TB ports and its more than good enough = for most folks S