Return-Path: Received: from vms173009pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.9] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4685365 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:49:20 +0200 Received: from EDITINGPC ([unknown] [71.188.126.204]) by vms173009.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0M2G00JOD2BIISU1@vms173009.mailsrvcs.net> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:50:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-id: From: "Glenn Ferguson" To: "After Effects Mail List" , References: In-reply-to: Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:49:02 -0400 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_003A_01CD19B6.DC085BD0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8089.726 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8089.726 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01CD19B6.DC085BD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable You can compare the two. There was a complete difference in hardware = through almost 3 decades of Apple's existence. The switch to Intel is = relatively recent and did not halt the proprietary nature of the Mac. = And therein lies the difference. You can't run OSX on anything but a = Mac, while you can run Windows on innumerable machines from a myriad of = companies. So if you like, we can say Windows machines verses Macs. = And while you may be able to find Windows machines with better support, = warranty, and build, you won't find a better operating system than OSX. = Add that to the mix and in my few that tips the quality quotient in = favor of the Mac. But if price and choice are more important to you, go = with the Windows machine. From: Stephen van Vuuren=20 Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 5:59 PM To: After Effects Mail List=20 Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE > That's my point. If price and choice are important to you, get a PC. = If support, warranty, and build quality is important to you, get a Mac. =20 My point is that you can't compare "PC" vs. a "Mac". Mac is a specific = brand by a single company. "PC" refers to a broad huge spectrum of = companies. In fact a "Mac" is a PC that runs OSX. Same CPU, RAM, = motherboard etc. Just a bit of firmware in the EFI boot. =20 You can PCs with better support, warranty and build quality than a Mac, = but it will cost the same or more than a Mac. There are ultra-high = premium PCs with custom paint jobs, hand built components and white = glove service, for a price. =20 stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 =20 http://www.sv2studios.com/ http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ http://www.stephenv2.me/ =20 A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should = be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the = emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick =20 ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01CD19B6.DC085BD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
You can compare the two.  There was a = complete=20 difference in hardware through almost 3 decades of Apple's = existence.  The=20 switch to Intel is relatively recent and did not halt the = proprietary=20 nature of the Mac.  And therein lies the difference.  You = can't run=20 OSX on anything but a Mac, while you can run Windows on innumerable = machines from a myriad of companies.  So if you like, we = can say=20 Windows machines verses Macs.  And while you may be able to=20 find Windows machines with better support, warranty, and = build,=20 you won't find a better operating system than OSX.  Add that to the = mix and=20 in my few that tips the quality quotient in favor of the Mac.  But = if price=20 and choice are more important to you, go with the Windows=20 machine.

From: Stephen van Vuuren
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 5:59 PM
To: After Effects Mail List =
Subject: Re: [AE] iMac and AE

> That's my=20 point.  If price and choice are important to you, get=20 a PC.  If support, warranty, and build quality is important to = you,=20 get a Mac.

 

My=20 point is that you can=92t compare =93PC=94 vs. a =93Mac=94. Mac is a = specific brand by a=20 single company. =93PC=94 refers to a broad huge spectrum of companies. = In fact a=20 =93Mac=94 is a PC that runs OSX. Same CPU, RAM, motherboard etc. Just a = bit of=20 firmware in the EFI boot.

 

You=20 can PCs with better support, warranty and build quality than a Mac, but = it will=20 cost the same or more than a Mac. There are ultra-high premium PCs with = custom=20 paint jobs, hand built components and white glove service, for a=20 price.

 

stephen=20 van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.sv2studios.com/

http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/

http://www.stephenv2.me/

 

A=20 film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a=20 progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the = emotion, the=20 meaning, all that comes later.

=96Stanley=20 Kubrick

 

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