Return-Path: Received: from [208.84.113.138] (HELO aurora2.hosting4less.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4743142 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:10:37 +0200 Received: from anarchyjimPC (c-69-181-240-175.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [69.181.240.175]) (authenticated bits=0) by aurora2.hosting4less.com (8.13.8/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q5BLJIGk022209 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:19:22 -0700 From: "Jim Tierney" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] [OT] PCs (was The Mac Pro is dead) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:13:06 -0700 Message-ID: <0c4f01cd4817$011714f0$03453ed0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0C50_01CD47DC.54B83CF0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Ac1IEXNREWRppun7QDyQuYRs9B2kpwAA4rWA Content-Language: en-us This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0C50_01CD47DC.54B83CF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >> If you want solid out of the box they are a good choice. You pay for = that though. Mac users are used to paying for that. ;-) =20 Personally for PCs, I prefer pre-built systems from a known manufacturer (Boxx, Dell, HP, etc). They're usually tested very well and support = tends to be good, especially if you pay for Premium support. Building a system or having a workstation custom built tends to involve more problems and incompatibilities. I doubt many Mac users want to become PC sysadmins, = so buying something pre-built with good support is probably a better = option. PCs have enough quirks without sticking a bunch of compenents together = that haven't been tested together. =20 =20 Cheers, Jim ---------------------- Jim Tierney President Digital Anarchy http://www.digitalanarchy.com =20 =20 =20 =20 From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf = Of Byron Nash Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:27 PM To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead =20 Boxx makes some nice machines. If you want solid out of the box they are = a good choice. You pay for that though. On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Gergely Szabo wrote: For win based machines the only option is to buy a Z800 or a Dell = Precision? Or build It one by one? Greg Balint =EDrta: =20 well, for all you Mac users out there who may be making a switch soon, be in comfort knowing you've got a few well versed PC veterans on this list = who can help you with suggestions and builds.. I'd even be willing to help physically build out a PC for you guys if you ever need it. ///Greg Balint //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer /321.514.4839 delRAZOR.com/ +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0C50_01CD47DC.54B83CF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

>> If you want solid out of the box they are a good = choice. You pay for that though.

Mac users are used to paying for that. ;-)

Personally for PCs, I prefer pre-built systems from a known = manufacturer (Boxx, Dell, HP, etc). They're usually tested very well and = support tends to be good, especially if you pay for Premium support. = Building a system or having a workstation custom built tends to involve = more problems and incompatibilities. I doubt many Mac users want to = become PC sysadmins, so buying something pre-built with good support is = probably a better option. PCs have enough quirks without sticking a = bunch of compenents together that haven't been tested = together.

Cheers,

Jim

----------------------

Jim Tierney

President

Digital Anarchy

http://www.digitalanarchy.com

From:= = After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of = Byron Nash
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:27 = PM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] = [OT] The Mac Pro is dead

Boxx makes some nice machines. If you = want solid out of the box they are a good choice. You pay for that = though.

On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at = 4:22 PM, Gergely Szabo <formic.gergo@gmail.com> wrote:

For win based machines the only option is to buy a = Z800 or a Dell Precision? Or build It one by one?

Greg Balint = =EDrta:

well,

for all you Mac users out there who may = be making a switch soon, be in comfort knowing you've got a few well = versed PC veterans on this list who can help you with suggestions and = builds.. I'd even be willing to help physically build out a PC for you = guys if you ever need it.

///Greg Balint
//Art Director / = Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/

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