Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4743961 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:34:49 +0200 Received: by obbwd18 with SMTP id wd18so8877671obb.28 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:37:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=t3CEfHgv/UQVQ8RPFQM6uFSbLvkTbdYP3dM3CAFsr0I=; b=korwjyP6sUgcp4NgQn5kw/XsCHZeiQFmlH9R/V7PNxMJo7WRNmqHSEfc4aXcwM+Fam KAI/5Q+bREUulVHdo1NfH/cTFyqDRlnKc48A1hh3UneEDsrLM01amqO5QJNuRkihDJcx MQZDDOKflDAzHPcyTYFkD92udigE+uZX+UByU+6Vs5mPnFrmBUKIeNCmnEpcSkPLbYAL hcbw1waSAmfDQBI8Vy3lUuNW6JkWASZheEisYsyovosYY8KBwb23lOYEp+FvpacFcn0d j3uAUjJrd+eJ2IxH2D/wVgG9wdv283pNyjZyxAzCUMEpmyvVdVA0cRIxEzUD86925UHT Kp2A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.60.170.203 with SMTP id ao11mr20066456oec.25.1339501047493; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:37:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.80.167 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:37:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.80.167 with HTTP; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:37:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 07:37:26 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] OT: PC Buying for Mac Users From: Teddy Gage To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec54a32341cb3fe04c244e401 --bcaec54a32341cb3fe04c244e401 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 As a a builder I can tell you 95% of all parts you get are going to be compatible. Unless something is really outdated, windows is going to support it. Its no longer the uncertainty of the vista days On Jun 12, 2012 3:25 AM, "scott.aelist" wrote: > Ram, HDDs/ SSDs, video cards, network cards if needed, optical drives, etc >> can all be pretty simple installations and you can save a lot just getting >> a barebones system and installing compatible parts yourself. >> > > I was totally gung-ho until i got to the word 'compatible.' How does one > know if something is compatible? Should i just pick from the options > available from the builder? This is the kind of thing that sends me > scurrying back to the safety of a prebuilt system. > --bcaec54a32341cb3fe04c244e401 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

As a a builder I can tell you 95% of all parts you get are going to be c= ompatible. Unless something is really outdated, windows is going to support= it. Its no longer the uncertainty of the vista days

On Jun 12, 2012 3:25 AM, "scott.aelist"= ; <scott.aelist@gmail.com&= gt; wrote:
Ram, HDDs/ SSD= s, video cards, network cards if needed, optical drives, etc can all be pre= tty simple installations and you can save a lot just getting a barebones sy= stem and installing compatible parts yourself.

I was totally gung-ho until i got to the = word 'compatible.' How does one know if something is compatible? Sh= ould i just pick from the options available from the builder? This is the k= ind of thing that sends me scurrying back to the safety of a prebuilt syste= m.
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