Return-Path: Received: from nova.lunarpages.com ([67.210.126.175] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4744109 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:27:18 +0200 Received: from 70.91.57.77-busname-panjde.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([70.91.57.77]:22330 helo=[10.1.10.76]) by nova.lunarpages.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SeRAS-0004R5-Gm for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:29:56 -0700 From: James WIlson Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-7-423319084 Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] PCs (was The Mac Pro is dead) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:29:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <9BB914BC-B769-41FC-821C-108CD1044ECB@jwmm.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - nova.lunarpages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - jwmm.com --Apple-Mail-7-423319084 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I'd like to note that you have to be careful with Dell because I've = found that their form factors are different than standard PC hardware =96 = they maintain some degree of propriety I guess. So, the motherboards = won't necessarily fit into a standard tower, etc. if you ever decided to = take your existing parts and port them over to your own custom build. On Jun 11, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Jim Tierney wrote: > 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. --Apple-Mail-7-423319084 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 I'd = like to note that you have to be careful with Dell because I've found = that their form factors are different than standard PC hardware =96 they = maintain some degree of propriety I guess. So, the motherboards won't = necessarily fit into a standard tower, etc. if you ever decided to take = your existing parts and port them over to your own custom = build.



On Jun 11, 2012, = at 5:13 PM, Jim Tierney wrote:

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.

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