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 4744468 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:08:57 +0200 Received: from 70.91.57.77-busname-panjde.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([70.91.57.77]:47178 helo=[10.1.10.76]) by nova.lunarpages.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SeUcs-0005CD-J9 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:11:31 -0700 From: James WIlson Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-10-436637029 Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] PCs (was The Mac Pro is dead) Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:11:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <40FC073D-2B29-4400-89F6-BBE9C1FF969F@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-10-436637029 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Ya, I also noticed some heat sink configurations that were non-standard. On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:52 AM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > > 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 > =20 > The smaller cases have had issues with this at times. But it=92s = pretty easy to find out if a particular model has standard case mounting = stuff =96 and this only really applies for motherboard/PSU change. > =20 > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > =20 > http://www.sv2dcp.com/ > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ > =20 > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. > =96Stanley Kubrick > =20 > From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On = Behalf Of James WIlson > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 9:30 AM > To: After Effects Mail List > Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] PCs (was The Mac Pro is dead) > =20 > 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. > =20 > =20 > =20 > On Jun 11, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Jim Tierney wrote: >=20 >=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 --Apple-Mail-10-436637029 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Ya, I also noticed some heat sink configurations = that were non-standard.

On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:52 AM, = Stephen van Vuuren wrote:

 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 guessThe = smaller cases have had issues with this at times. But it=92s pretty easy = to find out if a particular model has standard case mounting stuff =96 = and this only really applies for motherboard/PSU = change.
stephen van vuuren