Return-Path: Received: from mail-wi0-f175.google.com ([209.85.212.175] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4745599 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:50:32 +0200 Received: by wibhn6 with SMTP id hn6so4583045wib.4 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:53:15 -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=+ea5E1a0NfyMoKJhpG0HjCOy8FTTAABGxSyEfjOYMj4=; b=g3Er3YvuLhd0sx9pw7xNAqo5ZECairV6WQk065Kdcbt4S/57xXRu+6Q0M/oNVMgxPH yP4s8I7N946Tk//1SbgAFgFClhHf9qT6EbzrbQxMoJLbONpPFkdHzqml4TWNT86JOZlW aNZ9zKyz5Cvo6KkyRTt2klpL9J/ABhrrc2dKFJDFUcY6juhOBNTN5q/TFKHjDO5SC7sC I1atwprd0Phs93OcCBF19H5bNZwzCohZiV7aTD9xGztGfgKUbCLAak4XnxUflkMvEHq9 oD3oqnaWjY95MmM79qmzM2R6GMZTdZeQax2XbGa9QHi/CdzFg5hqOjV+wohp5JZMe7tz FuRA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.98.231 with SMTP id el7mr38904982wib.21.1339602794974; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.216.76 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:53:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:53:14 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] The Mac Pro is dead From: Andrew Embury To: After Effects Mail List , stephen@sv2studios.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04428d2abc0e5904c25c94d9 --f46d04428d2abc0e5904c25c94d9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That is what I was originally thinking of doing, Hackintosh. But since this is going to be my main system, the fact is, driver and system updates can potentially crush the system to all but nothing and start from scratch yet again. On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > > Hello PC. We are about to become good friends.**** > > ** ** > > I=92m already a PC friend obviously, but I was contemplating get a bared > bones SB Xeon Mac Pro as my Hackintosh is an el-cheapo Core 2 dual as I > need a solid Mac in the shop for working with FCP projects that I create > DCPs from and for some tasks related to my IMAX non-profit film. **** > > ** ** > > But since said SB Xeon is not coming, my choices are now hoping people > will unload old Mac Pro=92s cheap on eBay or look for a write off and don= ate > one to the film. I certainly can=92t justify buying one of the current > models at Apple=92s price. I could also consider building a beefier > Hackintosh =96 and now that choice is much more attractive as a reasonabl= y > solid Lion Hackintosh can be built cheap.**** > > ** ** > > *stephen van vuuren* > > 336.202.4777**** > > * * > > *http://www.sv2dcp.com/* > > *http://www.sv2studios.com/* > > *http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/* > > * * > > *A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It sho= uld > be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the > emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.* > > =96*Stanley Kubrick***** > > ** ** > --f46d04428d2abc0e5904c25c94d9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable That is what I was originally thinking of doing, Hackintosh.

But sin= ce this is going to be my main system, the fact is, driver and system updat= es can potentially crush the system to all but nothing and start from scrat= ch yet again.

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Stephe= n van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> wrote:

<= p class=3D"MsoNormal">> Hello PC. We a= re about to become good friends.

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I=92m already a = PC friend obviously, but I was contemplating get a bared bones SB Xeon Mac = Pro as my Hackintosh is an el-cheapo Core 2 dual as I need a solid Mac in t= he shop for working with FCP projects that I create DCPs from and for some = tasks related to my IMAX non-profit film.

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But since said SB Xeon= is not coming, my choices are now hoping people will unload old Mac Pro=92= s cheap on eBay or look for a write off and donate one to the film.=A0 I ce= rtainly can=92t justify buying one of the current models at Apple=92s price= . I could also consider building a beefier Hackintosh =96 and now that choi= ce is much more attractive as a reasonably solid Lion Hackintosh can be bui= lt cheap.

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http://w= ww.sv2dcp.com/

http://www.= sv2studios.com/

http= ://www.outsideinthemovie.com/

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

=96Stanley Kubrick=

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