Return-Path: Received: from [69.93.179.12] (HELO gateway05.websitewelcome.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4745771 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:25:16 +0200 Received: by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 07D3E8692A759; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:27:59 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway05.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEB778692A701 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:27:58 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.167.166.243] (port=60688 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.77) (envelope-from ) id 1SerMM-0005bI-M2 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:27:58 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] [OT] NEW Apple Macbook Pro 15" just announced - with kepler GPU Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:27:41 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <017201cd4989$d61d15f0$825741d0$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0173_01CD4968.4F0C6050" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQG9tZmQWaAZnf7urpMls9E04M2vgJcXpSWw Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator1184.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (Neptune) [24.167.166.243]:60688 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0173_01CD4968.4F0C6050 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > On the pro side of this, these design choices were made in order to deliver a very powerful yet small and light laptop I've never understood power users need for "small and light". Laws of physics say it will be hotter, slower, more expensive than a larger, heavier model with a smaller screen. I tried once to use AE on 15" notebook - burnt 3 motherboards during warranty then sold it. Before and after that machine, always used 17" around 8lbs. Have a $600 HP Quad i7 Sandy Bridge with dual hard drives and a blu-ray player now. It's fine carrying about. Apple could make a 6 or 7 lb 17" with a 1920 x 1200 screen for less than machine with 3 drive bays. If you need a lightweight machine for web browsing and email, get a tablet. If you need to serious work, are really going to do it carrying it around in your hand? I mean the difference between 5lbs and 8lbs should only matter if you never go to the gym. What's so wrong with carrying around a little weight? It's probably the only exercise some of us get J stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. -Stanley Kubrick ------=_NextPart_000_0173_01CD4968.4F0C6050 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> On the pro side of this, these design choices were made = in order to deliver a very powerful yet small and light laptop

I’ve never understood power users need for “small and = light”. Laws of physics say it will be hotter, slower, more = expensive than a larger, heavier model with a smaller screen. I tried = once to use AE on 15” notebook – burnt 3 motherboards during = warranty then sold it. Before and after that machine, always used = 17” around 8lbs. Have a $600 HP Quad i7 Sandy Bridge with dual = hard drives and a blu-ray player now. It’s fine carrying about. = Apple could make a 6 or 7 lb 17” with a 1920 x 1200 screen for = less than machine with 3 drive bays.

If you need a lightweight machine for web browsing and email, get a = tablet. If you need to serious work, are really going to do it carrying = it around in your hand? I mean the difference between 5lbs and 8lbs = should only matter if you never go to the gym. What’s so wrong = with carrying around a little weight? It’s probably the only = exercise some of us get J

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

–Stanley = Kubrick

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