Return-Path: Received: from omr10.networksolutionsemail.com ([205.178.146.60] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4750243 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:27:36 +0200 Received: from cm-omr8 (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by omr10.networksolutionsemail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q5I4UPTe001470 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:30:25 -0400 X-Authenticated-IP: 205.178.146.50 Received: from [205.178.146.50] ([205.178.146.50:39745] helo=webmail14) by cm-omr8 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.41 r(31179/31189)) with ESMTP id 14/89-09498-1EEAEDF4; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:30:25 -0400 Received: from 59.167.240.84 (chris@chriszwar.com [59.167.240.84]) by webmail14 (Netsol 11.2.30) with WEBMAIL id 5093; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:30:25 +0000 From: "Chris Zwar" To: "After Effects Mail List" Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Normal Message-ID: X-Mailer: Network Solutions Webmail, Build 11.2.30 X-Originating-IP: [59.167.240.84] X-Forwarded-For: [(null)] Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:30:25 +0000 Subject: Re: [AE] Hackintosh worth the effort? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think this depends as much on your personality, clients and work enviro= nment as it does on the actual technology. Certainly when I was younger I would've given it a shot, and I've been th= rough periods where every cent saved is important - even making my own et= hernet cables for example. But it's not the sort of thing I enjoy doing = and that's why it's not something I'll do. Not because it can't be done,= not because I don't know how, and not because of some economic argument = or moral stance against Apple, but simply because I can't be bothered muc= king around building my own machine. I've skimmed through a few articles about Hackinstoshs and (generally) th= ey seem to be put together by enthusiasts who enjoy that sort of thing. -Chris -----Original Message----- From: jarret langmeire [mailto:langmeire@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 02:01 PM To: 'After Effects Mail List' Subject: [AE] Hackintosh worth the effort? Hi everyone, Given the current state of the MacPro line and the fact that I don't thin= k I can stick around until 2013 for the new "maybe" MacPro, I'm wondering whether a hackintosh is an option? I have reached the point where I'm having to look at alternatives but given the many thousands I have tied u= p in software, I'm very reluctant to move away from the MacOS. I've been scouring the web and there seem to be a lot of mixed feelings about the hackintosh and whether or not it's worth it but I really want to hear fro= m people who may have been using such a setup to run After Effects in a high-end production environment. Thanks in advance, Jarret