Return-Path: Received: from imr-da06.mx.aol.com ([205.188.169.203] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4897269 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:21:43 +0100 Received: from mtaout-ma02.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-ma02.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.2]) by imr-da06.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id qACLOptw008457 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:24:51 -0500 Received: from lunette.home (pool-173-51-221-219.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [173.51.221.219]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-ma02.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id E31A1E000100; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:24:50 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_5B09C6ED-D5ED-4F46-92D5-9A3BD1B112E3" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 $1499$) Subject: Re: [AE] Semi OT: Yet another mac mini render farm thread From: Tim Sassoon In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:24:50 -0800 Cc: Tim Sassoon Message-Id: <9CE575E8-C76D-4769-A9F3-6400A70E4497@aol.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1352755491; bh=xaA9+UMkpGlbdb+sSJW9awJLhx2ceYfvS4zZdsJnZ20=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=Vj5L3427rHxnpbYls4YU4/2MlfTd5qUO42alhEGX/clu/OBwcq31cIn6YwwfnQOIl 4/qxQlDL1CjjT96eRPIRki6fi+exl5wrpuWpYNgXYedPPFnna+fj4JsEGylTRcPIho FRK47ta3Ws1GP3YHZkTtH9U7/S+HVPJ8/zPBU/VE= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:416474624:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d290250a16922574f X-AOL-IP: 173.51.221.219 --Apple-Mail=_5B09C6ED-D5ED-4F46-92D5-9A3BD1B112E3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 The power supplies are internal now. And the current design is much = better than the old, which were quite good. Especially now with i7's and = Thunderbolt. We use Minis for servers, they work great. Treat them like = blades. At the two-year mark, still under AppleCare, put them on eBay, = recover half the cost, and drop them into a USPS Medium Flat Rate box = and send them anywhere. You don't even need to buy the server version = anymore, since OS X Server is only $49. Or it was - just tried to find = it on the Apple Store and failed. Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA On Nov 12, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Dann Stubbs = wrote: > if you go with mac mini's try to get a few spare external power = supplies from apple --Apple-Mail=_5B09C6ED-D5ED-4F46-92D5-9A3BD1B112E3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 The power supplies are internal now. And the current design is much better than the old, which were quite good. Especially now with i7's and Thunderbolt. We use Minis for servers, they work great. Treat them like blades. At the two-year mark, still under AppleCare, put them on eBay, recover half the cost, and drop them into a USPS Medium Flat Rate box and send them anywhere. You don't even need to buy the server version anymore, since OS X Server is only $49. Or it was - just tried to find it on the Apple Store and failed.

Tim Sassoon

SFD

Santa Monica, CA

On Nov 12, 2012, at 12:57 PM, Dann Stubbs <dann@darkskydigital.com> wrote:

if you go with mac mini's try to get a few spare external power supplies from apple

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