Return-Path: Received: from gateway02.websitewelcome.com ([74.52.222.226] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4897271 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:32:44 +0100 Received: by gateway02.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id C0B826FA703B7; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:35:56 -0600 (CST) Received: from gator1184.hostgator.com (gator1184.hostgator.com [174.121.151.98]) by gateway02.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B63BE6FA70397 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:35:56 -0600 (CST) Received: from [24.163.5.74] (port=52441 helo=Neptune) by gator1184.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1TY1ff-0002ln-9i for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:35:56 -0600 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] Semi OT: Yet another mac mini render farm thread Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:35:48 -0500 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <00f601cdc11d$af0fe800$0d2fb800$@sv2studios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00F7_01CDC0F3.C63C5100" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-index: AQF3X9dhMqfKmC4EHtjBjryYBFAjjZiTetcQ 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) [24.163.5.74]:52441 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 19 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IxMTg0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F7_01CDC0F3.C63C5100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I second a hackintosh render farm. Literally 50% less price and easier to maintain (working with internals since you are going to open all the mac minis unless you want to pay Apple's big markup prices for RAM and storage. My revised Hackintosh has been amazing stable on very low end parts - first one has a non-recommended board that I already had lying around. It was trouble. I got a recommended board and with same CPU and it runs FCP, CS5.5, Streamclip and more without a hiccup. stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.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 From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Tim Sassoon Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:25 PM To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] Semi OT: Yet another mac mini render farm thread 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 ------=_NextPart_000_00F7_01CDC0F3.C63C5100 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I second a hackintosh render farm. Literally 50% less price and = easier to maintain (working with internals since you are going to open = all the mac minis unless you want to pay Apple’s big markup prices = for RAM and storage.

 

My revised Hackintosh has been amazing stable on very low end parts = – first one has a non-recommended board that I already had lying = around. It was trouble. I got a recommended board and with same CPU and = it runs FCP, CS5.5, Streamclip and more without a = hiccup.

 

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/=

http://www.sv2dcp.com/<= /b>

http://www.sv2studios.com/<= /span>

 

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

 

From:= = After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of = Tim Sassoon
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 4:25 = PM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: Re: [AE] = Semi OT: Yet another mac mini render farm = thread

 

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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