Return-Path: Received: from imr-ma04.mx.aol.com ([64.12.206.42] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4897278 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:42:43 +0100 Received: from mtaout-db03.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaout-db03.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.51.195]) by imr-ma04.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id qACLjnXx001221; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:45:49 -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-db03.r1000.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id A96D2E0000A9; Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:45:48 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_DBF866AB-9304-4578-A105-5950DE56327C" 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 13:45:47 -0800 Cc: Tim Sassoon Message-Id: 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=1352756749; bh=+j8yX3RSSgwNATV/LrTaEONtfwOQAW/kM4OnAGoIe6I=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-Id:Date:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=C/l6Wq5iojlcfv/nJzAybKKQsmqMKZuBhadTMwKlkvfcHm8e27JI5o+pfbREgqC7U ZSfiRZZqvSnat59L1pRmbJUMMgrKch8b6azcm00HlrqC15JCLDPZ6B37kmyPIIxaMt T05OcepVMvBnW5wG0CycWNH5zmYbr+67JT3DW7s4= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:347273600:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d33c350a16e0c1e7b X-AOL-IP: 173.51.221.219 --Apple-Mail=_DBF866AB-9304-4578-A105-5950DE56327C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 A. You can easily recover 50% of the purchase price of a Mini on a = 2-year resale, B. it takes two seconds to rotate the bottom cap off to = get at the RAM slots - the putty knife thing was the OLD version, C. any = significant storage should be Thunderbolt-attached, not internal. Tim Sassoon SFD Santa Monica, CA On Nov 12, 2012, at 1:35 PM, "Stephen van Vuuren" = wrote: > 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=92s big markup prices for RAM and storage --Apple-Mail=_DBF866AB-9304-4578-A105-5950DE56327C Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 A. = You can easily recover 50% of the purchase price of a Mini on a 2-year = resale, B. it takes two seconds to rotate the bottom cap off to get at = the RAM slots - the putty knife thing was the OLD version, C. any = significant storage should be Thunderbolt-attached, not = internal.

Tim = Sassoon

SFD

Santa Monica, = CA

On Nov 12, 2012, at 1:35 PM, "Stephen van Vuuren" <stephen@sv2studios.com> = wrote:

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=92s big markup prices for RAM and = storage

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