Return-Path: Received: from mail-la0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4912062 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:30:45 +0100 Received: by mail-la0-f41.google.com with SMTP id m15so8991614lah.28 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:34:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=8RlT9N6Omfs3bTKECcp6PVDkoB0yiZ/1vNSUQvyNtpM=; b=xPXJN5MbNdSV4yZXujG4KmKqOvSOpIpS00g1UJXE0tmowgGgXUL2AInJrEzIChfitk 6gJ5wBKBtRgE4+CdpGvcY8xBuYi4ysGvUpYSFMKU+BLwyiXOUQCY7Gq9o0TgcIYEnjUD 8I+rMpfbkTDEhTH2OaUob7cG7e6EPRWFcWvTXx4kKj7MKIHlXAbfVE9rhtf92QhP+ejj N86upJoexcUo+xaDAffS22bDGw1Z/hJiQewqnlvr0tCxLxoFxCmW2FNu29Sz9AdTAbon MDWp0rCxHPZRZVpGS+Z6XQmKbm9JEl0/+oqLC+dGb61nZSY4L+UAjT61VJL0RZfisxPd G4hg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.147.100 with SMTP id tj4mr23203137lab.42.1354235671920; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:34:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.135.41 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:34:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.135.41 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:34:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:34:31 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] OT Mac resaleability From: Teddy Gage To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8f22bd892abef504cfab9018 --e89a8f22bd892abef504cfab9018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'd say they retain more value than a junky PC laptop, but half after three years? Check eBay to see if that holds true. After all the talk I just bought a Mac mini 2012 core i7 16 GB ram, 1tb hdd 2.3 GHz quad core for $899 on eBay. Need to encode a huge amount of footage into prores 4444 on this project and my 2010 laptop ain't cutting it. I can even install win 7 on it and shoot projects over to background render while I work, using mapped network drives. And I can keep adding minis for a render farm if it works. On Nov 29, 2012 7:15 PM, "Rob & Jenny" wrote: > It's looking like I might need to purchase a laptop in my near future. > I've heard tale told that if you buy a Mac, use it for around 3 years and > then sell it once that time has passed you will recoup at least half of > it's initial value. Does that story have any merit? Those Retina MBP 15" > computers sure look really nice. > > -Rob > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --e89a8f22bd892abef504cfab9018 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I'd say they retain more value than a junky PC laptop, b= ut half after three years? Check eBay to see if that holds true.

After all the talk I just bought a Mac mini 2012 core i7 16 = GB ram, 1tb hdd 2.3 GHz quad core for $899 on eBay. Need to encode a huge a= mount of footage into prores 4444 on this project and my 2010 laptop ain= 9;t cutting it. I can even install win 7 on it and shoot projects over to b= ackground render while I work, using mapped network drives. And I can keep = adding minis for a render farm if it works.

On Nov 29, 2012 7:15 PM, "Rob & Jenny&q= uot; <gfxguy74@gmail.com> w= rote:
It's looking like I might need to purchase a laptop in my near future. = I've heard tale told that if you buy a Mac, use it for around 3 years a= nd then sell it once that time has passed you will recoup at least half of = it's initial value. Does that story have any merit? Those Retina MBP 15= " computers sure look really nice.

=A0 =A0 -Rob

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