Return-Path: Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.195] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4912953 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 01 Dec 2012 01:19:45 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.107] (rrcs-24-43-70-42.west.biz.rr.com [24.43.70.42]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LdHOD-1SwUkq19hR-00i3HZ; Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:23:31 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.2.4.120824 Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:23:23 -0800 Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] first impressions of late 2012 mac mini From: Tony Romain To: AE list Message-ID: Thread-Topic: [AE] [OT] first impressions of late 2012 mac mini In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3437137410_1967307" X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:AIskua6BHTomABTtUXCMtrBcDR137hEYpnpOumk+92i WtwPNmUU/RG+gKpP5YAnB2HIJ5317Ho+OW88u7XdKBmUfBOaR6 I28CmlbeDWa/4nejiuYIjuwianGtvyDEAJYt2OPSZJ+AkAh+0j adTHgax7XTIdzmgCtodrrdK4RzHB147ap6XiTseLMQRIUFj+iq a5nhEBXcCPv4EbE0lnySr1LFcpODsON4YEWUQS7bAu72ume0AW krof5D2C7s+VvgGr+e4eiHWzVAwXEtoJ6p6AuPB/k3Fw1BKKb9 lt1KI6PingD2dQgPhNdWO6f5g2QyBkLwyiK/Xe7ls9PGU04Vif DRar3UQqkRQBQ8ECKUrOGwx4Ty7nLT3B9z9vDE6ErCsozidUp1 3KrIGKyxe/7sw== > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3437137410_1967307 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the update Teddy! Keep us updated as you start putting it through its paces as a render machine=8A will be curious to see how it holds up under long term unattended encoding/renders. Does it crap out under sustained usage over time, or hold up=8A? --=20 tony romain | principal/creative director trance motion graphic animation and design 323 651 1114 www.trancedesigns.com From: Teddy Gage Reply-To: AE list Date: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:16 PM To: AE list Subject: [AE] [OT] first impressions of late 2012 mac mini Finally broke down and bought a new mac mini to help do some prores encoding. the specs are 1TB hdd, 2.3 ghz quad core i7, 16 GB RAM, thunderbolt, USB 3.0 and FW 800. Cinebench 11.5 CPU score was 6.5. That is awesome. My i7 2010 MBP gets 2.3, and the new $4000 (fully loaded) iMac tops out around 6.8. Even better I go= t it for under $900 brand new on ebay. My overclocked, six core 3930K PC running at 4.7 ghz with 32 GB RAM scores around 13 on max cpu speed, so it would theoretically take less than three of these mac minis to equal the workstation CPU output. And a good deal more efficiently, I think (considering I have much more demanding graphics in the workstation than th= e mini). I can see just six minis being a SERIOUS upgrade to render power in AE / Cinema 4D / Maya / Realflow. Not to mention their extremely small physical footprint. A personal supercomputer of sorts. I'd be interested in comparing price / performance to that 32core opteron rig someone is building.=20 --=20 Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --B_3437137410_1967307 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks for the upd= ate Teddy! Keep us updated as you start putting it through its paces a= s a render machine… will be curious to see how it holds up under= long term unattended encoding/renders. Does it crap out under sustain= ed usage over time, or hold up…?

tony romain | = principal/creative director

trance

motion graphic animation and design

323 651 1114

www.trancedesigns.com

From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>
Reply-To: AE list <AE-= List@media-motion.tv>
Date: = Friday, November 30, 2012 4:16 PM
To: AE list <AE-List@media-moti= on.tv>
Subject: [AE] [OT] f= irst impressions of late 2012 mac mini

Finally = broke down and bought a new mac mini to help do some prores encoding. the sp= ecs are 1TB hdd, 2.3 ghz quad core i7, 16 GB RAM, thunderbolt, USB 3.0 and F= W 800.
Cinebench 11.5 CPU score was 6.5. That is= awesome. My i7 2010 MBP gets 2.3, and the new $4000 (fully loaded) iMac top= s out around 6.8. Even better I got it for under $900 brand new on ebay. My = overclocked, six core 3930K PC running at 4.7 ghz with 32 GB RAM scores arou= nd 13 on max cpu speed, so it would theoretically take less than three of th= ese mac minis to equal the workstation CPU output. And a good deal more effi= ciently, I think (considering I have much more demanding graphics in the wor= kstation than the mini). I can see just six minis being a SERIOUS upgrade to= render power in AE / Cinema 4D / Maya / Realflow. Not to mention their extr= emely small physical footprint. A personal supercomputer of sorts. I'd be in= terested in comparing price / performance to that 32core opteron rig someone= is building.

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