Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f169.google.com ([209.85.216.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4913840 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 23:08:33 +0100 Received: by mail-qc0-f169.google.com with SMTP id t2so1177307qcq.28 for ; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:12:23 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=dPU4eD8ixJXarsygaq/SpBRcTR91STNjHn1kpP/u8lY=; b=W6O/bmjUUIycajrHpeeuZ42WMfJ138MqBf8pQp6qkXDUDCa825scjktxYejjkdB0sL sr7RPBDltR4OUWz1AW+bTFXjJ7HbFV3UC9ze5StaNM9E0bz8llXLTkt0EpWT5lmhm7Gu R93Qjb9qvqx5jp9uK4YgWHgJMg/H25noCBw3iia5aEndxJOQxMABQIoaROEKYUQX+vGj cxBWIWfcI/TA35ycpXSgDTHI+WldI05i0yGWi2pd535Kn1XE8V3FmpcyNNdZLgSzvxuk 30IkuYpctR4SJSO21K+V7lOjyULfZmLg2NK4Y47R4QjyDcEZLjh/3lc2tbIwye1JCBUS Vyhw== Received: by 10.49.48.45 with SMTP id i13mr15330944qen.48.1354486343836; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:12:23 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.49.60.131 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 14:11:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 17:11:43 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] first impressions of late 2012 mac mini To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b67896460a4e304cfe5eda8 --047d7b67896460a4e304cfe5eda8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Also wanted to add that my girlfriend's mid-2011 macbook air scored 5500 - a fraction better than my 2010 macbook pro. This means I could theoretically do all my onsite client work on an air that's over $1000 cheaper and 3 lbs lighter than my current laptop. On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Teddy Gage wrote: > I've never built a hackintosh, I wouldn't know. However from my friend's > experience with stability issues with his, and the lack of time I have > right now to troubleshoot any problems mid-project, I'd say it was worth > it. And as others have mentioned they seem to have a higher resale value, > with good build quality. Also I know miniTX cases are small, but the mac > mini is still about half the size, of the smallest miniTX, and it has an > integrated psu brick (which I have never seen on a miniATX). I can > literally throw it in a briefcase to bring to a client meeting for a > supervised fx session. > > Anyway, I decided to geekbench all my computers, with some interesting > results. Now these were just the 32x benchmarks so the core i7 3930 shoul= d > outpace the rest by even more in a 64x bench, but this was an enlightenin= g > comparison. I did not, for example expect the mini to beat out my full > tower core i7 940, which is overclocked to 3.6 gHz. It also means two mac > minis could possibly be faster than my whole hex core pc. > > Intel Core i7-3930K 3200 6 Windows x86 32: *17514*MAC MINI Intel Core > i7-3615QM 2300 4 Mac OS X x86 32: *10982*Intel Core i7-940 3580 4 Windows > x86 32: *9252 > * > MBP 2010 Intel Core i7-620M 2660 2 Mac OS X x86 32: *5421* > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Stephen van Vuuren > wrote: > >> >$899.99 shipped two-day, with a thunderbolt -> DVI connector thrown in. >> Additionally, it took me almost 6 hours to get windows 7 installed**** >> >> ** ** >> >> That=92s about the same amount of labor to get a miniITX system dual >> booting via Hackintosh. But the miniITX for that money would have had >> considerably more CPU and GPU power. Do you think having an official Min= i >> as opposed to a Hackintosh is worth it?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *stephen van vuuren* >> >> 336.202.4777**** >> >> * * >> >> *http://www.insaturnsrings.com/*** >> >> *http://www.sv2dcp.com/* >> >> *http://www.sv2studios.com/* >> >> * * >> >> *A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It sh= ould >> be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the >> emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.* >> >> =96*Stanley Kubrick***** >> >> ** ** >> > > > > -- > Animator & Editor > www.teddygage.com > Brooklyn > > --=20 Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --047d7b67896460a4e304cfe5eda8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Also wanted to add that my girlfriend's mid-2011 macbook air scored 550= 0 - a fraction better than my 2010 macbook pro. This means I could theoreti= cally do all my onsite client work on an air that's over $1000 cheaper = and 3 lbs lighter than my current laptop.

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Teddy Gage <= span dir=3D"ltr"><teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:
I've never built a hackintosh, = I wouldn't know. However from my friend's experience with stability issues with his, and the lack of time I have=20 right now to troubleshoot any problems mid-project, I'd say it was wort= h it. And as others have mentioned they seem to have a higher resale=20 value, with good build quality. Also I know miniTX cases are small, but=20 the mac mini is still about half the size, of the smallest miniTX, and=20 it has an integrated psu brick (which I have never seen on a miniATX). I can literally throw it in a briefcase to bring to a client meeting for a supervised fx session.

Anyway, I decided to geekbench all my=20 computers, with some interesting results. Now these were just the 32x=20 benchmarks so the core i7 3930 should outpace the rest by even more in a 64x bench, but this was an enlightening comparison. I did not, for=20 example expect the mini to beat out my full tower core i7 940, which is=20 overclocked to 3.6 gHz. It also means two mac minis could possibly be=20 faster than my whole hex core pc.

Intel Core i= 7-3930K 3200 6 Windows x86 32: 17514
MAC MINI Intel Core i7-3615QM 2300 4 Mac OS X x86 32: 10982
Intel Core = i7-940 3580 4 Windows x86 32: 9252

MBP = 2010 Intel Core i7-620M 2660 2 Mac OS X x86 32: 5421


On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Stephen van Vuuren <<= a href=3D"mailto:stephen@sv2studios.com" target=3D"_blank">stephen@sv2studi= os.com> wrote:

>$899.99 shipped two-day, with a thunderbolt -> DVI connector thrown i= n. Additionally, it took me almost 6 hours to get windows 7 installed

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That=92s about t= he same amount of labor to get a miniITX system dual booting via Hackintosh= . But the miniITX for that money would have had considerably more CPU and G= PU power. Do you think having an official Mini as opposed to a Hackintosh i= s worth it?

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A film is = =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It should be a prog= ression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the emotion, the = meaning, all that comes later.

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