Return-Path: Received: from mail-qc0-f180.google.com ([209.85.216.180] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4967085 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:03:59 +0100 Received: by mail-qc0-f180.google.com with SMTP id v28so2715285qcm.25 for ; Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:09:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=dvE9iLujWdBR1zYc54xCuzTPyto4uatAuaPJ3QQdsmg=; b=WSZLAfxJFSqT70mgRemq+WkEThmNz4ClM9FPKumPSJ/eOfBRoDDOjVsB5+C8iuILu+ 04PF8P1tiSyHC9z5t3aeehbtX8xyTnjL7OU7RdvU0khpba9+/jPrSAL5pzoWYVpInzEM kGfEUzNndWiDsUx3DnEH9xo8K6zPx4YHsGNlAj9D7i8pdRaYJl30gMhrqXMNBJ6X50fa FbBJtz+Q/D8inUJ1PnAgx6lsa7aAfoLKLHEA1JoN6YHTmB3JmycAEaC0tFBEeW4E1C/B f5aE4udVs63ZbcmE2H/UIlPoPQQNtFlOP8H1I4e1syABHwchOK/HcAsAQ3y8qAytamGU c1Sg== X-Received: by 10.229.209.225 with SMTP id gh33mr317893qcb.107.1359997789530; Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:09:49 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.49.106.226 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:09:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:09:09 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] New MacBook Pro To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6d2749423ea8304d4e929dc --0016e6d2749423ea8304d4e929dc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The 2.9 ghz 13" MBP will be only marginally faster (like 10-20%) than your current machine (which is the exact model I currently have and work on) - not only that but the graphics performance will actually be worse considering it only has integrated graphics card. Certain plugins will actually run slower on it. You would be much better off getting a 15" core i7 quad MBP, with 16 GB RAM. It is more than 2x faster than your current laptop according to most benchmarks, and like brian said, is the only version with an Nvidia CUDA card for speeding up AE raytracing and plugins. As for retina, I am holding off for one more generation, as a lot of reviews say the retina pushes so many pixels there can be a significant "chugginess" when performing certain tasks, because of the screen drawing demands. Especially, oddly enough, when browsing the web. Here is my recommendation - Either get the best laptop you can afford so it's not obsolete in two years, or save yourself a few thousand and put an SSD and 4GB more RAM in your current laptop, for less than $500, and it will seem like a new computer. I did this a year ago and it's really like having a new laptop. Consider yourself lucky the mid 2010's are so easily upgraded (unlike all new model MBPs). And even if you are not comfortable doing it yourself there should be a place that can do it for you. Look on www.macsales.com they have all kinds of upgrade kits with video instructions and the proper tools. It's really not difficult at all. On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Michele L Yamazaki wrote: > Hi Everyone > > I am going to buy a new MacBook Pro today. I need something that can run > CS6 speedily and CS7 when its out. I usually keep a laptop 2-3 years. I > will mainly be using this to demo plug-ins at user groups and events and > when I'm on the road. I have a 2010 model, 15" core i7 w/ 4GB RAM and it > just chugs with AE CS6, and with all the plug-ins that I need to keep > installed, it's just not cutting it. > > So, today I'm going to buy a new one. I'm considering getting a 13" 2.9 > GHz dual core i7 with 8GB memory. I wonder if stepping down from a 15" to a > 13" will be a big deal? I used to run a 17"! I didn't notice the screen > size difference much but the weight difference was huge. > > I'm wondering if any of you are running AE CS6 on one of these or can > recommend a what I should get with it? Does it run pretty smoothly, not > chugging along? Any issues with plugging it into projection systems? Retina > display or no? The retina displays are only 2.5Ghz core i5 on the 13". A > friend of mine says not to get the retina display but I don't remember why > he said not to. > > Thanks in advance for your help. I am not really a hardware person and I > just don't know what to choose! > > Thanks, > Michele Yamazaki > Toolfarm Inc.: http://www.toolfarm.com > > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/toolfarm > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/toolfarm > Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/toolfarm > Plug-In to After Effects: http://www.pluginz.com > > > > > > > > -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --0016e6d2749423ea8304d4e929dc Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The 2.9 ghz 13" MBP will be only marginally faster (like 10-20%) than = your current machine (which is the exact model I currently have and work on= ) - not only that but the graphics performance will actually be worse consi= dering it only has integrated graphics card. Certain plugins will actually = run slower on it. You would be much better off getting a 15" core i7 q= uad MBP, with 16 GB RAM. It is more than 2x faster than your current laptop= according to most benchmarks, and like brian said, is the only version wit= h an Nvidia CUDA card for speeding up AE raytracing and plugins.

As for retina, I am holding off for one more generation, as a lot of re= views say the retina pushes so many pixels there can be a significant "= ;chugginess" when performing certain tasks, because of the screen draw= ing demands. Especially, oddly enough, when browsing the web.

Here is my recommendation - Either get the best laptop you can afford s= o it's not obsolete in two years, or save yourself a few thousand and p= ut an SSD and 4GB more RAM in your current laptop, for less than $500, and = it will seem like a new computer. I did this a year ago and it's really= like having a new laptop. Consider yourself lucky the mid 2010's are s= o easily upgraded (unlike all new model MBPs). And even if you are not comf= ortable doing it yourself there should be a place that can do it for you. L= ook on www.macsales.com they have a= ll kinds of upgrade kits with video instructions and the proper tools. It&#= 39;s really not difficult at all.

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Michele L Y= amazaki <michele@toolfarm.com> wrote:
Hi Everyone

I am goi= ng to buy a new MacBook Pro today. =A0I need something that can run CS6 spe= edily and CS7 when its out. I usually keep a laptop 2-3 years. I will mainl= y be using this to demo plug-ins at user groups and events and when I'm= on the road. I have a 2010 model, 15" core i7 w/ 4GB RAM and it just = chugs with AE CS6, and with all the plug-ins that I need to keep installed,= it's just not cutting it.

So, today I'm going to buy a new one. I'm consi= dering getting a 13" 2.9 GHz dual core i7 with 8GB memory. I wonder if= stepping down from a 15" to a 13" will be a big deal? I used to = run a 17"! I didn't notice the screen size difference much but the= weight difference was huge.=A0

I'm wondering if any of you are running AE CS6 on o= ne of these or can recommend a what I should get with it? Does it run prett= y smoothly, not chugging along? Any issues with plugging it into projection= systems? Retina display or no? The retina displays are only 2.5Ghz core i5= on the 13". A friend of mine says not to get the retina display but I= don't remember why he said not to.

Thanks in advance for your help. I am not really a hard= ware person and I just don't know what to choose!

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