Return-Path: Received: from mail-lb0-f169.google.com ([209.85.217.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5057715 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 02 May 2013 19:36:56 +0200 Received: by mail-lb0-f169.google.com with SMTP id z5so794692lbh.28 for ; Thu, 02 May 2013 10:45:32 -0700 (PDT) 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=da4LnTEfbnbyVptYuxpRjXPGhEskg1Jb7d2WEoklKoQ=; b=ox9ae8ls28BDOeeX/9QdsFWOX/lm8/pllPGMyw0h6d3OB/yKhHLQtrSPA/6rf9D7+f pTMUx4Tz2iGuKQjfu0Q4Kq45FYMypElqBMq0sF3DWNFjGpPnQka5KjrwnvWA82hgVUwx AiMqOeKAe6iPdUj9MfQ2edOufkR2iehLdlgt49t2q7FK1hOgO9q5FLGqvb6AqgzDbgIy qBbdQdgxL43OnQHPeQHqsI9U3+80XJERthQ3jP92qNH2Jm/zG6F+2rvhUCbkQOXTPSNf 1f17EKcLFMZhbCqb7fCSaT5iSZGgVBwtDMrHBDYJqjUB9xrpQhsUqGJ2yhNd62TVP1CS xyng== X-Received: by 10.152.26.195 with SMTP id n3mr176307lag.32.1367516732427; Thu, 02 May 2013 10:45:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.34.137 with HTTP; Thu, 2 May 2013 10:44:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 13:44:51 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Need Laptop advice To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0160b9d20f951a04dbbfcd93 --089e0160b9d20f951a04dbbfcd93 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I typically wait until a refresh and buy right after that. Usually buy every four years. My mid 2010 is still going strong, but that's thanks to some mods and upgrades. Which wouldn't be possible with the new chassis However like you said, get the best you can afford. No sense spending less money on something you'll replace twice as often. And also think about C4D integration coming with CS7. You're going to want a good mobile graphics card, if you're into that. On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Rob Birnholz wrote: > I've been without a fully working laptop now for over a year and frankly > have survived just fine. But with current machines packing quad core i7's, > I suppose untethering myself from the big workstation and actually getting > real work done is a possibility once again. > > Any recommendations on what you'd consider the best 15" MacbookPro > configuration? > > At the very least I'll upgrade the RAM and hard drive (I guess that means > no retina display model). I suppose this means I'm looking at the best > processor and GPU combo I can get for the money. Plenty of good refurbs and > clearance units from Apple right now, possibly a sign new models are coming > at WWDC. > > Primary use for would be as a secondary AE/C4D/Premiere Pro machine. My > iPad can handle pretty much everything else. > > Thanks in advance for the advice. > > Rob Birnholz > ABSOLUTE MOTION GRAPHICS, Inc. > -digital design and post- > Longwood, Florida > www.absolutemotiongraphics.com > > Without geometry, life is pointless. > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --089e0160b9d20f951a04dbbfcd93 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I typically wait until a refresh and buy right after = that. Usually buy every four years. My mid 2010 is still going strong, but = that's thanks to some mods and upgrades. Which wouldn't be possible= with the new chassis

However like you said, get the best you can afford. No sense spen= ding less money on something you'll replace twice as often. And also th= ink about C4D integration coming with CS7. You're going to want a good = mobile graphics card, if you're into that.

On Thu,= May 2, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Rob Birnholz <absolutemotion@birnholz.c= om> wrote:

I've been without a fully working laptop= now for over a year and frankly have survived just fine. But with current = machines packing quad core i7's, I suppose untethering myself from the = big workstation and actually getting real work done is a possibility once a= gain.

Any recommendations on what you'd consider the best 15" MacbookPro= configuration?

At the very least I'll upgrade the RAM and hard drive (I guess that mea= ns no retina display model). I suppose this means I'm looking at the be= st processor and GPU combo I can get for the money. Plenty of good refurbs = and clearance units from Apple right now, possibly a sign new models are co= ming at WWDC.

Primary use for would be as a secondary AE/C4D/Premiere Pro machine. My iPa= d can handle pretty much everything else.

Thanks in advance for the advice.

Rob Birnholz
ABSOLUTE MOTION GRAPHICS, Inc.
-digital design and post-
Longwood, Florida
www.abs= olutemotiongraphics.com

Without geometry, life is pointless.

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