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Subject: Re: [AE] Need Laptop advice
From: Rick Gerard <rgeffects@gmail.com>
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I use a 15" MacBookPro Retina display. It's the fully loaded one with 16GB
ram and a .75 TB ramDrive which means expensive but it's amazingly fast and
the graphics card is compatible with AE-ray tracing. I could not be
happier. I figure that I'll use it for about 20 months and then trade up to
the next version. If you can afford it I think it's the way to go and the
Retina display is amazingly comfortable to work on.

It's amazingly rugged and survived a tremendous bike crash where me and my
shoulder pack were thrown off the bike head first at about 20 MPH.


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Rob Birnholz
<absolutemotion@birnholz.com>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.
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I use a 15&quot; MacBookPro Retina display. It&#39;s the f=
ully loaded one with 16GB ram and a .75 TB ramDrive which means expensive b=
ut it&#39;s amazingly fast and the graphics card is compatible with AE-ray =
tracing. I could not be happier. I figure that I&#39;ll use it for about 20=
 months and then trade up to the next version. If you can afford it I think=
 it&#39;s the way to go and the Retina display is amazingly comfortable to =
work on.<div>
<br></div><div style>It&#39;s amazingly rugged and survived a tremendous bi=
ke crash where me and my shoulder pack were thrown off the bike head first =
at about 20 MPH.=A0</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote">
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Rob Birnholz <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:absolutemotion@birnholz.com" target=3D"_blank">absolutemotion@bi=
rnholz.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I&#39;ve been without a fully working laptop now for over a year and frankl=
y have survived just fine. But with current machines packing quad core i7&#=
39;s, I suppose untethering myself from the big workstation and actually ge=
tting real work done is a possibility once again.<br>

<br>
Any recommendations on what you&#39;d consider the best 15&quot; MacbookPro=
 configuration?<br>
<br>
At the very least I&#39;ll upgrade the RAM and hard drive (I guess that mea=
ns no retina display model). I suppose this means I&#39;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.<br>

<br>
Primary use for would be as a secondary AE/C4D/Premiere Pro machine. My iPa=
d can handle pretty much everything else.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for the advice.<br>
<br>
Rob Birnholz<br>
ABSOLUTE MOTION GRAPHICS, Inc.<br>
-digital design and post-<br>
Longwood, Florida<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.absolutemotiongraphics.com" target=3D"_blank">www.abs=
olutemotiongraphics.com</a><br>
<br>
Without geometry, life is pointless.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Rick Gerard
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