Return-Path: Received: from gateway06.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.103.12] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5177632 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:01:44 +0200 Received: by gateway06.websitewelcome.com (Postfix, from userid 5007) id 73A941A984335; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:13:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: from gator3190.hostgator.com (gator3190.hostgator.com [198.57.247.154]) by gateway06.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EAB01A984292 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:13:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [24.163.5.74] (port=64408 helo=jupiter) by gator3190.hostgator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VA4rW-0006rg-Jk for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:13:42 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Stephen van Vuuren" To: "'After Effects Mail List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [AE] best flavor of windows for AE. CC. Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:13:35 -0400 Organization: SV2 Studios Message-ID: <026801ce99fc$4ec82170$ec586450$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0269_01CE99DA.C7B68170" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Ac6Z+GZxx5bN/hP5TLewYq86rkLQyAAA0cZQ Content-Language: en-us X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator3190.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sv2studios.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: (jupiter) [24.163.5.74]:64408 X-Source-Auth: stephen@sv2studios.com X-Email-Count: 3 X-Source-Cap: c3RlcGhlbnY7c3RlcGhlbnY7Z2F0b3IzMTkwLmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0269_01CE99DA.C7B68170 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I agree with Todd on Win 7. Win 8 does offer a bit faster boot times but = the UI is a bit awkward for multiple monitor power desktop users. As for = OS/X, Todd is right for Apple hardware. Hackintosh is bit murkier, it = very much depends on your hardware. Do as much research on the GPU/mobo = combo and OS build especially related to CUDA and drivers. Whatever is = the most stable Hackintosh is likely the OS version to start with. Once = you are stable at that OS revision, you can make disk image of that = build and experiment with the updating to see if you can get to 10.8.4 = =E2=80=93 or alternately find someone with a very stable 10.8.4 machine = running Adobe suite and build that box. =20 stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777 =20 http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/ =20 A film is =E2=80=93 or should be =E2=80=93 more like music than like = fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, = what=E2=80=99s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. =E2=80=93Stanley Kubrick =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0269_01CE99DA.C7B68170 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I agree with Todd on Win 7. Win 8 does offer a bit faster boot times = but the UI is a bit awkward for multiple monitor power desktop users. As = for OS/X, Todd is right for Apple hardware. Hackintosh is bit murkier, = it very much depends on your hardware. Do as much research on the = GPU/mobo combo and OS build especially related to CUDA and drivers. = Whatever is the most stable Hackintosh is likely the OS version to start = with. Once you are stable at that OS revision, you can make disk image = of that build and experiment with the updating to see if you can get to = 10.8.4 =E2=80=93 or alternately find someone with a very stable 10.8.4 = machine running Adobe suite and build that box.

 

stephen van vuuren

336.202.4777

 

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/

http://www.sv2dcp.com/

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