Return-Path: Received: from [208.97.132.83] (HELO homiemail-a66.g.dreamhost.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5177742 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:38:16 +0200 Received: from homiemail-a66.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a66.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF2935005B for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:50:15 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=louai.org; h=mime-version :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=louai.org; b=b mb5nGGnbY2akgHDEeKETBjPLYp+mtS6Vgw+SQR0VKDcNSqJfy78aP0ppXz+MYz+8 lV5dW2psliMSGYB9D1PlBOtL/K6j7YrKOtM+vhXv0hwhdd1LJ2LMK1RxiLjlYwG8 sg0psyGCHZuRV1l74mdhEz4rshurex83hytbfe4ed8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=louai.org; h=mime-version :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=louai.org; bh=k1EKy2r qfT2RD/94WFrunrAbeOQ=; b=kb6HlN4KDhd9pbinrnLR3r0+eJwu/Uu3DkIJ24f OXnMgrZl1LMvmiAFi72m2KKpzdyCujpDSravBN9DHHNwhOHcfbJybBBZ7RYZwMRr /qmP8rAyaPy3w5Fk2bJIO+lkhTYiHyKfZuBj09fEOCUMHuzUGehztSPXF+dMURzE edxQ= Received: from mail-pa0-f48.google.com (mail-pa0-f48.google.com [209.85.220.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: me@louai.org) by homiemail-a66.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ABDE3350057 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pa0-f48.google.com with SMTP id kp13so1310298pab.21 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:50:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PK0ubaGpNPhkyPzCu8lx/d2hh/IG2kBt/lsOYjjLPE8=; b=VB4uGEQ8OjOppVq9sxt68XzGxEb5v1tqJbGdteG9jz8jDSbPNPzB4uQiwxaJz6MjhA V4mQ1jnAGhHw8T3wm0+gacUMMjrEKgVSdQ8n8T2qpBa74dp3SEEmLO79u4cxAdfL3Zdm d/Tfj5FmGrvRG7oCjnP2JRrqGi52wpTiVtoP+ghYHFjI9rLr6U2ZhflJc1m+JMax0j0m 65IiGEf7Rf+/OmxpH+zL9yxLUGKGNkQQc3hqSKedB4fJ5eedfbbaNh2u2813yANCSvlF iWJlQoBCqUuCFA0PelQoReDfS+4BedqpnT43QtX6Hobltc5OoerLBCteTlzPzYdtZ5MZ gZRg== X-Received: by 10.68.189.36 with SMTP id gf4mr18602282pbc.27.1376617815242; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:50:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.70.45.230 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:49:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Louai Abu-Osba Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:49:45 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] best flavor of windows for AE. CC. To: After Effects Mail List , stephen@sv2studios.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yep, Win7 for a workstation. I've ended up making Win8 behave as much as Win7 as possible. On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > 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 O= S > 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 wi= th > the updating to see if you can get to 10.8.4 =96 or alternately find some= one > 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/ > > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > > > > A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It shou= ld be a > progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s behind the emotion= , the > meaning, all that comes later. > > =96Stanley Kubrick > >