Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob03.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5324874 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:17:52 +0100 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.210]) by atl4mhob03.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rBKIKpkM001047 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:20:51 -0500 Received: (qmail 23065 invoked by uid 0); 20 Dec 2013 18:20:51 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 76.169.86.67 X-Authenticated-UID: torno@sydefxink.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.8?) (torno@sydefxink.com@76.169.86.67) by 0 with ESMTPA; 20 Dec 2013 18:20:51 -0000 From: David Torno Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-0F37B149-0AD2-435E-BA1B-F2EDB54E8832 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it? Message-Id: Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:20:48 -0800 References: In-Reply-To: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11B511) --Apple-Mail-0F37B149-0AD2-435E-BA1B-F2EDB54E8832 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Our office was reviewing pricing and specs. They are WAY over priced for wha= t you get. A single machine was coming in at 7-10k for anything worth while f= or production work. We are sticking with our current macs for now, with plan= s on moving to PC possibly. 10k for PC can at least get us a monster machine= , not just a tiny shiny one. David Torno Visual Effects Professional http://www.ghosttownmedia.com O: 213.739.2290 C: 818.391.6060 -------------------- http://www.sydefxink.com http://aeioweyou.blogspot.com http://mactex.blogspot.com "The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh" -Charles Field > On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Robert Houghton wrote: >=20 > Hi all, >=20 > I'm planning on doing an upgrade next year and I'm wondering if I s= hould even think of getting a Mac Pro. I do the usual AE and 3D stuff most f= olks do here and when you put up the performance levels at least on a macint= osh basis, a maxed out iMac seems to perform pretty favorably compared to CU= BEtwo the sequel (I kinda miss that old clear plastic box) as well as includ= ing a really nice retina monitor. Is anyone planning on getting a pro and wh= y do you want that over something else? >=20 > -Rob >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 --Apple-Mail-0F37B149-0AD2-435E-BA1B-F2EDB54E8832 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Our office was reviewing pricing and s= pecs. They are WAY over priced for what you get. A single machine was coming= in at 7-10k for anything worth while for production work. We are sticking w= ith our current macs for now, with plans on moving to PC possibly. 10k for P= C can at least get us a monster machine, not just a tiny shiny one.

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"The most useless day is that in which we do not laugh"
-Charles Field
On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Robert Houghton <gfxguy74@gmail.com> wrote:

   Hi all,

=        I'm planning on doing an up= grade next year and I'm wondering if I should even think of getting a Mac Pr= o. I do the usual AE and 3D stuff most folks do here and when you put up the= performance levels at least on a macintosh basis, a maxed out iMac seems to= perform pretty favorably compared to CUBEtwo the sequel (I kinda miss that o= ld clear plastic box) as well as including a really nice retina monitor. Is a= nyone planning on getting a pro and why do you want that over something else= ?

      &nbs= p;-Rob

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