From: Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com>
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Subject: RE: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?
Thread-Topic: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:29:26 +0000
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A friend of mine who runs a busy production company is looking at replaced =
his maxed out iMac with the new MacPro as he's run into performance issue w=
ith his iMac. AE runs okay but he's got pretty bad audio latency issues in =
Premiere Pro CC. He's not 100% sure it's totally the iMac's fault - could b=
e related to audio interface. He's a total Mac only user and well-heeled (a=
 Canon C300 shop) but found the price daunting and did not pull the trigger=
.

But the simple fact is the iMac is not designed to be pushed hard on daily =
basis - but price is a huge factor here.=20

For heavy AE users, the new MacPro is pretty much for diehard Mac only user=
s that need the GPU power and better cooling, faster bus and storage interf=
ace.

I push AE very hard at 4K and 6K resolution and RAM per thread combined wit=
h SSD caching is the key to performance and stability. You need 4 to 6GB pe=
r thread, so extra core models are wasted even with 64 GB of RAM (which I h=
ave and only render with 6 cores). The extra cores would only help for 2K r=
enders or 3D work. Premiere will benefit some although I'm curious to see d=
etailed benchmarks.

The storage system is going to cost a bundle as well as make a wire maze de=
feating the sexy design pretty quickly if you need terabytes of local stora=
ge.

Overall, it's a really pricy machine aimed at diehard Mac only users who wo=
n't consider moving off the platform and willing to burn money - not only o=
n this purchase, but on the fact the upgrades are very limited and pricey.

stephen van vuuren
336.202.4777

http://www.insaturnsrings.com/
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A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be =
a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, =
the meaning, all that comes later.
-Stanley Kubrick

-----Original Message-----
From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of=
 Robert Houghton
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 1:13 PM
To: After Effects Mail List
Subject: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?

     Hi all,

         I'm planning on doing an upgrade next year and I'm wondering if I =
should even think of getting a Mac Pro. I do the usual AE and 3D stuff most=
 folks do here and when you put up the performance levels at least on a mac=
intosh basis, a maxed out iMac seems to perform pretty favorably compared t=
o CUBEtwo the sequel (I kinda miss that old clear plastic box) as well as i=
ncluding a really nice retina monitor. Is anyone planning on getting a pro =
and why do you want that over something else?

         -Rob

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