Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #52121
From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:31:28 -0500
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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     Not interested in starting any mac vs. pc debate, but unless you have unlimited money they don't really make much sense. I'm not sure exactly who Apple designed them for. Freelancers can't afford them (256 GB SSD and 16 GB RAM for $2999? no thanks) and big studios want something better without the hardware limitations and tangle of thunderbolt cables and breakout boxes. Not to mention lack of ability to self-service. Can you imagine if there is, say, a graphics card failure and it's a minimum 2 week period to send the machine back to apple because it's soldered in place to the mobo, while on a project? No studio would risk that.

I imagine they are mainly for rich nerds to show off?


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:20 PM, David Torno <torno@sydefxink.com> wrote:
Our office was reviewing pricing and specs. 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 with our current macs for now, with plans 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
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On Dec 20, 2013, at 10:13 AM, Robert Houghton <gfxguy74@gmail.com> wrote:

   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 macintosh basis, a maxed out iMac seems to perform pretty favorably compared to CUBEtwo the sequel (I kinda miss that old clear plastic box) as well as including 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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