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| FCPX and now this. I miss Steve Jobs. Perhaps only Apple misses him more. In other words, yes, we will be passing on new Mac Pros. Robert W. Walker Los Angeles > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it? > From: Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, December 20, 2013 1:31 pm > To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> > > > 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 > > 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 <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 > > > > +---End of message---+ > > To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> > > > > > > > -- > VFX & Motion Graphic artist > NEW - teddygage.com <http://www.teddygage.com> |
