Return-Path: Received: from qmta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.27.228] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5324943 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:19:33 +0100 Received: from omta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.36]) by qmta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 3uvV1n0070mlR8UAFvNQan; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:22:24 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.71] ([187.151.207.82]) by omta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 3vL91n00R1nC6oT8XvLGYA; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 19:20:28 +0000 Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it? References: From: "dennis@reelsolutions.com" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-6FDA96F2-6B83-48E7-90F1-9C652913D7B9 X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11B554a) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:20:08 -0600 To: After Effects Mail List Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20121106; t=1387567344; bh=aKtK5FqLdWMR91O99naB7U4fguqYIubUnp5y+STuSzI=; h=Received:Received:Subject:From:Content-Type:Message-Id:Date:To: Mime-Version; b=ISkfEW4JbeA1I/Xw5kBar7kdrr0Y1lIoRPzyoVhJhJIyWJZT1rJa5Sip8nZqbc7zB coJgB3Os5N60/GezIltuAmYxfXR3A/9w8z+CE9K25MZiX35d6tsTvuMWIxq46Ylb8O TI4F0ME5/NLl00oXsdsX1d/HtI7sogLJGIeUVdqf4whI/Ax9Vq6W1xdK+YGliIW+wh m2Bu21Gdunr/tbsGAIO0VByKg1Pw0kv7gqRyPmebJuNxOOE9Jxe78URnR5q75NiTsj rZSS24S9TFhNN/1AVb3m+Loaf6aSayv437sJLKNBfsZOzTfwxwfXE3QOG0VCtcA1su cOJIvSUZFsNTg== --Apple-Mail-6FDA96F2-6B83-48E7-90F1-9C652913D7B9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > You say "Not interested in starting any mac vs. pc debate..." Then=20 > "I imagine they are mainly for rich nerds to show off?" ... Ok... Count me in as a rich nerd I guess - I'll be buying one. I've never regrette= d buying a Mac, when I've gotten a bad one (1 in 16+years, they've been grea= t at correcting the problem). I've made a couple PC purchases I'd rather not go into...=20 Why make an assumption how long it will take to get repaired? I had a MacPro= way out of warranty that had a power supply go bad; I guess they didn't hav= e the part because they gave me a brand new base model MacPro for no charge a= t all, they didn't even charge for the diagnostic fee. (And they let me pay t= he difference to upgrade it to the fastest MacPro). What a waste of money! This was for a 4+ yr old machine, they weren't obligated to do anything. Tim= e to receive the new machine was about a week ( mainly because I requested a= non-stocked configuration). HP wants $3,749 for the 12 core Xeon chip, they're not cheap. 800.00 to upgrade from a 256GB SSD isn't bad considering it will do 1200 MB/= s. To match that speed, you can't really replicate it easily (RAID adds late= ncy). mho... Dennis Wilkins= --Apple-Mail-6FDA96F2-6B83-48E7-90F1-9C652913D7B9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
You say "Not i= nterested in starting any mac vs. pc debate..." Then 
"I imagine the= y are mainly for rich nerds to show off?" ... Ok...

Count me in as a rich nerd I guess - I'll be buy= ing one. I've never regretted buying a Mac, when I've gotten a bad one (1 in= 16+years, they've been great at correcting the problem).

I've made a couple PC purchases I'd rather not go into... 
=

Why make an assumption how long it will take to get repa= ired? I had a MacPro way out of warranty that had a power supply go bad; I g= uess they didn't have the part because they gave me a brand new base model M= acPro for no charge at all, they didn't even charge for the diagnostic fee. (= And they let me pay the difference to upgrade it to the fastest MacPro). Wha= t a waste of money!
This was for a 4+ yr old machine, they weren't= obligated to do anything. Time to receive the new machine was about a week (= mainly because I requested a non-stocked configuration).

HP wants $3,749 for the 12 core Xeon chip, they're not cheap.

800.00 to upgrade from a 256GB SSD isn't bad conside= ring it will do 1200 MB/s. To match that speed, you can't really replicate i= t easily (RAID adds latency).

mho... Dennis Wilkins=
= --Apple-Mail-6FDA96F2-6B83-48E7-90F1-9C652913D7B9--