Mailing List AE-List@media-motion.tv ? Message #52129
From: Matthew Fassberg <matthew@littlebeast.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:05:41 -0800
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Questions to ask ones self:

How much money do I make on my computer each year?

How long do I keep computers for?

How much time to I want to spend troubleshooting and fixing my main machine?

How much horsepower do I need to execute my most cpu intensive projects?

When I answer all those questions, it's not hard for me to decide I'm buying one of the new Mac Pro machines.


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 11:20 AM, dennis@reelsolutions.com <dennis@reelsolutions.com> wrote:
You say "Not interested in starting any mac vs. pc debate..." Then 
"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 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 repaired? I had a MacPro way out of warranty that had a power supply go bad; I guess they didn't have the part because they gave me a brand new base model MacPro 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). What 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 considering it will do 1200 MB/s. To match that speed, you can't really replicate it easily (RAID adds latency).

mho... Dennis Wilkins

 
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