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> That $2999 is for a quad core xeon with 12 gigs of ram and a 256GB SSD available December 30th and can be pre-ordered now. I haven't done the research, but really, you can't find a PC with those specs for significantly less?

You can, a single socket Dell Precision, HP etc. will run probably about $750 less with comparable warranty and $1000 or more less if via Outlet or coupon buy. And even less in volume.

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From: After Effects Mail List [mailto:AE-List@media-motion.tv] On Behalf Of Glenn Ferguson
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 5:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?

That $2999 is for a quad core xeon with 12 gigs of ram and a 256GB SSD available December 30th and can be pre-ordered now. I haven't done the research, but really, you can't find a PC with those specs for significantly less?

From: dennis@reelsolutions.com

Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 3:28 PM

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Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it?

The 3749.00 price from

HP is only for the 12core Xeon processor (CPU only) that comes in the new MacPro.

- Dennis Wilkins

On Dec 20, 2013, at 2:17 PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:

OK I got a little carried away. Maybe I am a little bitter. But that 12 core xeon will run circles around the base New Mac Pro, and have tons more storage, for only $750 more. And if you built it yourself it would completely negate the price increase at all.

However, I agree, it is a fast SSD with little to compare it to. But considering my base OS 10.9 + Apps takes up over 150GB on my laptop, I can't imagine it being functional to actually store projects on. And then you're back to using a RAID

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:20 PM, 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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