Return-Path: Received: from s427.sureserver.com ([64.14.74.47] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5329194 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:42:31 +0100 Received: (qmail 26260 invoked by uid 504); 26 Dec 2013 14:45:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.104?) (68.48.120.238) by s427.sureserver.com with ESMTPS (AES128-SHA encrypted); 26 Dec 2013 14:45:42 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.0 \(1822\)) Subject: Re: [AE] (OT) New Mac Pro - Who's getting it? From: Dave Bittner In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 09:45:44 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <73516C43-DC7F-42B3-8939-6DAC858C63C4@pixelworkshop.com> References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1822) Here=92s an interesting article on the value proposition of the new Mac = Pro. Turns out it=92s tough to build a comparable machine for the price. = -=20 = On Dec 23, 2013, at 1:20PM, Dave Bittner wrote: > I=92ve switched our main edit suite system to a 27=94 i7 iMac after = realizing that it renders about three times faster than the 2008 Mac Pro = it=92s replacing. I=92ve got a 30=94 monitor hooked up to it, and a fast = external RAID via a cheap Thunderbolt to SATA adapter. We=92re running = AE, FCPX and Maya on it, primarily, and for what we do it=92s plenty = fast. (We are rarely under tight delivery deadlines where rendering = speed would make or break us. In fact, the biggest bottleneck these days = seems to be h.264 encoding for delivery.) >=20 > As for the new Mac Pro, if you need the speed it doesn=92t seem the = price should make all that much difference. Even if you replace it after = two years, a couple of grand difference in price shouldn=92t break the = bank for an active shop with a decent number of projects coming through. = It=92s amazing to me that after all these years people are still shocked = - Shocked! - that there=92s a premium for Mac OS workstations. For our = small shop it=92s worth it, since we know the Mac OS and know how to = troubleshoot it.=20 >=20 > Interesting times, with all of these incredibly fast machines for = choose from. Now if you=92ll excuse me, I=92m going to go play Marathon = on my Quadra 700=85 >=20