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[66.49.40.101]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id m9sm19923528yha.2.2014.01.06.09.00.48 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 06 Jan 2014 09:00:48 -0800 (PST) From: Benny Christensen Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_4B6B84B6-51DA-4260-884A-D1BC37D28FCD" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.1 \(1827\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Mac Pro 2013 Review Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 11:00:45 -0600 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1827) --Apple-Mail=_4B6B84B6-51DA-4260-884A-D1BC37D28FCD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I agree with Carey. Keep it off the floor if possible, especially in = carpeted areas. I would also include anything with a fan in this = statement. It also depends on the how much the room is used by people. If it is in = a small room with you, it will be dirtier than a separate space that = gets less traffic, a cabinet with doors, closet or rack. I don't know = the exact numbers, but we are shedding skin constantly and carrying dust = on our feet and the fans and static electricity are sucking all of that = dust right into the machine. Benny Christensen Producers Playhouse Oklahoma City 405-858-0700 "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a = rock." - Will Rogers On Jan 6, 2014, at 10:50 AM, Carey Dissmore = wrote: > Floor is the big one.=20 > FYI you should do it once a month. You should do it before it even = builds up to a visually perceptible level. > Mine are getting hit with air every week or two, simply because I = centralized all machines to a machine room and plumbed in air to the = ceiling above. Every time I=92m in there there is a yellow-coiled air = hose hanging next to the rack beckoning me to give the machines a blast.=20= > But honestly, since the machines were moved from the floor of my = carpeted office to a rack in the machine room (hard floor), and the = lowest rack is still a foot off the ground, the amount of dust = accumulation dropped a good 75% anyway. >=20 > So methinks floor+carpet placement are big factors. >=20 > carey >=20 > On Dec 28, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: >=20 >> I'm curious about heat and dust. Perhaps my space is dustier than = most (I live under three enormous pecan trees that spew matter year = round.), but I blast the dust out of my MacPros two or three times a = year to allow the air flow to glide smoothly across the internal = components. My box sits on the floor, which may contribute to the build = up. But, I wonder, with all that stuff jammed into one little cylinder = is going to fare with situations like mine, or worse, for people who = live in really dusty environs like Oklahoma. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On Dec 28, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Stephen van Vuuren = wrote: >>=20 >>> Here=92s a review of = http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/23/apple-mac-pro-review-2013/. It=92s as = quiet as advertised but runs warm. I suspect if really pushed (render = farm) Apple may have to boost fan speeds a tad. >>> =20 >>> Benchmarks and testing are fairly thin =96 of note is they = apparently got underwhelming GPU performance and theorized only FCPX was = able to use the second GPU card. The storage system is fast as = expected. They claim the CPU is not upgradable but GPU=92s are. However, = tear downs reveal that is could be upgraded as it=92s socketed. But I = would bank on ease or workability of those upgrades until actual parts = and testing reveals if they will work. >>> =20 >>> But still waiting for a much more thorough review (i.e. Anandtech or = Tom=92s Hardware) to unravel mystery of GPUs. >>> =20 >>> stephen van vuuren >>> 336.202.4777 >>> =20 >>> http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ >>> http://www.sv2dcp.com/ >>> http://www.sv2studios.com/ >>> =20 >>> A film is =96 or should be =96 more like music than like fiction. It = should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what=92s = behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. >>> =96Stanley Kubrick >>> =20 >>=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_4B6B84B6-51DA-4260-884A-D1BC37D28FCD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 I = agree with Carey. Keep it off the floor if possible, especially in = carpeted areas. I would also include anything with a fan in this = statement.

It also depends on the how much the room = is used by people. If it is in a small room with you, it will be dirtier = than a separate space that gets less traffic, a cabinet with doors, = closet or rack. I don't know the exact numbers, but we are shedding skin = constantly and carrying dust on our feet and the fans and static = electricity are sucking all of that dust right into the = machine.

Benny = Christensen
Producers Playhouse
Oklahoma = City
405-858-0700

"Diplomacy= is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock." - = Will Rogers




On Jan 6, 2014, at 10:50 AM, Carey Dissmore <carey@imugonline.com> = wrote:

Floor = is the big one. 
FYI you should do it once a month. You should = do it before it even builds up to a visually perceptible = level.
Mine are getting hit with air every week or two, simply = because I centralized all machines to a machine room and plumbed in air = to the ceiling above. Every time I=92m in there there is a yellow-coiled = air hose hanging next to the rack beckoning me to give the machines a = blast. 
But honestly, since the machines were moved from = the floor of my carpeted office to a rack in the machine room (hard = floor), and the lowest rack is still a foot off the ground, the amount = of dust accumulation dropped a good 75% = anyway.

So methinks floor+carpet placement are = big = factors.

carey

On Dec 28, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

I'm curious about heat and = dust.  Perhaps my space is dustier than most (I live under three = enormous pecan trees that spew matter year round.), but I blast the dust = out of my MacPros two or three times a year to allow the air flow to = glide smoothly across the internal components.  My box sits on the = floor, which may contribute to the build up.  But, I wonder, with = all that stuff jammed into one little cylinder is going to fare with = situations like mine, or worse, for people who live in really dusty = environs like = Oklahoma.




O= n Dec 28, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Stephen van Vuuren <stephen@sv2studios.com> = wrote:

Here=92s a review of