From: "Jim Curtis" Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com ([17.158.161.1] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5514354 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:27:49 +0200 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.10(7.0.4.27.9) 64bit (built Jun 6 2014)) with ESMTPSA id <0N7V001SHMIBH750@nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:27:48 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: [AE] AE on a laptop vs iMac In-reply-to: Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 06:27:46 -0500 Message-id: References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-MANTSH: 1TEIXREEbG1oaGkdHB0lGUkdDRl5PWBoaHREKTEMXGx0EGx8SBBscHwQdHhAbHho fGhEKWE0XSxEKbX4XGhEKTFkXGxobGxEKWUkXEQpZXhdoY2YRCkNOF0sbHhpiTk0dWhxPBBl4c wcfeRsbGB1HGREKRUMXFmxrb2trGhgcB2hvHWgHHmgZGAcSGWxpBxoZaRwcbh4SG29va2pHTwR JRUcUEQpYXBcZBBoEGx4HTU4cExoaHRMFGx0EGx8SBBscHwQdHhAbHhofGxEKXlkXYR9vXnoRC kxGF2JraxEKQ1oXExMEGx8YBBsfGQQbGhoRCkJGF2MYfGl4eFlIelsBEQpCRRdnehJTfBJwUx1 uHhEKQk4XbHBgeUAdYlJpGmIRCkJMF2sdUhoFH0JDGEEcEQpCbBdlHHJHZ39PWmVgZhEKQkAXZ WhSeUNnfVNhfEIRCkJYF2lhQ25nW155XkRyEQpwZxdtTUdcRR8eWl9CWxEKcGgXemF6R2xYYWJ pbEsRCnBoF25pZkdwXVtOZGJAEQpwaBdtR1lZS2tQaV8fUxEKcGgXZh1BQUYdAW5Ncn4RCnBoF 25/X2hSZ2VYHntaEQpwZxdjXUlTG0dNWmh5SxEKcGwXel99Y0xHc1hicEsRCnBMF25kSVweYWc TSG9vEQ== X-CLX-Spam: false X-CLX-Score: 1011 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.12.52,1.0.14,0.0.0000 definitions=2014-06-28_01:2014-06-27,2014-06-28,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=2 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1402240000 definitions=main-1406280144 Thunderbolt has made it possible to attach PCI cards through an expander. And the TB hardware has made it possible to attach any kind of device that prior to TB was available only to PCI cards (RAID, external io cards, SAS LTO, etc.). The main downside I see is the lack of access to high end GPUs (still mostly PCI), RAM limits, and multi-proc CPUs over a certain threshold (Is it four? I haven't kept up). What you need depends on what you do most. Since I'm 60-70% NLE, having a CUDA equipped system with RAID and calibrated monitoring is paramount. But, I take my MBP to client sites to do Ae and Ps work. On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Chris Zwar wrote: > Just picking the collective brains of the list... > > I have never had a laptop or any sort of portable computer, my home machine has been an iMac for the past 10years. My current imac has just died and I'm now thinking about replacing it with a MacBook Pro and a big monitor. > > In the past I have worked from home considerably but currently I do very little work from home, and so having a powerful desktop machine seems a bit old fashioned. The portability of a MacBook versus an iMac is very appealing. Storage is not an issue because I already use an external storage system anyway. > > Any thoughts on the pros/cons of working with AE on a laptop- specifically a retina MacBook Pro - versus an iMac? > > - Chris > > Sent from my iPhone > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to