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| 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 <AE-List@media-motion.tv> 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 <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
