From: "Bruce Tovsky" Received: from mailc1.tigertech.net ([208.80.4.155] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5514428 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:50:28 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailc1.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 138791E0B54 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:50:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at c1.tigertech.net Received: from [10.0.1.4] (cpe-142-255-116-91.nyc.res.rr.com [142.255.116.91]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailc1.tigertech.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 573101E0B53 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 07:50:12 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_295385F2-0A98-4AAD-8F6F-9E3009EBFA41" Message-Id: <31062968-6329-4EC5-BA66-499ABBC38CFD@skeletonhome.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) Subject: Re: [AE] AE on a laptop vs iMac Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 10:50:10 -0400 References: To: "After Effects Mail List" In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_295385F2-0A98-4AAD-8F6F-9E3009EBFA41 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii if can you run a pci extender via tb can you not add a hi end gpu there? On Jun 28, 2014, at 7:27 AM, Jim Curtis wrote: > 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). >=20 > 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. >=20 >=20 > On Jun 28, 2014, at 1:22 AM, Chris Zwar = wrote: >=20 >> Just picking the collective brains of the list... >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Any thoughts on the pros/cons of working with AE on a laptop- = specifically a retina MacBook Pro - versus an iMac? >>=20 >> - Chris=20 >>=20 >> Sent from my iPhone >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to bruce tovsky www.skeletonhome.com "Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane." Philip K. Dick --Apple-Mail=_295385F2-0A98-4AAD-8F6F-9E3009EBFA41 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii if = can you run a pci extender via tb can you not add a hi end gpu = there?

On Jun 28, 2014, at 7:27 AM, Jim Curtis <AE-List@media-motion.tv> = wrote:

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

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