From: "Warren Heaton" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:52:34 -0700
Subject: Re: [AE] AE on a laptop vs iMac
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Hi Anders:

I don't think that anyone chimed in on your drive format question yet.

If the the Window/PC USB hard drive is formatted as FAT32 or ExFAT, Mac OS
X will read and write. If the drive is NTFS, Mac OS X will read only;
however, a third party driver called Paragon NTFS for Mac will enable full
read/write with NTFS formatted drives
(http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/).

Windows runs well via Apple Bootcamp (not so well with Parallels), if you
happen to need a Windows machine in addition to just mounting Windows
formatted drives. Also, if you're using CC, it's possible to have AE, PR,
PS and AI on he Windows side of a Mac as well.


-Warren


On 6/28/14 4:07 AM, "Anders Sundstedt" <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

>A basic question regarding going for a MacBook Pro:
>
>Can you connect PC/Windows USB hard drives to a MacBook Pro and access
>the 
>files on it (read/write)?
>
>Thanks
>Anders
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: KO MARUYAMA
>Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 8:18 AM
>To: After Effects Mail List
>Subject: Re: [AE] AE on a laptop vs iMac
>
>Chris,
>
>I was in the same boat.  I love working on my older 15" MBP.
>Bring the project to the studio to do the heavy lifting.
>
>PROS: portable, attach thunderbolt as necessary (storage/monitor), bring
>work anywhere
>CONS: expensive, not as powerful, bring work everywhere
>
>Ae, Pr and even C4D run well enough on it, but big renders should get
>ported 
>to a desktop.
>
>Ko
>MBP 15"
>2.7GHz i7
>16GB RAM
>
>
>
>On Jun 27, 2014, at 11:22 PM, 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
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