From: "Rick Gerard" Received: from bosmailout01.eigbox.net ([66.96.186.1] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5518603 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:39:43 +0200 Received: from bosmailscan11.eigbox.net ([10.20.15.11]) by bosmailout01.eigbox.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1X3YcR-0006ZA-Sj for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 18:39:43 -0400 Received: from [10.115.3.23] (helo=bosimpout03.eigbox.net) by bosmailscan11.eigbox.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1X3YcR-0001iq-QO for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 18:39:43 -0400 Received: from bosauthsmtp09.yourhostingaccount.com ([10.20.18.9]) by bosimpout03.eigbox.net with NO UCE id Nmfj1o0080BkY8i01mfjcF; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 18:39:43 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=eMORfQV1 c=1 sm=1 a=UKi3wH83u5f2+gBDM8x/GA==:17 a=fc00TriMUCcA:10 a=mI15Mv6KwLEA:10 a=TRGZEfB8wq4A:10 a=N659UExz7-8A:10 a=CT0u5MniAAAA:8 a=7ggFj6ypfuxBQdlW0qYA:9 a=pILNOxqGKmIA:10 a=Loo0RkxcWuahsgvr:21 a=ZG6HUHUmImXgMhZM:21 a=+tcVrJynzLVJ9yqDAOBWjQ==:117 X-EN-OrigOutIP: 10.20.18.9 X-EN-IMPSID: Nmfj1o0080BkY8i01mfjcF Received: from mobile-166-137-185-252.mycingular.net ([166.137.185.252]:35623 helo=[172.20.10.4]) by bosauthsmtp09.eigbox.net with esmtpa (Exim) id 1X3YcR-000813-Ez for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 18:39:43 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: [AE] AE on a laptop vs. iMac In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 15:39:36 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <7A8F4EF9-17C3-4A1E-80B8-72E903C71EA9@mstrg.com> References: To: After Effects Mail List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) X-EN-UserInfo: c662172581359b31880c5d4c8e0aae06:931c98230c6409dcc37fa7e93b490c27 X-EN-AuthUser: rg@hottek.net Sender: Rick Gerard X-EN-OrigIP: 166.137.185.252 X-EN-OrigHost: mobile-166-137-185-252.mycingular.net I just picked up a new MBPro R 15=92 from the Apple Store yesterday. = Loaded CC14 suite on it and things are running perfectly. Sold my = previous model for a little more than 60% of the purchase price with 15 = months left on Apple Care. I added just a little under $1400 to the = money I got for my used MBPro R and walked out of the store a happy man. I too would go for the 15=94 The performance of the 2.3 GHz i7 is really = good, the GPU can be utilized for Ray-traced rendering if you really = need to do that. I picked the most loaded one they had in the store = because I=92m leaving on a trip and couldn=92t wait for the full meal = deal. Saved me about a thousand, and while I would rather have a TB of = storage, 500GB will do fine for what I=92m doing for now. If I get = pushed on performance or storage I can always sell it and upgrade. = Within the first year there, if history repeats itself, the price = difference will be negligible. On Jul 5, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Peter Matulavich = wrote: > I realize you will be running a large monitor with your laptop, but = even if you were to only occasionally use your laptop alone, I would = highly recommend the 15" inch. The 13" is really small. Too bad they = apparently no longer offer the 17" which is the one I have. It's also a = big plus to get a quad core. Bottom line, if you are sure you will be = happy with a laptop, then get the 15" without question. I recently went = back and forth with this very decision for a laptop for my fiance and we = wound up getting an iMac AND an iPad for just a little more than a 15" = laptop. She's thrilled with the choice. Of course, she won't need to = be running AE on either. >=20 > Pete