From: "Chris Bobotis" Received: from miles.ecohosting.com ([174.142.119.245] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5547702 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 20:22:36 +0200 Received: from mtrlpq5031w-lp130-03-2925247222.dsl.bell.ca ([174.91.186.246]:62296 helo=[192.168.2.21]) by miles.ecohosting.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1XHdBw-0000lx-QK for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:22:32 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-55-150256935 Subject: Re: [AE] What's the state of Ae on new MacPros? Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:23:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: To: "After Effects Mail List" References: Message-Id: <191EABF8-BC10-49D0-9B00-C7616CFCBA70@mettle.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-EcoHosting-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-EcoHosting-MailScanner-ID: 1XHdBw-0000lx-QK X-EcoHosting-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details X-EcoHosting-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-EcoHosting-MailScanner-From: chris@mettle.com X-Spam-Status: No X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - miles.ecohosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - media-motion.tv X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - mettle.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: miles.ecohosting.com: authenticated_id: mettle/from_h --Apple-Mail-55-150256935 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Jim, we bought a couple very early on and sent them back within the = first week. Not worth it for us. We do mostly AE and Maya stuff at Mettle. We opted for beefed up 4.1 and = 5.1 Macs with great GPU's and a couple of WIN machines instead. A buddy of mine that runs an FCPX edit shop swears by the new Mac Pros. I would hold off if I were you... get SSD's and max out your RAM on your = current Macs. =46rom what I remember you already have very decent GPU's = on your Macs. HTH Cheers, Chris Mettle.com Skype: Mettlecom On 2014-08-13, at 2:09 PM, Jim Curtis wrote: > All is not well with them and Mavericks and Pr CC or CC 2014, = according to some posts on the Adobe forums.* I have a similar post = there. >=20 > Pr is 70-80% of my creative work and Ae is the remainder. >=20 > I'm investigating whether it's a good idea to consider upgrading yet. = I've done a budget, and my cost is going to be around $10K, so I = wouldn't be happy with anything less than dramatic improvements in speed = and reliability. >=20 > Any thoughts from actual users who can shed some light, pro or con? = With Ae and/or Pr? >=20 > Thanks, > Jim C. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > * MacPro and Pr >=20 > https://forums.adobe.com/message/6397640#6397640 >=20 > https://forums.adobe.com/message/6470083#6470083 --Apple-Mail-55-150256935 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Jim, = we bought a couple very early on and sent them back within the first = week. Not worth it for us.

We do mostly AE and Maya = stuff at Mettle. We opted for beefed up 4.1 and 5.1 Macs with great = GPU's and a couple of WIN machines instead.

A buddy = of mine that runs an FCPX edit shop swears by the new Mac = Pros.

I would hold off if I were you... get = SSD's and max out your RAM on your current Macs. =46rom what I remember = you already have very decent GPU's on your = Macs.

HTH

Mettle.com
Skype: = Mettlecom


On 2014-08-13, at = 2:09 PM, Jim Curtis wrote:

All is not well with them and = Mavericks and Pr CC or CC 2014, according to some posts on the Adobe = forums.*  I have a similar post there.

Pr is = 70-80% of my creative work and Ae is the = remainder.

I'm investigating whether it's a good idea = to consider upgrading yet.  I've done a budget, and my cost is = going to be around $10K, so I wouldn't be happy with anything less than = dramatic improvements in speed and = reliability.

Any thoughts from actual users who = can shed some light, pro or con?  With Ae and/or = Pr?

Thanks,
Jim = C.




*= MacPro and Pr