From: "Steve Oakley" Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.197] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.1.0) with ESMTPS id 6395520 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:46:17 +0100 Received: from [10.1.1.106] ([71.87.57.30]) by mrelay.perfora.net (mreueus001 [74.208.5.2]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MWRTQ-1eHAwm1TbO-00XdJZ for ; Sun, 28 Jan 2018 21:49:10 +0100 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_0A705E13-0F69-4161-BA42-ED828C1B6975" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.3 \(3445.6.9\)) Subject: Re: [AE] Jump to PCland Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 14:49:07 -0600 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.9) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:cBvzkTjDXYegatE++DvG/kIXzdH6ZkK/DUiir8PSqfiyhY+lnjX ifLrNYkGUG5xf21zRdrBLh9Ns9GLV4k2PJprdTPqwSP96DrFxX/VBw+pP+WaXlTTVVNuJHN rPe9HDjaaqNebXuyoPUoiHCWTNkoboc98kP91ZoLXDVzCi60MwO5vNgI98cdGlPbQWjzLGC OaG41fbVv92qr1N2XDrlg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:bilRwq43yP0=:kHY6i24H7qaf6kwEObD6kH P6cLpnc5asDxBQXufuOqF2fghDa4j/q8MtN7/giwFWh4/66hSWf/25wRvvzE9NIbfvh+y2QEZ MQl6IRo+qUKTSdU6NVzyCZydWiy3NVtaHHVtGfGepeaKmbfySm7Gw4S6o6se4c/h8GaMgjcRD 7p/WzbX7bS7HBzDM50cwFX54rJu1ifnM52cg/YG+b7lg52flKW1WPx7vqBMDQgjtPv1xap4cc JVv1vMVMCVcHzhFOojGUGgrByMWYuc/GSEH7CBRTROySs6wtmSN/0XaxdNeeBePq6CMjnPJAC H0uz/NVdNEP585yAjmqDNn9+q6HYZBPUKZ7G8IT3OaM7V3z1n8z3T1QSmJWX9PPL3doad3K14 gUp1PoocJb7CSLgbCqmsq3K7awITGgnACBKLD797jxxBYf6xwpOSBkJmIJ08zvRNdeY3TemV4 bcO7FSRR1QeQNsbw1QtPX3N953AwQ74MK4DIOun3Q0w5tFZI3EEba92TEisoSwLwLq1s9t72z Lz+mKnrgSY18tatpCqdXagls3hQiacV/wHE5w/4dJQoXz0lHQdBmaWl/qdgyzvvRpuPq0uWSm rBqyeD0bxVm0TcNfvPdrIeE7Gc2+5fge0mFbKAdDuXVmFPs+3Xt8dmZ6vcXIGrHdDoI4eefNu 5vuu9Yzpt5DC6lpiamhZfwSd2p8e8Z8Jl1jorrG6b32Jo/Jcj6CCGJFrOtEx8FEMZgrzDgQxB fWMENtfj1Btvyn9t+Bw3BmAfw9CC1UpfqspgKWW0WfYtPnE95lWvLV0W/uw= --Apple-Mail=_0A705E13-0F69-4161-BA42-ED828C1B6975 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Have a lenvo Yoga here of some flavor. has black screen flashing = problems. updated bios / firmware and it went away for a few months, = came back with lastest win10 update. I=E2=80=99d say stay away, plan to = replace it soon because the time spend messing with it isn=E2=80=99t = worth it. basically you want an i7 with max cores, 16 or ideally 32gb of ram, = recent model GPU with 4gb+ of vram. like anything else, you get what you = pay for in terms of build quality, screen, battery life. I=E2=80=99d expect you=E2=80=99d be into about $2k for an ideal machine. S > On Jan 28, 2018, at 2:38 PM, Marie T wrote: >=20 > Hello, >=20 > I saw a few threads before on jumping from Mac to PCs, but if I recall = correctly, it seemed like it was mostly for desktop. Can you offer = advice on a good PC laptop? >=20 > I'm currently enrolled in an evening class utilizing 3DS Max and After = Effects, so I need portability with decent rendering power.=20 >=20 > My teacher suggested a Lenovo Yoga 720, but the reviews elude to a = black bar screen issue that hasn't been solved in years.=20 >=20 > Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you! >=20 >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Marie V. Thresher > Animator, Published Illustrator, & Interactive Designer > www.marievthresher.com --Apple-Mail=_0A705E13-0F69-4161-BA42-ED828C1B6975 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Have = a lenvo Yoga here of some flavor. has black screen flashing problems. = updated bios / firmware and it went away for a few months, came back = with lastest win10 update. I=E2=80=99d say stay away, plan to replace it = soon because the time spend messing with it isn=E2=80=99t worth it.

basically you want an i7 = with max cores, 16 or ideally 32gb of ram,  recent model GPU with = 4gb+ of vram. like anything else, you get what you pay for in terms of = build quality, screen, battery life.

I=E2=80=99d expect you=E2=80=99d be = into about $2k for an ideal machine.

S

On Jan = 28, 2018, at 2:38 PM, Marie T <AE-List@media-motion.tv> wrote:

Hello,

I saw a few threads before on jumping = from Mac to PCs, but if I recall correctly, it seemed like it was mostly = for desktop. Can you offer advice on a good PC laptop?

I'm currently enrolled in an evening class utilizing = 3DS Max and After Effects, so I need portability with decent rendering = power.

My teacher suggested a Lenovo Yoga 720, but the reviews elude = to a black bar screen issue that hasn't been solved in = years. 

Any= advice would be appreciated. Thank you!


Cheers,

Marie V. Thresher
Animator, Published Illustrator, = & Interactive Designer
www.marievthresher.com

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