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| > Who’s getting one? I'm really curious in the answer to this question as I honestly can't think of a rational reason for anyone to buy a model below there top end. The chassis and mobo is so overengineered, it's a supercar, that unless you put a supercar engine in it and it's around $15k, you're just literally throwing money away. Supercar's are bought by people to burn money for fun, status, pride of ownership - nothing that really falls into the why to buy a computer discussion. And because there is only one chassis option but various engines, here, it gets downright weird i.e. the $6000 base model that many computers (including other Apple models) can smoke in a benchmark test. > I’m thinking about ordering a base model with all the cores I can get for $10K, and then adding my own RAM and GPU later, at half the cost. And to spend $10K and not be getting the fastest possible machine just does not seem rational especially because no nVidia options at all as they've stopped driver development completely for MacOS (https://hub.packtpub.com/nvidia-announces-cuda-10-2-will-be-the-last-release-to-support-macos/) Here's to hoping the increase the options, reduce the prices and introduce a smaller, mid-range chassis soon so a $3 to $5k model exists that is actually fast. Best,  stephen van vuuren 336.202.4777  http://www.insaturnsrings.com/ http://www.sv2dcp.com/ http://www.sv2studios.com/  A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. –Stanley Kubrick -----Original Message----- From: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv> Sent: Monday, December 9, 2019 12:34 PM To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv> Subject: [AE] We can order a new MacPro tomorrow. Who’s getting one? I’m thinking about ordering a base model with all the cores I can get for $10K, and then adding my own RAM and GPU later, at half the cost. Also, thinking about ordering through a VAR, so I can get billed in this tax year, and take delivery in Jan. Apple doesn’t charge your card until the product ships. Anybody else? See anything wrong with my plan? . +---End of message---+ To unsubscribe send any message to <ae-list-off@media-motion.tv> |
