From: "Nathan Shipley" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
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Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:20:18 -0800
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Subject: Re: [AE] We can order a new MacPro tomorrow.
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Ha - and quick update - the Buy link
<https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/mac-pro> is live on Apple site.  Price
quickly goes over 20K with mid-range CPU offering, 96GB of RAM, and the top
of the line GPU.  And apparently just one internal hard drive?  Highest
option of everything (with an absurd 1.5 TB of RAM) brings it up to $52,199=
.

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:44 AM Nathan Shipley <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
wrote:

> Dennis said:  "As far as the new Mac Pro goes, I=E2=80=99m withholding ju=
dgment
> until I see how Redshift, Octane and Unity work in their Metal incarnatio=
ns
> on the new machines."
>
> This is totally where our motion department is right now.  We're running
> propped up cheesegraters with 1080 cards in them, would probably all pref=
er
> to use OSX if we could, but it's going to come down to support for the
> software we need to use.  Which, in addition to AE, is C4D, Octane,
> Redshift, Houdini, and a little bit of Nuke and Maya/Arnold.
>
> From the day of the announcement, I was worried about them not having
> Nvidia cards and how that is going to play out with a bunch of software
> companies that have larger user bases on Windows/Nvidia to support.
>
> We actually have the budget to spend a bunch of money on computers but it=
s
> just feeling so hard to justify the Mac Pro for reasons in addition to
> price.  Very curious to see what the price differential for comparable
> hardware ends up being.  It's not even a question which way I'd go if it
> was my own money.
>
> This has been a good discussion to read.  Thank y'all,
>  - Nathan
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:35 AM Mike Abbott <AE-List@media-motion.tv>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 10/12/2019 15:55, Stephen van Vuuren wrote:
>>
>> Windows OS will never be Mac OS and vice versa. But you can get 99% of
>> either on either.  I move back and forth between both every day...
>>
>>
>> The other life saving application on Windows: Directory Opus:
>> https://www.gpsoft.com.au/
>>
>> Think of it as Windows Explorer with a PhD.
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Ha - and quick update - the <a href=3D"https://www.apple.c=
om/shop/buy-mac/mac-pro">Buy link</a> is live on Apple site.=C2=A0 Price qu=
ickly goes over 20K with mid-range CPU offering, 96GB of RAM, and the top o=
f the line GPU.=C2=A0 And apparently just one internal hard drive?=C2=A0 Hi=
ghest option of everything (with an absurd 1.5 TB of RAM) brings it up to $=
52,199.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_attr">On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:44 AM Nathan Shipley &lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:AE-List@media-motion.tv">AE-List@media-motion.tv</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l=
eft:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Dennis sa=
id:=C2=A0 &quot;As far as the new Mac Pro goes, I=E2=80=99m withholding jud=
gment until I see how Redshift, Octane and Unity work in their Metal incarn=
ations on the new machines.&quot;<div><br></div><div>This is totally where =
our motion department is right now.=C2=A0 We&#39;re running propped up chee=
segraters with 1080 cards in them, would probably all prefer to use OSX if =
we could, but it&#39;s going to come down to support for the software we ne=
ed to use.=C2=A0 Which, in addition to AE, is C4D, Octane, Redshift, Houdin=
i, and a little bit of Nuke and Maya/Arnold.</div><div><br></div><div>From =
the day of the announcement, I was worried about them not having Nvidia car=
ds and how that is going to play out with a bunch of software companies=C2=
=A0that have larger user bases on Windows/Nvidia to support.</div><div><br>=
</div><div>We actually have the budget to spend a bunch of money on compute=
rs but its just feeling so hard to justify the Mac Pro for reasons in addit=
ion to price.=C2=A0 Very curious to see what the price differential for com=
parable hardware ends up being.=C2=A0 It&#39;s not even a question which wa=
y I&#39;d go if it was my own money.</div><div><br></div><div>This has been=
 a good discussion to read.=C2=A0 Thank y&#39;all,</div><div>=C2=A0- Nathan=
</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_=
attr">On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:35 AM Mike Abbott &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:AE-=
List@media-motion.tv" target=3D"_blank">AE-List@media-motion.tv</a>&gt; wro=
te:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px =
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div>On 10/12/2019 15:55, Stephen van Vuuren
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite">
     =20
     =20
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      <div>Windows OS will never be Mac OS and vice
        versa. But you can get 99% of either on either.=C2=A0 I move back a=
nd
        forth between both every day...</div>
    </blockquote>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>The other life saving application on Windows: Directory Opus: <a hre=
f=3D"https://www.gpsoft.com.au/" target=3D"_blank">https://www.gpsoft.com.a=
u/<br>
      </a></p>
    <p>Think of it as Windows Explorer with a PhD.</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <p>Mike<br>
    </p>
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