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  • DWB
    Registered User
    • Jul 2003
    • 31779

    #1

    I honestly can't believe I'm asking this here but...

    I'm thinking about a MAC notebook.

    *gasp*

    Which one of their machines can handle, and I mean honestly handle, video rendering. Rendering at a decent speed and not something that has to be done overnight while I sleep like my PC laptop does.

    Everyone is free to do a mercy kill on me at any time. I don't even want to know it's coming. Just end my life please. From behind is best, blow my face off so it will be a closed casket. My mother does not deserve to see my face after I've become a traitor.
  • After Shock Media
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    • Mar 2001
    • 35299

    #2
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    • stickyfingerz
      Doin fine
      • Oct 2005
      • 24984

      #3
      Save yourself some money. Repeatedly slam the tip of your cock in a gun safe door. Less painful.

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      • marketsmart
        HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
        • Dec 2004
        • 20419

        #4
        i dont know why anyone would go from pc to mac..

        i tried it once and really wanted to like it, but i couldnt stand the gui and didnt feel like spending the time to get comfortable with it...

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        • Barefootsies
          Choice is an Illusion
          • Feb 2005
          • 42635

          #5
          Originally posted by stickyfingerz
          Save yourself some money. Repeatedly slam the tip of your cock in a gun safe door. Less painful.


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          • Super Negro
            So Fucking Banned
            • Aug 2006
            • 215

            #6
            anyone who actually still fights about mac and pc usefulness is just a recycled catch phrase tool sheep

            both are equally as good as each other and when one gets better the other follows shortly after

            why not just go all out and grab one of these? http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

            I am wanting to put osx on one of my pc laptops, that would be fun

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            • marketsmart
              HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
              • Dec 2004
              • 20419

              #7
              Originally posted by Barefootsies


              da Zing..
              please don't encourage him....

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              • tony299
                lurker
                • Aug 2002
                • 57021

                #8
                i wonder the speed difference, if you spent 2800 on a pc laptop.

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                • ~Ray
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                  • Jun 2003
                  • 18361

                  #9
                  a smart guy once said... I'm not rich enough to buy cheap shit.

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                  • iMind
                    Confirmed User
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 937

                    #10
                    What a bunch of morons on this board.

                    Go mac, you'll be happy.

                    I'll NEVER go back to a PC, so fucking cumbersome.

                    All these morons tried one for a few seconds and made their decision.

                    Buy one, FORCE yourself to get used to it, and then come back and tell us what you think.
                    The first few days I wanted to shoot myself, but now, I can't even imagine using a slow, insecure piece of windows garbage PC.

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                    • Thurbs
                      The Thrilla in Manila
                      • Sep 2004
                      • 4785

                      #11
                      buy a macbook pro, 15 or 17in .. out of all the companies in SE asia, apple definately has the best support and hardware fixes. should be a bunch of apple stores or retailers in thailand no?

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                      • iMind
                        Confirmed User
                        • Nov 2007
                        • 937

                        #12
                        Originally posted by tony404
                        i wonder the speed difference, if you spent 2800 on a pc laptop.
                        I've spent $3k on a windows system ,and $1200 on a mac.

                        The mac ran better and more stable,
                        You guys gotta realize you can't compare specs on the 2 machines.
                        it's the OS that's more efficient.

                        You can have the same spec'd computer the speed difference because of Mac OSX is incredible.

                        Photoshop starts faster and runs 10 times more efficiently, you can run every damn program on your computer and it won't jam.. not that they don't crash, They certainly do, but VERY rarely.

                        2 years ago I was one of you guys, an ignorant windows using mac hater.

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                        • stickyfingerz
                          Doin fine
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 24984

                          #13
                          Originally posted by iMind
                          What a bunch of morons on this board.

                          Go mac, you'll be happy.

                          I'll NEVER go back to a PC, so fucking cumbersome.

                          All these morons tried one for a few seconds and made their decision.

                          Buy one, FORCE yourself to get used to it, and then come back and tell us what you think.
                          The first few days I wanted to shoot myself, but now, I can't even imagine using a slow, insecure piece of windows garbage PC.
                          That is the same method I used for learning how to suspend myself with barbed wire attached to my nutsack from a ceiling fan turned to full speed. I FORCED myself to do it. And after 8 years I now can swing around and around in a circle and I giggle like a school girl during each rotation. I mean its the fuckin Shiz yo!

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                          • Klen
                            • Aug 2006
                            • 32234

                            #14
                            Originally posted by iMind
                            I've spent $3k on a windows system ,and $1200 on a mac.

                            The mac ran better and more stable,
                            You guys gotta realize you can't compare specs on the 2 machines.
                            it's the OS that's more efficient.

                            You can have the same spec'd computer the speed difference because of Mac OSX is incredible.

                            Photoshop starts faster and runs 10 times more efficiently, you can run every damn program on your computer and it won't jam.. not that they don't crash, They certainly do, but VERY rarely.

                            2 years ago I was one of you guys, an ignorant windows using mac hater.
                            Well mac os x is more stable beacuse it is based on unix,and you cant compare windows and unix when it comes to stability.But my winxp works very fast and stable so i realy dont see sense using mac.IT's all about configuration of your system.

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                            • marketsmart
                              HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 20419

                              #15
                              Originally posted by iMind
                              I've spent $3k on a windows system ,and $1200 on a mac.

                              The mac ran better and more stable,
                              You guys gotta realize you can't compare specs on the 2 machines.
                              it's the OS that's more efficient.

                              You can have the same spec'd computer the speed difference because of Mac OSX is incredible.

                              Photoshop starts faster and runs 10 times more efficiently, you can run every damn program on your computer and it won't jam.. not that they don't crash, They certainly do, but VERY rarely.

                              2 years ago I was one of you guys, an ignorant windows using mac hater.
                              although you are one of those crazy mac fanatics that likes to run around the house dressed up in their mothers prom dress with bananas shoved up their asses...

                              i will agree that the mac os is a better from an architecture standpoint..

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                              • iMind
                                Confirmed User
                                • Nov 2007
                                • 937

                                #16
                                Originally posted by stickyfingerz
                                That is the same method I used for learning how to suspend myself with barbed wire attached to my nutsack from a ceiling fan turned to full speed. I FORCED myself to do it. And after 8 years I now can swing around and around in a circle and I giggle like a school girl during each rotation. I mean its the fuckin Shiz yo!

                                I've read your BS story.. you used it for a day and possibly had a faulty machine ( yes they exist )

                                I have a feeling you masterbate to vista's packaging.
                                I get sick of reading your mac hate, cause you can tell your brains just too small to grasp something that's new

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                                • iMind
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Nov 2007
                                  • 937

                                  #17
                                  I don't care guys, if you hate mac then it's your loss.

                                  If you'd rather use overspec'd machines just to run a bloated crappy OS it's your choice

                                  I'm not a blind mac fan boy, I see it's flaws, but comparing windows to mac osx is like comparing a hyundai to a mercedes, sorry.

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                                  • mynameisjim
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Aug 2007
                                    • 2985

                                    #18
                                    I don't think there will be a huge difference in rendering times between a high end mac and a high end PC.

                                    Macs are great computers, but don't expect a huge difference or you will be disappointed a little bit.
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                                    • stickyfingerz
                                      Doin fine
                                      • Oct 2005
                                      • 24984

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by iMind
                                      I've read your BS story.. you used it for a day and possibly had a faulty machine ( yes they exist )

                                      I have a feeling you masterbate to vista's packaging.
                                      I get sick of reading your mac hate, cause you can tell your brains just too small to grasp something that's new
                                      That and the fact that I run Vista on all my machines and do everything I need to do, with speed and no crashing. You had a fuckin apple as your avatar for a year, ya thats me Im the fan boy. I would feel very secure in betting you have one of them fuckin apple stickers on the back of your Scion... I can smell the coffee aroma pouring out of your van as you open the door to go in to get that 350th punch on your Starbucks frequent buyer card.

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                                      • JD
                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                        • Sep 2003
                                        • 22651

                                        #20
                                        I'm getting a 15in macbook pro for myself this xmas. It's my first mac since an Apple II

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                                        • jwerd
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jun 2003
                                          • 1953

                                          #21
                                          DWB,

                                          Ignore Sticky, he is obviously pro windows with zero background with the mac. I have a 15" Macbook Pro 2.4ghz and it's just as powerful as any desktop machine I've ever owned. The only step up from that would be a Mac Pro, but you said notebook You should be able to render just fine with a Macbook Pro...

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                                          • iMind
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Nov 2007
                                            • 937

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by KlenTelaris
                                            Well mac os x is more stable beacuse it is based on unix,and you cant compare windows and unix when it comes to stability.But my winxp works very fast and stable so i realy dont see sense using mac.IT's all about configuration of your system.
                                            The last time I used XP it was very stable, you're right..
                                            However the programs that run on it hog resources, bring the entire OS to a grinding halt the minute you're really pushing the limits.

                                            The only time my mac chugs, is when I start up XP, or Vista in parallels .. and that's only while windows is booting up, once running then it's fine.

                                            I can be rendering a very complex 3d file and still boot up photoshop at normal speeds, where as with XP if I render the SAME file, Photoshop will take 2 or 3 times as long to boot..
                                            It's little stuff like this that makes a mac a dream to use.

                                            I've found little annoyances, but nothing like the frustration I was constantly going through as XP user.

                                            Dirty you're obviously considering it based on all the good things you've heard from Mac users, so why let a bunch of Windows users change your mind

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                                            • Peter Romero
                                              Long time no happy ending
                                              • Feb 2003
                                              • 10604

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by marketsmart
                                              although you are one of those crazy mac fanatics that likes to run around the house dressed up in their mothers prom dress with bananas shoved up their asses...

                                              i will agree that the mac os is a better from an architecture standpoint..
                                              This thread has gone so off topic. Anyways... DWB - I'm on that fence too. Cept for some reason my render only does one bit rate at a time. I'm like a hamster on a treadmill... stopping every 5-7 hours to render and eat.

                                              Tell me how you crossover and maybe I'll follow.


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                                              • iMind
                                                Confirmed User
                                                • Nov 2007
                                                • 937

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by stickyfingerz
                                                That and the fact that I run Vista on all my machines and do everything I need to do, with speed and no crashing. You had a fuckin apple as your avatar for a year, ya thats me Im the fan boy. I would feel very secure in betting you have one of them fuckin apple stickers on the back of your Scion... I can smell the coffee aroma pouring out of your van as you open the door to go in to get that 350th punch on your Starbucks frequent buyer card.
                                                It's funny how every post you write on this board is so ignorant.

                                                You're right, I have an apple sticker on my scion and drink starbucks by the gallon fuckin twit.
                                                Last edited by iMind; 11-30-2008, 06:29 PM.

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                                                • SilentKnight
                                                  Megan Fox's fluffer
                                                  • Oct 2005
                                                  • 24812

                                                  #25

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                                                  • aico
                                                    Moo Moo Cow
                                                    • Mar 2004
                                                    • 14748

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by iMind
                                                    It's funny how every post you write on this board is so ignorant.

                                                    You're right, I have an apple sticker on my scion and drink starbucks by the gallon fuckin twit.
                                                    What do you expect? The guy has failed at every aspect in life, from personal to business.

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                                                    • aico
                                                      Moo Moo Cow
                                                      • Mar 2004
                                                      • 14748

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
                                                      I'm thinking about a MAC notebook.

                                                      *gasp*

                                                      Which one of their machines can handle, and I mean honestly handle, video rendering. Rendering at a decent speed and not something that has to be done overnight while I sleep like my PC laptop does.

                                                      Everyone is free to do a mercy kill on me at any time. I don't even want to know it's coming. Just end my life please. From behind is best, blow my face off so it will be a closed casket. My mother does not deserve to see my face after I've become a traitor.
                                                      Well, you'll need a Pro series. The MacBooks won't do what you need.

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                                                      • iMind
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Nov 2007
                                                        • 937

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by aico
                                                        What do you expect? The guy has failed at every aspect in life, from personal to business.
                                                        Sure seems that way.
                                                        Can't get a mac to work, talk about retarded.

                                                        instructions:
                                                        Take out of box, Plug in, Turn on.

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                                                        • stickyfingerz
                                                          Doin fine
                                                          • Oct 2005
                                                          • 24984

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by iMind
                                                          Sure seems that way.
                                                          Can't get a mac to work, talk about retarded.

                                                          instructions:
                                                          Take out of box, Plug in, Turn on.
                                                          I buy macs a lot. Ill be honest. All the people down at the home love to use them to send emails about how many pot holders they made to their other friends in the home.

                                                          Ill admit that is quite similar to what I did with my laptop sitting here. Almost a year later running vista and it has never crashed, and I pushed the power button and it turned on. I just edited 120 mins of video on it since I was away from home all week. Wish I had used a mac though. Damn this thread is getting boring, I think Ill go get my barb wire hooked to my nutsack again. Wee around and around I go Weee~~

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                                                          • psili
                                                            Confirmed User
                                                            • Apr 2003
                                                            • 5526

                                                            #30
                                                            Just get a better PC laptop and port the software you already have.

                                                            There are only two types of people who will pitch you to get a mac: designers, who are a sketchy bunch to begin with, and mac buyers who don't want to be the only ones feeling like suckers conforming to, and shelling out for, Apple's amazing marketing machine.

                                                            I'm not saying those are the only types of people who use a mac - I've met plenty of respectable people using them, and none of the latter have "pitched" me to get a mac. Only the two types I described above.
                                                            Your post count means nothing.

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                                                            • aico
                                                              Moo Moo Cow
                                                              • Mar 2004
                                                              • 14748

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by iMind
                                                              Sure seems that way.
                                                              Can't get a mac to work, talk about retarded.

                                                              instructions:
                                                              Take out of box, Plug in, Turn on.
                                                              ya, he's not too bright, so he just tries make fun of the people who use them, it's all he has, ignorance at its best.

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                                                              • DWB
                                                                Registered User
                                                                • Jul 2003
                                                                • 31779

                                                                #32
                                                                So a Mac Book Pro is the bad ass in the portable MAC family?

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                                                                • aico
                                                                  Moo Moo Cow
                                                                  • Mar 2004
                                                                  • 14748

                                                                  #33
                                                                  Originally posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
                                                                  So a Mac Book Pro is the bad ass in the portable MAC family?
                                                                  yep, that would be it.

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                                                                  • jwerd
                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                    • Jun 2003
                                                                    • 1953

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
                                                                    So a Mac Book Pro is the bad ass in the portable MAC family?
                                                                    Yep, it will do what you need just fine.
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                                                                    • Imortyl Pussycat
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                                                                      • Apr 2006
                                                                      • 5449

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Originally posted by After Shock Media
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                                                                      • aico
                                                                        Moo Moo Cow
                                                                        • Mar 2004
                                                                        • 14748

                                                                        #36
                                                                        Originally posted by DirtyWhiteBoy
                                                                        So a Mac Book Pro is the bad ass in the portable MAC family?
                                                                        If you're still in LA, you should buy it there, and tell them you are in the film industry, you get a discount or don't have to pay tax or some shit, I forget the fucking name, ask Redshoe, he'll probably know.

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                                                                        • Jim_Gunn
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Feb 2003
                                                                          • 5702

                                                                          #37
                                                                          My Dell laptop is rather old now, but I used to render vids on it just fine before I had so many desktops. I have nothing against Macs except if you already have multiple pcs doing multiple things, it just doesn't make sense to go willy nilly and buy one mac laptop or desktop while your other three or four other computers are pcs. Not to mention now you need new software too. So you have to be real motivated and want to make a financial commitment to switch for whatever perceived benefit you think you can get. Instead of buying a Mac DWB, why not just solve your original problem and find a good pc laptop that can render your videos? Then you don't have to switch to a new hardware platform or get new software.

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                                                                          • Super Negro
                                                                            So Fucking Banned
                                                                            • Aug 2006
                                                                            • 215

                                                                            #38
                                                                            I have 2 macs and 3 pc's

                                                                            I like them both and both are equally as fast as each other due to the specs, not the OS

                                                                            don't listen to fanboys, they love and hate everything at the same time depending on what you love or hate

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                                                                            • Firehorse
                                                                              Desire it and have it!!!
                                                                              • Apr 2002
                                                                              • 30767

                                                                              #39
                                                                              I have 3 Macs (2 Mac Book Pro's 17 inch, and a G5) and and 12 PC's (mostly Quadcores and 2 Laptops).

                                                                              I like both of them, and enjoy the MAC for anything to do with Music or Media, and invariably the software exceeds my expectations.

                                                                              I am sure you can get great results for Rendering Video on your pc with the right hardware/software combo too. Good luck with it!
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                                                                              • NickB.
                                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                                • Aug 2001
                                                                                • 8858

                                                                                #40
                                                                                macs the shit

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                                                                                • Miguel T
                                                                                  ♦ Web Developer ♦
                                                                                  • May 2005
                                                                                  • 12470

                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Mac's are great!

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                                                                                  • Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                                                                                    • Jan 2004
                                                                                    • 16502

                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    Just ask Brad Gosse what he uses...



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                                                                                    • Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      More...


                                                                                      Brad knows what's up.

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                                                                                      • Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE
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                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        Seriously...

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                                                                                        • rowan
                                                                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                          • Mar 2002
                                                                                          • 17393

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Any laptop is going to be a compromise between speed and power usage. If video rendering is really important, buy a desktop.

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                                                                                          • Dagwolf
                                                                                            President of Canada
                                                                                            • Sep 2003
                                                                                            • 23141

                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            I have very little MAC experience, although I did get to play with some of the first mac computers on the market.
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                                                                                            • mikesouth
                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                              • Jun 2003
                                                                                              • 6334

                                                                                              #47
                                                                                              honestly save yourself money buy two PC laptops and use Vegas network render across them both, faster and cheaper...no shit
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                                                                                              • Tuzz
                                                                                                Confirmed User
                                                                                                • Jul 2001
                                                                                                • 171

                                                                                                #48
                                                                                                back to video rendering...

                                                                                                I've greatly speeded up my video rendering by killing explorer before starting.
                                                                                                Just ctrl-alt-del after you open your rendering prog and end task on explorer.
                                                                                                Has greatly speeded up all video work on my vista laptop.

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                                                                                                • crockett
                                                                                                  in a van by the river
                                                                                                  • May 2003
                                                                                                  • 76818

                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                  You could likely get a faster PC laptop for the money but if you go Apple on the laptop it's a good time to buy the Mac Book Pro because they just released the newest model.

                                                                                                  If you need serious rendering go with a Mac Pro because they are 8 core machines (dual quads).
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                                                                                                  • - Jesus Christ -
                                                                                                    Confirmed User
                                                                                                    • Mar 2003
                                                                                                    • 7197

                                                                                                    #50
                                                                                                    Macs are overpriced computers for people who have given up on researching the hardware they should be buying.

                                                                                                    intel CPU + crappy unix variant = mac

                                                                                                    Amen

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