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  Best Mac Setup for After Effects?

  Posted by Tom Hardy on July 17, 2019 at 9:21 am

  Hi all,

  I’ve been animating for a small production company using the same hardware setup for a couple of years now, and fortunately, my bosses have recently decided it’s time to get me an upgrade!

  We work in an almost exclusively Mac-based office, and despite what I’ve read about people moving away from Mac in favour of PC setups lately, I’m still pretty dead set on getting a Mac, just for office workflow purposes.

  Here’s what I’m currently running:

  Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
  3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
  32 GB 1066 MHz DDR3
  ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB

  It’s been a pretty reliable workstation, but nowadays I’m experiencing a bit of slowdown, especially when it comes to opening Adobe programs (After Effects and Media Encoder specifically, although even Illustrator has been suffering from a bit of slowdown lately.)

  The 2019 Mac Pro is a little out of budget for us, and from reading a few forums, it seems as though the late 2013 Mac Pro is pretty terribly optimised for Adobe programs, so here’s what I’m thinking of getting:

  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-27-inch-display-8th-generation-processor/dp/B07PX8G1CM/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=imac&qid=1563354674&s=gateway&sr=8-3 – plus some extra RAM

  I’m really a novice when it comes to tech and hardware stuff, so I just wanted to ask – Is this a good Mac setup for the money? Will it be a decent upgrade and last me for at least a couple of years?

  Cheers guys.

  Walter Soyka replied 7 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Walter Soyka

  July 18, 2019 at 2:47 am

  I’d think about the i7 processor instead of i5, and yes, as much RAM as you can afford.

  You should see a pretty noticeable improvement in load times from the iMac’s flash storage (instead of the mechanical HDDs in the 2012 Mac Pros).

  Walter Soyka
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  Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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