Configuring a Mac

[johngriz]

I'm about to purchase a new Mac and I was wondering if anyone
knows a good Mac consultant that 

could help me to configure a system that would be set up for

3D animation. I'm near San Francisco. I would be running these programs : Maya, 

After Effects, MotionBuilder and Z-brush. I would like a lot

of ram and nice video card, and maybe some external flash drives.

Everything 64 bit. Also might need help installing a linux OS

[gorillajin]

real easy.. 
Maya 2015 needs 10.8 or 10.9

so if you can afford it do get a MacPro you are off to a nice
start..

do get the biggest Graphics Card you can afford. Also
the biggest drive you can get.. 

The CPU and the RAM can be upgraded as well as the
drive capacity thru Thunderbolt 2

http://www.macworld.com/article/2146360/lab-tested-the-mac-pro-daisy-chain-challenge.html

you would need at least a 27 inch Screen - so the Apple Thunderbolt (1) Monitor might be a nice
addition.

You can max out the MacPro with 64GB of RAM... so buy as little as possible RAM from Apple as
they are expensive on RAM and you would not need more than 8 - 16 GB to start with anyway..

when you go into Rendering later on you will need more RAM then.. 

With a constraint budget i´d get an iMac 27 BTO with the biggest Graphics card and internal Drives
you can afford. RAM is user-installable.. 

blessings
sjh 

[johngriz]

Thanks a lot Stefan !!

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[gorillajin]

no sweat.. 

btw. OWC can up the CPU, so you just need to get the basic CPU and
also later go to 128 GB max..

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/turnkey/MacPro2013/2013\_Xeon\_Processor/Apple\_Mac\_Pro\_2013

thats what i would do..

blessings
sjh