Roger

I dunno man, last time I listened to the cool kids I got into trouble...

Just do what you can, we appreciate your hard work. Hopefully things slow down a bit for you.

Neat.

PM me your details and I'll see if I can't get it out to you by end of the week. I need to do a quick test with it to make sure it's working.

I always wondered who the heck they were trying to sell a $20k workstation to. SGI might have been able to get away with that back in the day, but I think those days are long gone.

I just checked used prices on Mac Studios with 64gb, Looks like they are running $2200-$2500. I'm liking that price a lot more Any ideas when the new Mac Pros are supposed to be coming around?

I've got a spare quad core i7 with I think 8GB if you're interested.

I think what bugs me most about the M2 Mac Minis is they didn't make the base RAM at least 32GB. Or if they were gonna go with 16 as the base, then 32 should have been a $200 bump at most. I'd be curious to know how an M2 Mac Mini or a base model Studio would compare to say, a 16 core Ryzen box with a similar amount of RAM and a decent GPU. A 16 core Ryzen box with 64GB RAM, 3060ti and 1TB SSD is comparable in cost to a base Studio or fully maxed out Mini.

This is interesting, I have an older Mac Mini that I picked up for helping me in my day job. Thought about getting an M2 Mac Mini but every time I spec one out I get sticker shock.

Congrats Dan and Steve! I liked that Dan managed to squeeze a story into the constraints of the contest, good job! Steve, I like your old man character, will we ever see more of him?

So if all it can do is make copies of stuff, how do we know there's not already one running Disney?

It's always nice to see someone complete a long-term project. I liked the story. I guess that's why they call them hooters, huh?

You might be able to use AM to make a 3D model that could be used in the etching process, but it sounds like you'd either need a CNC machine or maybe one of those laser engravers to carry out the etching process, I think it would be way too difficult to try and do something like that by hand.

Very nice work, Michael. How long did it take you to model him? Is he rigged as well?

Sounds good, no rush. I just wanted to alert you to a potential problem, that could affect new users in addition to existing ones.