[Leica] Re: Mac for PS

[hlritter at bex.net (Howard L Ritter, Jr)]

I would second this suggestion. I run PS CS2 on a 2GHz MacBook with 2GB of 
RAM and have no problems with speed despite the lack of a MacIntel native 
binary version of PS. But since you have the Windows version of PS, and a 
budget in the range you indicate, my suggestion would be anything from a 
MacBook to a MacBook Pro to an iMac. But run the Windows version of PS under 
Boot Camp, which makes the MacIntel machines into no-holds-barred Windows 
platforms, rather than under Parallels, which adds a layer of virtuality by 
running inside the Mac OS, and considerably slows processor-intensive tasks. 
For example, a complex graphics calculation on my MacBook takes Mathematica 
about twice as long in Windows/Parallels as it does in Windows/Boot Camp. 
Then, when an upgrade of PS to a MacIntel-native form is available next 
year, you can switch to this version if the need arises.

OTOH, accessing an image in the Mac partition from the Windows partition and 
vice-versa, is trivial with Parallels, while (AFAIK) you must offload an 
image file to some out-of-system location and back again in the other system 
if using Boot Camp. Maybe if you have a .Mac (dot-Mac) account, with online 
storage, you could do this smoothly...or if you have an external HD.

--howard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net>
To: <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 8:59 PM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Mac for PS


>
> On Nov 19, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Adam wrote:
>
>> An iMac, esp with
>> the larger screen, might be decent. IF you know you're going to spend
>> the money to upgrade to CS3 and can live with only "reasonable"
>> performance then it might work well for you.
>>
>> Plus - the new Intel systems will run Windows either in a virtual
>> environment or will boot from a windows image using Bootcamp. That
>> would let you run your own version of Photoshop for Windows on the new
>> fast hardware.
>
> I have a 20" Intel iMac and it works OK with PSCS2, probably slower  than 
> with the G5 but on a par with my Powerbook. Unused 20" G4 iMacs  are about 
> $1000 from the Apple Store as "refurbished." These are not  really 
> refurbished but are simply last year's old stock that have not  been sold. 
> But if you can swing it, the new 20 or 24 inch Intel iMacs  at $1500 to 
> $2000 are super machines for digital photography. They  come with a full 
> suite of integrated software that makes creating  slide shows and video 
> presentations particularly easy. Many vendors  will throw in the Parallels 
> software that enables you to run your PC  programs as fast as on a PC.
>
> Larry Z
>
>
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