Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11

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Subject: [Leica] Tina, time to go Mac!
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:14:54 -0400
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When you click on Customize Yours Now there are way too many choices!  If I
add everything I think I need, the price gets to be astronomical very
quickly.  Nowhere does it say how many USB ports there are or any other
kinds of ports.  I'm just afraid I will customize a very expensive machine
that is useless for the way I work!

Tina


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:44 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> IMO, and with current knowledge, the new Mac Pro is like a very (very)
> powerful laptop.... Current Mac Pro and PCs can fit multiple hard drives
> inside, this machine will need a trail of external disks to allow separate
> scratch, catalog and data disks.....
>
> What was wrong with the offerings from
> http://www.maingear.com/custom/desktops/quantumshift/index.php ?
>
> john
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > The reason I'm tempted by the new MacPro is that the work is already
> done.
> >  It is a package specifically designed for photographers (or
> videographers)
> > with speed and photo processing of prime importance.  If there were a PC
> > already put together with the same attention to photographic needs, I
> would
> > go with that.  There are just too many confusing choices to make any one
> of
> > which could hamper performance if I made the wrong choice.  Even the
> > experts can't agree!  I just want something that works when I turn it on
> and
> > doesn't have to be upgraded every 6 months.  Right now, I'm waiting to
> see
> > what's coming up in the near future on both platforms.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:03 PM, George Lottermoser
> > <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> > >
> > > > Can't do it!!  All of my software is PC based - Photoshop, LR,
> > > > Vuescan, printers, Breezebrowser, etc,
> > > >
> > > > I have to admit that is one beautiful machine, though.
> > > >
> > > > Tina
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/
> > >
> > > MACs have been running Windows software for well over a decade -
> > > without problems.
> > > And this "feature" has only improved steadily along with the power of
> > > the machines; and the homogenizing of the individual SW programs
> > > running.
> > >
> > > The current MACs are essentially UNIX machines.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > George Lottermoser
> > > george at imagist.com
> > > http://www.imagist.com
> > > http://www.imagist.com/blog
> > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> > >
>
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-- 
Tina Manley
http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com


Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Tina, time to go Mac!)
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