Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So why is there not some site that will say: "Here is the best computer available for working with Photoshop right now. It has 8 USB 3.0 ports so you can hook up all of your external drives. You can use two calibrated monitors and a tablet. It's fast enough that you can scan and work on panoramas of 15 photos while the routine back-up is happening without slowing to a crawl. We promise that we won't come out with anything that will make this system obsolete for at least one year." If my needs are so simple and standard, why are they so hard to find?!! Tina On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:17 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > You really have quite simple and standard needs I am afraid, all modern > PCs with an SSD will be far faster than your current laptop... > > john > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com