Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just to confirm what lluis has said, I have a Mac Mini and I love it. I have no speed issues at all. Gerry > On 8 Oct 2015, at 22:33, lluisripollphotography <lluisripollphotography at > gmail.com> wrote: > > Tarek, > > Thank you very much for your advice! I think that the current Mac Mini 2.8 > GHz with Fusion Drive SSD 256GB HD 2TB Ram 16 GB it really works fast, our > friend Gerry Walden has one Mini too and he said me he is happy with it, > the Mac Pro is very expensive? I work with Capture One 8Pro and LR5, a > friend in Barcelona has said me the same as you, Aperture is the best, but > it is discontinued and actually it not run with the OS Capitan. > > I use a Dell for scanning, it is useful have two separate computers for > this. > > I don?t know, anywhere I will not do immediately the purchasing. > > Ici ? on continue? on se bat ? > > All the best from Barcelona! > > Amiti?s > Lluis > > > > El 08/10/2015, a les 23.05, Tarek Charara <tcharara at mac.com> va > escriure: > >> Lluis, >> >> Don?t buy the Mac Mini for image processing, it will be slow, probably >> slower than your iMac. I have 3 Mac Minis, one is a headless server >> (2014) that works fine and is fast for delivering files and handling some >> server software. One is on standby and one is my scanning machine. It >> scans just fine, but processes images very slowly? >> For image processing I have a 2010 MacPro with 32GB RAM, an upgraded >> Graphic card, an SSD 1TB drive for system and software and a 12TB >> internal RAID (5) disk array. It works very well? If I have to change >> machines, I would buy an older 2013 MacPro? and upgrade that. Or maybe a >> new MacPro, but right I don?t know where Apple is going. For the time >> being I?m staying with Yosemite - I still work and like working with >> Aperture? Although I have Lightroom and Capyure One, Aperture is still >> better IMHO? >> >> J?esp?re que tout va bien en Catalunya sud? >> >> Amii?s, >> >> >> All the best from Paris! >> >> Tarek >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Tarek Charara >> <http://www.tarekcharara.com> >> >> NO ARCHIVE >> >> >> >> >>> Le 8 oct. 2015 ? 22:39, lluisripollphotography <lluisripollphotography >>> at gmail.com> a ?crit : >>> >>> Nathan, >>> >>> I remember we have bought the iMac at the same time, so we have the >>> same, yours was 20? and mine is 24? but processor etc are the same. My >>> HD crashed two or three years ago and I?ve replaced it by one of 1 TB, >>> the RAM is at the maximum, this model can not be upgraded, it still >>> admit arrive to 6 GB but the improvement will be so slow. I look to >>> change mine as soon as I can because it works slow with Capture One 8. >>> >>> Ask other Technical Services, like: >>> >>> http://www.macnificos.com >>> >>> http://www.microgestio.com >>> >>> At this moment what I want buy is a Mac mini with a good Monitor for >>> photography >>> >>> Un abrazo >>> Lluis >>> >>> >>> El 08/10/2015, a les 18.42, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >>> va escriure: >>> >>>> No, I was genuinely interested why there seems to be an OS upgrade every >>>> few months that causes all sorts of problems every time. Seems to negate >>>> the advantages of sticking to a highly fenced and proprietary system. >>>> Anyway, a Mac is a non starter for me because I play a lot of >>>> RPGs....:-) >>>> >>>> Incidentally, the OS that gives me the maximum number of headaches >>>> today is >>>> IOS 9 on my Ipad Mini 128GB - they are bringing out an update a week (we >>>> are already on 9.02), but programs like Gmail still freeze for no rhyme >>>> or >>>> reason a few times a day. If it were not so convenient, I would junk >>>> it. As >>>> it is, being lazy, I am locked in and stuck with it for the time being! >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at >>>> fastmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oh just STOP it, Jayanand. Aren?t we over this OS wars stuff? If it?s a >>>>> hardware failure, and it sounds like it is to me, then any machine is >>>>> likely to have something happen to it - especially after 7 years. >>>>> >>>>> Sheesh. >>>>> >>>>> All seriousness aside, might take a look through the console logs and >>>>> see >>>>> if there are any telltale errors being reported during boot. Resetting >>>>> the >>>>> power controller for your machine might make sense as well - I?d have >>>>> to >>>>> look up the technique that?s relevant to the machine in question, >>>>> however. >>>>> >>>>> And it might be a RAM failure issue as well if something is mucking up >>>>> the >>>>> boot process. The Apple Store guys should have poked around at that >>>>> but bad >>>>> RAM can be tricky to find if its intermittent. >>>>> >>>>> Adam >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 8, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at >>>>>> gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I thought the whole idea of using a MAC with all the proprietary >>>>>> restrictions was to avoid this sort of nonsense. Never happens to me >>>>>> on >>>>>> Windows nowadays..... >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Jayanand >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information