Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/08

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Subject: [Leica] Aperture, Lightroom and Photoshop
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Mon Jan 8 13:28:05 2007
References: <459A6ADB.2030700@telefonica.net> <17564.50825.qm@web52901.mail.yahoo.com> <49239.203.208.65.22.1167776407.squirrel@webmail.ncable.net.au> <004001c72edc$91a15260$b4e3f720$@org> <45A01996.10703@hemenway.com> <661E69E0-3059-4117-B72C-DA9FD7E4040F@mac.com> <45A2682E.4050201@mcclary.net> <45A2B53A.9040703@hemenway.com> <45A2B693.70207@mcclary.net>

It also won't be that long before Adobe updates for Intel.

Buy for the future.

Ric


On Jan 8, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Harrison McClary wrote:

> Jim,
>
> From all I have heard, yes you want one of the FAST Macs to handle  
> Aperture.  I got a new MacPro 3 gigs or RAM, Aperture and FinalCut  
> all at the same time and all I can say is WOW this baby is FAST.   
> The only thing I want to add is a real kicka** video card, the one  
> standard is very good, but I was told when I got the computer to  
> get the upgrade as a lot of Apertures "work" is done on the video  
> card.  As I add more images and work on larger projects I can  
> tell.  Instead of the changes being instant they take about 1/2 a  
> second to show up now.  I got spoiled and want the extra speed. :)   
> Plus I use two monitors so I figure a second card will only speed  
> things up more.
>
> I really like this MacPro...I highly recommend getting one. :
>
>
> Jim Hemenway wrote:
>> Harrison:
>>
>> Is a G5 neccesary, or wor$e yet for me, a newer Intel based Mac?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> Harrison McClary wrote:
>>
>>> Yep...I have not used Lightroom, but I do use Aperture and love  
>>> it.  For me it is one of, maybe the single, best tools to come  
>>> along for digital photography.  I can catalog my work, edit the  
>>> images, out put for most any need...heck I can even design a book  
>>> and order it from the program.  The more I use it the more I like  
>>> it.
>>>
>>> I seldom have to go to photoshop for most of my images...comes  
>>> from all those years shooting chromes, you either get it right or  
>>> you don't. :)  I am not real big on image manipulation...I do  
>>> some and like some of the new features in CS3 like the B&W  
>>> conversions.
>>
>>
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>
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