[Leica] Image Editing System

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

Thanks, Geoff.  Yes, I have a 24' ColorEdge Eizo and will be adding another
smaller monitor.  And I back up with Acronis on two different hard drives.
 I just need to make my main processor faster!

Tina


On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Stay on track guys ;-) With respect for many people with
> qualifications/experience/preferences in all sorts of computing fields;
> sure you can perform those photo tasks with many machines. Nevertheless,
> Tina's needs are quite specific, different and much more than a general
> purpose or gaming or average enthusiast photographer's computer setup.
> Better than the spec of my current machine too for that matter but that is
> simply competing priorities for discretionary income ;-). Notice that
> professional image editing monitors are not included nor back up systems.
> Each vital but Tina has those in place already I think.
>
>
>
> *Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 9 June 2013 16:32, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > I have an iMac dedicated to being a music server. Its 27" screen is
> > visible anywhere in the room, and compared to high end hifi it is not
> > expensive. I do display some of my pictures on it for family and friends
> > but haven't used it for my normal photo stuff.
> > I would imagine it would be pretty good.
> > FD
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >________________________________
> > > From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> > >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > >Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2013, 7:04
> > >Subject: Re: [Leica] Image Editing System
> > >
> > >
> > >I'm just fresh from seeing an excellent documentary about Julian Assange
> > at
> > >Lincoln Center and the Wikileaks thing.
> > >We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks - In theaters now
> > >A visually stunning film and I was at the edge of my seat for two hours
> > and
> > >I'd not slept in 48 so that's saying something.
> > >
> > >I was entranced by the footage of Julian Assange going from place to
> place
> > >with as much luggage as he seemed to be able to carry on trains  and
> there
> > >was always a fresh supply of very cool new luggage for every trip and
> lots
> > >of it. More than most guys carry.
> > >Later in the flick I figured out why so much luggage.
> > >He did not use a MacBook Pro (no air then). He used an Apple - iMac.
> > >
> > >Turns out in our contract with being a human on planet earth circa early
> > >second millennium we're allowed to use one.
> > >Its a  move I almost made but didn't.  I was told to do that. And it
> > turned
> > >out ive spent less time in motels or hotels in the past years than I
> > thought
> > >I would. Making the laptop lifestyle the obvious choice. Other than
> using
> > a
> > >laptop is a kind of expected default.
> > >
> > >Yet the Imax lets you pack a real computer with you and is still
> portable.
> > >Maybe its the way to go. The entire computer is packed into the rather
> > large
> > >monitor. And you have a separate keyboard. And mouse..
> > >I may have been far far better of doing that. I'd be a frigging
> > millionaire
> > >by now. But I consider myself to have done that in an alternate
> universe.
> > >
> > >http://www.apple.com/imac/
> > >
> > >A laptop you can do stuff in a Starbucks or a staricase but an iMac you
> > seem
> > >to need a motel room to set up in.  or at home. which is kind of ok with
> > me.
> > >
> > >
> > >On 6/9/13 1:33 AM, "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> 
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> So is mine! I understand a new Mac Pro is due this summer, which I may
> > buy if
> > >> only to reduce power useage and memory price but maybe not.
> > >> I wait with interest.
> > >> If I am unimpressed by that I am not sure what to do long term,
> > probably just
> > >> stick to what I have. Apple seems to mainly be a phone company
> nowadays
> > but I
> > >> haven't switched on my PC since I retired just over 3 years ago and
> > didn't
> > >> need it for some of my work.
> > >> I hope Apple doesn't abandon the tower computer, but they must be
> > tempted if
> > >> only in it for the money, given the production volumes involved.
> > >> FD
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> They have not done one of those for many years, my 4 year old one is
> a
> > dual
> > >>> 4-core and still going strong ;-)
> > >>>
> > >>> john
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Mark William Rabiner
> > >Photography
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> > >
> > >
> > >
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