Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >