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