Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You really have quite simple and standard needs I am afraid, all modern PCs with an SSD will be far faster than your current laptop... john > -----Original Message----- > > 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 > > > >