leica@fuse.net Posted February 17, 2009 Share #321 Posted February 17, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) MAC = iMac 20" aluminum, OSX 10.5.6, aperture 2.0, PS4E MAC = MacBook Pro 2.4 unibody, same as above Windoze = NEVER!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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4season Posted February 17, 2009 Share #322 Posted February 17, 2009 The computer that I do my actual photo work on is a 2.4 ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 24" Apple iMac with 4 gigabytes of RAM and a 1 TB internal hard drive. I use a Pantone Huey Pro for calibration but might like to try a Color Munkie at some point. I also have a 17" HP Pavilion DV9650US with 1.5ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 4 gb of RAM, 2x 160 gb hard drives and Windows Vista, also calibrated with the Pantone Huey. The screen is fine for most casual use, but calibrated or not, the colors don't look quite true to me. Kind of surprised no one seems to be using the ThinkPad W700 "notebook" or HP Dreamcolor monitor. Briefly hooked up the later to my G5 and subjectively, it looked terrific--by comparison, my Cinema Display looked too cool and blue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabelle Lenatio Posted February 17, 2009 Share #323 Posted February 17, 2009 All Mac's, all with either Bootcamp or VMware fusioned Windows, all spec'ed to max Adobe Creative Suite CS4 Adobe Lightroom Apple Aperture Nik Suite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
felipe-m Posted February 17, 2009 Share #324 Posted February 17, 2009 - Powerbook G4, last generation at home. - MacBook Pro, maxed-out last all-silver generation at work. Switched from Windows about 4 years ago, was much easier than I expected and have not looked back... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryharwood Posted February 18, 2009 Share #325 Posted February 18, 2009 Mac G4, 750Mb ram, OSx.3.9. plus G4 Imac 1.24 Ghz 750Mb ram, Os x 10.4.11, best combo for Graphics etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpattison Posted February 18, 2009 Share #326 Posted February 18, 2009 Mac Pro Lightroom never owned a pc and never will John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted February 18, 2009 Share #327 Posted February 18, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I already voted, but whereas I used to use a PowerMac dual 2.5GHz w/ 3.5GB RAM, I then moved to a MacBook Air w/ 2GB RAM, and am now settling down with a MacBook Pro 15" w/ 4GB RAM, and a 7200rpm 320GB drive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thylacine Posted February 19, 2009 Share #328 Posted February 19, 2009 MacBook 2 GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, 232.89 GB HDD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PwoS Posted February 27, 2009 Share #329 Posted February 27, 2009 PC, Intel Pentium III Processor (Coppermine) @ 666 Mhz, 256 MB RAM, 280 GB HDD, NEC MultiSync LCD 1525X, ColourVision Spider 2 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3, Adobe Photoshop 6.0 In other words, pretty much the equivalent of my 40 years old camera gear. Believe it or not, for me this setup works. (Both, camera and computer equipment). But it surely helps to stay cool, calm and collected. Haste makes waste. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthman_1 Posted March 1, 2009 Share #330 Posted March 1, 2009 Mac Pro - 2X 2.66 ghz with 8gb RAM. 2 WD 150gb Raptors, 2 1tb Seagate Barracuda, 1 30inch ACD, 1 24inch Dell. MacBook Air - 128gb Solid State. Lightroom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeuszen Posted May 9, 2009 Share #331 Posted May 9, 2009 iMac 2.33, 4GB RAM, 20" iBook G4 1.33, 1.5GB RAM, 12" G5 Dual 2.5, 4GB RAM, ACD 23" MacBookPro, 2.8, 4GB RAM, 15" eMac 1.42, 2GB RAM, 17" iMac G3, 1GB RAM, 15" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobbslane Posted May 9, 2009 Share #332 Posted May 9, 2009 Probably before many of you were out of nappies (USA: read diapers) I was using the original Apple computer having upgraded form Commodore PC's all of which I introduced into the Engineering dept I worked in at the time. It was 32kb (yes 'k' not 'M' or 'G') and was programmed by the user to do what he wanted. There was no such thing as a spreadsheet or 'Word' and everything was basic - with a capital B. Using what to us now would seem like an astonishingly limited thing taught the operator an awful lot about good programming, efficient use of memory and back-ups. (At the time the computer Dept of Durham University was still using punch cards.....I can hear the groans from some of you as I type:p) I used a Mac later on when the internet hit the UK and only Demon supplied a Mac based connection as BT did not. That was limited too but ran Photoshop (just - you needed more memory than the slots would take) and you had to wait typically 30s for one filter to strut its stuff on one image. It was also the most unstable machine known to man and my memory of those frustrating crashes lives on. Upgrades came as fast as could be afforded but my preference turned to PC's. In a past life my Company had sold electronic components to IBM (you might recall they pretty much invented the PC) and I was familiar with their manufacturing test procedures which were pretty impressive in their day. The USA lead the design and the Brits were best in class builders at the time. The Japanese had just recognised the threat and began belatedly to build them with only Sony being taken seriously. Now, I still use PC based tools today. They have served me well. I have a Sony laptop which is now 4 years old - bought because the screen was best in class and memory etc can be upgraded. I have a Dell pc for home use and for my wife and also a Lenovo (IBM) pc stuffed with memory for speed, linked to a very high grade 21" screen for my pro photo work. More important than the brand is the configuration in my book. Are your discs trained to auto back-up? Do you have seperate back-ups (physical and virtual)? Does it have sufficient capacity to keep it away from the edge when running highly inefficient programmes such as Photoshop et al? And have you spent all your lolly on the pc/mac and now cannot afford the much more important devices for output such as screen and printer? These make the difference, not the computer itself I would suggest. When my clients see my work they don't go ooh aaaah a Mac!! They are impressed with the photography - especially when its crisp, sharp and colour (calibrated colour) is spot on as seen on a calibrated high grade screen. So to get back to the question: I use a pc:eek: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
T00m Posted May 9, 2009 Share #333 Posted May 9, 2009 iMac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
whorg Posted May 9, 2009 Share #334 Posted May 9, 2009 Mac's are way better than PC's on any given day. Except for maybe Handheld PC's running Windows CE for writing documents I built a hot-rod PC for a fraction of my big Mac total expenditure. Macs are designed from the ground up to be highly integrated from a hardware/software standpoint - this is a great thing. PC's and Windows always had a bad rap, mainly because of crap 3rd party drivers, and their inherent vulnerabilities based on the OS. I've never had one issue with Vista in two years, not a freeze, crash or anything. I have never used anti virus software or firewall software on any of my PC's since the beginning (1985) . . . but rather a hardware firewall. If you go the dark corners of the Web, and advertise your email address(es) to the world - you ask for trouble. My Macs are beautiful machines with a superb, intuitave OS . . . but my PC honestly smokes them and does not look back. Having worked with computers for over 30 years . . . I can honestly tell you that the highest majority of PC problems are PEBKAC errors. (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair) - plain and simple. jk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
picturelady Posted May 9, 2009 Share #335 Posted May 9, 2009 PC...because that is what I have, not because it is better... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Posted May 9, 2009 Share #336 Posted May 9, 2009 Desktop - Intel pentium 3Ghz - 2Gb Ram Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtravis Posted May 9, 2009 Share #337 Posted May 9, 2009 iMac, 2.8Ghz Intel Core Duo, 4GB RAM. Adobe Photoshop (Creative Suite 4) Camera One iPhoto Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkey Posted May 9, 2009 Share #338 Posted May 9, 2009 iMac and MacBook Pro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted May 9, 2009 Share #339 Posted May 9, 2009 2 iMacs and 1 MacBook. When I need to run :eek:Windows:eek:, I can run that in a Parallels session. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffWright Posted May 10, 2009 Share #340 Posted May 10, 2009 Mac Pro 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 8GB RAM, 4 x 1 TB WD Black drives internal, EyeOne 2, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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