Re: Apple laptops
Re: Apple laptops
- Subject: Re: Apple laptops
- From: Spinnaker Photo Imaging Center <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 18:57:36 -0700
Currently using two MacBook Pro 17 inch non-glare displays, version 8,3. My daughter is using the 4,1 with same display. The 4,1 can only go to 6 GB ram, and I do have 16 GB ram in my two 8,3’s,
I have attached to both 8,3’s displays, 27” NEC Multisync PA 27’s. A 271 on one mac, and a 272 on the other mac.
MacBook Pro display is not valid for serious digital imaging applications.
Guess I demand nothing less the 17 inch displays. I cannot fathom using a 15 inch display. 17 inch display is comfortable
for me.
Retina display or not, I must have a non-glare display. I wonder what others thinks of glare displays.
I also have been thinking about this issue for some time. I don’t care for the alternative! ! !
Cheers, David
> On Jul 15, 2015, at 7:00 AM, edward taffel <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> while i can’t imagine doing color work on a laptop, i equally cringe at the thought of prepress related work on smaller than 17". i bought my 17" to travel w/ product; having to downsize to 15” would be a nuisance.
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> i gather when the retina models were introduced the cost/reliability of a 17” display was prohibitive. in the back my of my mind i daily expect to see announcement of a 17” retina model—perhaps so drastically redesigned as what we saw w/ the mac pro & this was a very dark horse. the apple pro segment is undoubtedly smallest, but i think it safe to say that apple never [totally] abandons its pro users.
>
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>> On Jul 15, 2015, at 3:56 AM, Mark Stegman <email@hidden <mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
>>
>> Apple laptop users,
>>
>> This sort of discussion is a bit of an indulgence but I have been thinking
>> about this for quite a while and the forum is quiet at the moment. It also
>> has a high proportion of serious users and I would like to know what they
>> think about current the range of laptops on offer from Apple.
>>
>> Believe it to not but I still have a working 17" laptop that is 9 years
>> old. It has no battery (replaced twice) and a 'new' hard drive and maximum
>> RAM. Yes, the 'rubber bands' are a little tired, it takes a while to boot
>> up, doesn't support current versions of most applications (not necessarily
>> a bad thing) and won't run any version of OS X past 10.6.8. (which also has
>> its advantages). I can't use it for serious image editing anymore but I can
>> use it for other things. including the use of 'redundant' colour
>> management software.
>>
>> The one thing I really love about this laptop is the screen size. As far as
>> I'm concerned it is at the maximum but also the optimum size for a portable
>> image editing device. Any larger and you may as well go and pack a ghetto
>> blaster on your shoulder for music as you will be driving a truck anyway.
>> It's just too cumbersome. At 17 inches it is still portable without being
>> unmanageable and portability is the prime utility and benefit of a laptop.
>>
>> So I found it sad as well as surprising when it was dropped from the line
>> of laptops on offer some years ago. The rest of my family have 13 and 15
>> inch laptops and for their purposes they're just great as they most;y
>> focussed on social media and all that goes with it. However, for the
>> purposes of professional photoimaging I find they're just too small,
>> especially if you take one on the road and it's the only thing you have to
>> work with. Even the 15" with the retina display falls short in my book. If
>> you add the ever increasing resolution of cameras, even at the prosumer
>> end, as well as the advent of ultra-high definition displays then I think
>> there is a case for a professional standard photoimaging laptop that
>> matches these capabilities and I can't see one in the current range on
>> offer or even on the horizon.
>>
>> In short, I would like Apple to 'resurrect' the 17" laptop with a monitor
>> that matches the resolution of FHD, or even UHD resolutions, and
>> specifications that complement it so that photographers and other imaging
>> professionals have a portable device that matches their needs and
>> aspirations.
>>
>> All those in favour say "Aye".
>>
>> Anyone with something to offer on 'complementary' specifications, please
>> contribute.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mark Stegman
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