Another hardware question (was: Re: Apple laptops)
Another hardware question (was: Re: Apple laptops)
- Subject: Another hardware question (was: Re: Apple laptops)
- From: John Lund <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:39:05 -0700
> On Jul 16, 2015, at 12:00 PM, email@hidden wrote:
>
>>> On Jul 15, 2015, at 3:56 AM, Mark Stegman <email@hidden <mailto:email@hidden> <mailto: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.
— Not to highjack this thread - well, I guess I am, but at least I changed the Subject line…
Regarding legacy hardware, I am wondering about users’ experience with the new Mac Pro models - the “eggplant” ones, or whatever people call them now.
I have been a happy camper with my 2010 Mac Pro, upgraded with an SSD boot disk & 32GB RAM. But camera files are getting bigger & bigger! My 645z images, while wonderful, are taxing LightRoom a lot more than anything from my Canons. And my retouching work will soon be on 50mp files from Canon, as well. So it looks like the writing is on the wall, another hardware upgrade is unavoidable.
But I really don’t know much about how the newer Mac Pros are working out for people, so would love to hear some reports. I assume I’ll have to load it with RAM, SSD size, etc. at purchase, as Apple seems to want to discourage cracking the case later. Are Thunderbolt externals an improvement over stuffing multiple big drives inside my desktop machine? Any “gotchas” adapting current peripherals - e.g., I’d like to continue using my NEC PA241W. I guess I’d really like some sense of whether the performance increase will feel like it justifies all the trouble & $$ of the upgrade (yes, I’m checking places like BareFeats.com, but I’m interested in feedback from people working in imaging, specifically).
Thanks in advance for any comments.
John
JWL Images
Emeryville, CA
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