Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to the many who have sent helpful replies. Just to clarify: my current Mac is a Powerbook G4 laptop with 1.25 GB of memory (and no, I did not waste money by buying the additional memory from Apple...). It runs PS and Lightroom just fine, but of course when investing in a desktop, I will want more headroom. I have checked the Apple site, and the iMac is indeed shown as supporting only up to 4 GB. The brochure I was looking at was not from Apple but from Digital Depot, a store in the UK. They do say the top iMac can support up to 16 GB, but I think Apple is a more authoritative source on this ;-) Given that, I will not get the iMac. It would be fine today but I want the ability to go beyond 4 GB, so it will a Mac Pro for me--when I can justify the outlay. Thanks again to everyone. Nathan On 12-mrt-2008, at 8:05, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Since a lot of you out there are Mac folk, I thought I'd ask your > opinion on this. I am tempted to get one of the Mac desktops. I > always thought that I needed one of the Mac Pro models due to their > horsepower and memory expansion possibilities, but now I see an > iMac 2.8 Ghz 24" for a very reasonable price, several hundred Euros > less than a Mac Pro. Memory expandable to 16 GB, 500 GB hard disk, > 8x Superdrive etc. > > What do I really give up if I go for the iMac compared to a Mac Pro? > > TIA, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > Book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/128276 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog Book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/128276