[Leica] Image Editing System

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Stay on track guys ;-) With respect for many people with
qualifications/experience/preferences in all sorts of computing fields;
sure you can perform those photo tasks with many machines. Nevertheless,
Tina's needs are quite specific, different and much more than a general
purpose or gaming or average enthusiast photographer's computer setup.
Better than the spec of my current machine too for that matter but that is
simply competing priorities for discretionary income ;-). Notice that
professional image editing monitors are not included nor back up systems.
Each vital but Tina has those in place already I think.



*Breathe in, breathe out, move on* -- Jimmy Buffett

Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 9 June 2013 16:32, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:

> I have an iMac dedicated to being a music server. Its 27" screen is
> visible anywhere in the room, and compared to high end hifi it is not
> expensive. I do display some of my pictures on it for family and friends
> but haven't used it for my normal photo stuff.
> I would imagine it would be pretty good.
> FD
>
>
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, 9 June 2013, 7:04
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Image Editing System
> >
> >
> >I'm just fresh from seeing an excellent documentary about Julian Assange
> at
> >Lincoln Center and the Wikileaks thing.
> >We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks - In theaters now
> >A visually stunning film and I was at the edge of my seat for two hours
> and
> >I'd not slept in 48 so that's saying something.
> >
> >I was entranced by the footage of Julian Assange going from place to place
> >with as much luggage as he seemed to be able to carry on trains  and there
> >was always a fresh supply of very cool new luggage for every trip and lots
> >of it. More than most guys carry.
> >Later in the flick I figured out why so much luggage.
> >He did not use a MacBook Pro (no air then). He used an Apple - iMac.
> >
> >Turns out in our contract with being a human on planet earth circa early
> >second millennium we're allowed to use one.
> >Its a  move I almost made but didn't.  I was told to do that. And it
> turned
> >out ive spent less time in motels or hotels in the past years than I
> thought
> >I would. Making the laptop lifestyle the obvious choice. Other than using
> a
> >laptop is a kind of expected default.
> >
> >Yet the Imax lets you pack a real computer with you and is still portable.
> >Maybe its the way to go. The entire computer is packed into the rather
> large
> >monitor. And you have a separate keyboard. And mouse..
> >I may have been far far better of doing that. I'd be a frigging
> millionaire
> >by now. But I consider myself to have done that in an alternate universe.
> >
> >http://www.apple.com/imac/
> >
> >A laptop you can do stuff in a Starbucks or a staricase but an iMac you
> seem
> >to need a motel room to set up in.  or at home. which is kind of ok with
> me.
> >
> >
> >On 6/9/13 1:33 AM, "Frank Dernie" <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> >> So is mine! I understand a new Mac Pro is due this summer, which I may
> buy if
> >> only to reduce power useage and memory price but maybe not.
> >> I wait with interest.
> >> If I am unimpressed by that I am not sure what to do long term,
> probably just
> >> stick to what I have. Apple seems to mainly be a phone company nowadays
> but I
> >> haven't switched on my PC since I retired just over 3 years ago and
> didn't
> >> need it for some of my work.
> >> I hope Apple doesn't abandon the tower computer, but they must be
> tempted if
> >> only in it for the money, given the production volumes involved.
> >> FD
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> They have not done one of those for many years, my 4 year old one is a
> dual
> >>> 4-core and still going strong ;-)
> >>>
> >>> john
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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