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Subject: [Leica] Tina, time to go Mac!
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:44:11 +0000
References: <CAG8EVmw9JddghwADY0K-8cdhSOS+AvPaSw2LdJoWg9aptvngoA@mail.gmail.com> <CA+yJO1DvG9Y+JUFCvmE_891RoCWQtfBoX_S0tWQ3iBjyd2mmRw@mail.gmail.com> <E44426DC-73DE-4AFD-B19C-0BA1D32F487F@mac.com> <CA+yJO1Byb_0hQysR_bH39sOzGyuh3ntwiiA64DL5MXGM4uxHMw@mail.gmail.com>

IMO, and with current knowledge, the new Mac Pro is like a very (very) 
powerful laptop.... Current Mac Pro and PCs can fit multiple hard drives 
inside, this machine will need a trail of external disks to allow separate 
scratch, catalog and data disks.....

What was wrong with the offerings from 
http://www.maingear.com/custom/desktops/quantumshift/index.php ?

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> The reason I'm tempted by the new MacPro is that the work is already done.
>  It is a package specifically designed for photographers (or videographers)
> with speed and photo processing of prime importance.  If there were a PC
> already put together with the same attention to photographic needs, I would
> go with that.  There are just too many confusing choices to make any one of
> which could hamper performance if I made the wrong choice.  Even the
> experts can't agree!  I just want something that works when I turn it on 
> and
> doesn't have to be upgraded every 6 months.  Right now, I'm waiting to see
> what's coming up in the near future on both platforms.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Tina
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 7:03 PM, George Lottermoser
> <imagist3 at mac.com>wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Jun 10, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> >
> > > Can't do it!!  All of my software is PC based - Photoshop, LR,
> > > Vuescan, printers, Breezebrowser, etc,
> > >
> > > I have to admit that is one beautiful machine, though.
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Leo Wesson <leowesson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/
> >
> > MACs have been running Windows software for well over a decade -
> > without problems.
> > And this "feature" has only improved steadily along with the power of
> > the machines; and the homogenizing of the individual SW programs
> > running.
> >
> > The current MACs are essentially UNIX machines.
> >
> > Regards,
> > George Lottermoser
> > george at imagist.com
> > http://www.imagist.com
> > http://www.imagist.com/blog
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> > 


Replies: Reply from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Tina, time to go Mac!)
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Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Tina, time to go Mac!)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Tina, time to go Mac!)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Tina, time to go Mac!)