Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/27

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Subject: [Leica] Aperture on its way
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sun Nov 27 15:16:36 2005
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I just assumed that they had to have a portable solution and so they
chose late-model PowerBooks.

ab

On 11/27/05, Matt Powell <wooderson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/27/05, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't agree with you, Matt. There are several differences between
> > the G5 class desk-top machines and the G4's they replace - the largest
> > being in memory and memory-graphics bandwidth.
>
> I agree - I bought a dual G5 machine at the beginning of the summer
> and loaded it up with 4GB of RAM from Crucial. It's a vast improvement
> in running PS and my huge iTunes library and a browser vs. my old
> G4/933.
>
> But if Apple says Aperture will run on a G4 PB, the only impediment to
> it running (even better) on a dual G4 desktop would be a Core
> Graphics-compatible video card (which is an easy aftermarket upgrade).
> Even the dinky video card in my 12" iBook will run Core Graphics.
>
> But rather than saying that up front, they just claim 'no G4s allowed'
> and make consumers believe they absolutely need a new desktop to run
> Aperture.
>
> --
> MP
> wooderson@gmail.com
>
>
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Message from wooderson at gmail.com (Matt Powell) ([Leica] Aperture on its way)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Aperture on its way)
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