Thanks for the help, everyone! I think for now I'm going to go 8-core, single 500GB disk, 2GB RAM and take it from there.
Amita On Jan 16, 2008 6:33 PM, Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Amita Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Now that Macworld is over, I can buy my Mac. I'm > > going to get a Mac > > Pro, and I'm trying to figure out the configuration. > > I want to be able > > to run PhotoShop, Lightroom, and a bunch of other > > applications without > > any performance problems. Chances are slim that I > > will delve into > > video editing or anything like that, although I > > suppose anything is > > possible. I checked on DPreview and some people > > recommended the > > following: > > > > Single quad core motherboard > > 6 to 8 Gb RAM > > 3 hard drives - one for apps, one for data & one for > > a scratch disk for PS > > > > My coworkers think this is overkill and say I should > > start with a > > basic machine and add on as necessary. The basic Mac > > Pro is now > > 2 quad core MBS (the single quad core is cheaper) > > with 2GB RAM and a 350GB HD. > > > > What do you guys think? There seems to be some > > debate over whether > > Photoshop can even make use of multiple processors, > > so I'm fine with > > going with the single quad core MB, but I'm not sure > > about the rest. > > > > Thanks, > > Amita > > > > Amita, > > I got one last year and loaded it up with 4 drives and > 5 gigs of RAM. This is the first version with 2X > dual-core Xenon "Woodcrest" 3Ghz chips. I run CS2 and > I am pleased with the performance. I am able to open > 300-500 Meg sized scans with little effort. Processing > is usually pretty quick. > > Your machine will have quad core chips. I would expect > the typical leap in performance with these. Also, if > you're going to run CS3, it may run a tad faster than > CS2. > > -Brendan > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
