on 2012-01-07 20:07 Larry Colen wrote
Interesting post. I've been noticing lately that Lightroom doesn't run as
quickly as I'd like on my three year old iMac, and that a friend's new $600
laptop specs out noticeably higher than the iMac (modulo display).
I've also spent the past several years constantly running up against storage
limitations on the iMac and having to shuffle almost all of my data off onto
USB external drives.
as i've noted before, a Gigabit Ethernet NAS might suit you well, if you can
upgrade your switches, etc.
I'm curious how the cost of this new system breaks down.
Despite my preference for MacOS, a desktop Mac starts out at $BIGNUM dollars
and goes up from there, so I've considered a PC based box.
i'm interested to hear John's numbers, but i'm guessing $700-900; otoh, a
refurb quad-i5 iMac with that gorgeous 27" display is $1420 + tax ($1570 for a
quad-i7); you'll want to spend another $100+ on RAM, but otherwise you'll be
all set; the difference hangs on how you value the display and what price you
put on Win vs. Mac (and your time on the self-build)
<http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/imac/27>
One thing that causes me pause, though it would also apply to a desktop mac, is
the displays. A while back, someone observed that up until HDTV the performance
and resolution of displays were constantly improving. Since HDTV, it's been
damn near impossible to find a display with more than 1920x1080 resolution, at
least for an affordable price.
and that applies to a 27" iMac just how? you might be interested in my
mind-numbing post to follow in this thread ...
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