On Sep 5, 2013, at 6:48 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2013-09-05 16:03 Larry Colen wrote >> On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 03:50:18PM -0600, steve harley wrote: >>> on 2013-09-05 13:24 Larry Colen wrote >>>> The mac-mini seems to have a couple of major advantages over the iMac or >>>> laptops: >>>> >>>> 1) more ports, and a wider range of ports. USB, firewire, thunderbolt, >>>> video and gigabit ethernet >>> >>> i would consider the ports more of a trade of the Mini's HDMI and >>> FireWire ports for a built-in display and an extra Thunderbolt port >> >> There are also tbolt ports on the display. > > ah, there's also 4 x USB 2, Ethernet & FireWire on the display that i hadn't > thought about, but once you plug the display into the Mini you will have one > free Thunderbolt port total, > > >>> if the CPU is obsolete, just put it in TDM and it will act just like >>> a Thunderbolt display (the CPU can idle or remain booted headless) >> >> How would I do this with my old iMac? It doesn't have a thunderbolt port. > > TDM only works on iMacs 2009 & later (and 2009 & 2010 use DisplayPort instead > of Thunderbolt) > > >>> [disk upgrade info] >> >> Interesting. Kind of moot at the moment. > > yeah, but that info is for others reference as well …
And appreciate it Steve! But I thought the USB ports on the T'bolt 27" were USB3? stan > > >> I thought that Lightroom didn't make use of the GPU. > > that's why i said "when it matters"; Photoshop does use the GPU, and Aperture > (my main photo tool) certainly does, many other graphics, music & video apps > too; a GPU will make a modest difference regardless because the OS uses it > for windowing and some background tasks > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
