That should be: "When I bought it my G3 had become an obstacle." I went to the apple store and priced out the system I want: $7000. I guess I'll have to wait a while. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > And isn't there a 3 Ghz 8-core machine now? There's plenty of speed out > there > if you have the bucks to put down. I'll move up to the best machine available > when my G4 dies or becomes an impediment to my photo work. Neither has > happened > yet. I think it must be seven or eight years old. Don't really remember. I > know > that when I bought it my G# had become an obstacle > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Paul, > > > > A MacBook is not as fast as a G5 2.0DP running Photoshop, by a long > > ways. It's a matter of bus performance: I've compared them directly, > > with instrumentation.Neither is a G4 DP 1.25. The MacBook Pro is on > > par with a G5 2GDP: faster bus, better graphics card, but drives are > > slower so you have to be careful. > > > > The Mac Pro towers wup all of them into the dust! My brother had a > > video processing job that his 2.5Ghz DP G5 was going to take 22 hours > > to complete. A friend loaned him a Mac Pro Quad-Core that smacked it > > down to 4.2 hours. Now that's fast. ;-) > > > > Godfrey > > > > > > > > On Jun 25, 2008, at 8:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > But keep in mind that if you're only concerned about how well the > > > machine will run right now, a top of the line G4 will do just fine. > > > My dual 1.25 G4 with a huge scratch disk and 2 gigs of RAM is just > > > as fast runing PSCS 1 as my Macbook 2 Ghz Intel Cord Duo with 1 gig > > > of Ram is running PSCS 3. if you just want to process photos on a > > > Mac platform with currently available operating system and software, > > > the best G4s will serve you well. If you're thinking ahead, you will > > > want an Intel machine. A G5 is kind of caught in the middle: It > > > costs a lot more than a G4, yet, like the G4, it has no future. > > > Paul. > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > From: "Mat Maessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> On 6/25/08, Walter Hamler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> Knowing that several of you use Macs, I am looking for advice. > > >>> I am looking at getting a used/refurbished G4 or G5 to use for > > >>> photography > > >> ONLY. > > >>> I know I want a big external drive for storage backup, but what > > >>> about > > >>> internal main drive ? > > >> > > >> I haven't priced them recently, but a decent dual-processor G5 > > >> machine > > >> was going for as much as a used Intel iMac last time I looked. Like > > >> Godfrey, I would not recommend getting a G4 at this point in time. > > >> > > >> I'm happy with my dual 2.5 Ghz G5 tower, but if I were to do it > > >> again, > > >> I'd take the same money and put it into an Intel Core 2 Duo based > > >> iMac. Performance-wise, it'll beat the G5 in most tasks, except maybe > > >> those requiring serious graphics speed, like video rendering. The > > >> Intel macs are also more future-proof, as rumors that I've heard is > > >> that the OSX 10.6 release will be Intel only. > > >> > > >> Be warned, if you do get a G5 tower, they tend to suck a LOT of > > >> power. > > >> I need to upgrade the UPS I have mine plugged into (APC 700VA unit) > > >> because it doesn't have enough capacity to run the the machine > > >> +monitor > > >> for more than 2 minutes. > > >> > > >> -Mat > > >> > > >> -- > > >> 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. > > > > > > -- > > 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.
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