Can't answer all of your questions, but I'd go for an Apple silicon machine nowadays … it's where the future is headed in Apple equipment. I'm planning to upgrade both my Mac mini (2018 3.2Ghz Intel 6-core i7) and my iPad Pro 11" (2017) to latest generation M1/M2 equipped models later this year.
- The M series CPUs utilize RAM differently from the Intel generation systems and are more efficient about it, but for any serious photographic work I'd want either the 16 or 32 Gbyte RAM models anyway. It lends more future-proofing to the setup. - The M2 is a higher performance chip. Better or worse is hard to evaluate because it depends upon the context of measurement. - If you want to do managed color, yes you need a tool to calibrate and profile the display. - battery … yeah a laptop has one. ??? I'd never depend on battery life for doing serious photographic work. - amount of ports and an sd card slot … I haven't looked yet, but look and see that what you're interested has the number of ports and slots you need before buying. - An iMac can be used as an external display, but it depends on year of manufacture, what hardware features your specific iMac has, and what version of macOS it has on it. This will take research, you might want to discuss it with your service provider. - I, personally, want a 27" display for my photographic work. I can work on smaller screens for quick stuff but I want the screen real estate to handle having all the various palettes and controls of Lightroom or other image processing software open and instantly available when I'm doing anything serious. I don't like to use multiple displays simultaneously, I just want one big display. - Your existing keyboard and mouse should work fine. I've had the same Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad through two-three system generations already, no reason a Magic Mouse would be different. Of course, using a mouse, you give up many of the touch-based control capabilities of a trackpad, but that's up to you. I stopped using a mouse more than a decade ago. I ran with a MacBook Pro as one of my personal computers, and another as my work computer for the last five years of my career at Apple. But I never used my personal computer anywhere but on my desk since all of my mobile computing needs were better served with the lighter, smaller iPads starting about 2010. As a result, I sold the last MacBook Pro I owned personally to a friend, and when I upgraded my 2012 Mac mini, I bought a 2018 Mac mini. The performance difference between the two mini systems is astounding … and the performance difference between the 2018 mini and the latest M2 mini is even greater. I could not see the point of buying a laptop since I never carry one anywhere anymore. G > On Mar 6, 2023, at 6:13 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good day all > > It looks like i;ll be getting some goven=rnmetn money soon and am thinking > of upgrading, but keeping, my 2010 iMac 21,5" desktop. It works well enough > but because i cant upgrade the OS to stay current and also can't upgrade > some programs i use and like, like PS and Lightroom, i'm considering > making a move to a macbook pro, either the 13 > " or the 14" M1 or M2 chip > > Just looking for comments good or bad from those that are using said > machine(s) for LR and PS. -Is the screen big enough, 13" or 14" > -is 8gig ram enough > -is M2 better over M1 chip > -screen colour ie do you need a spyder wset up > -battery life > -amount of ports and a sd card slot > -could my imac be used as an extended monitor? > -can i use my keyboard and magic mouse, i don't like track pads > > If i think of anything else i;; add it. > > We have a company not far that sells and services nothing but Macs so i'll > probably deal with them > > Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
