My hard drives are on a Thunderbolt system. A Promise Technology Pegasus R4
array with four 1T drives in it. Smoking fast. Can't see how Thunderbolt 2
could be faster.
--Bob Whitmire
Registered Neanderthal
On Jun 11, 2013, at 1:36 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> Watch this:
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57588662-37/the-mac-that-thunderbolt-built-the-newly-compact-mac-pro/
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:28 PM, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I can't find a point about how it is better for photographers, I just found
>> messages saying Mac is easier to use and no virus. The so called photo
>> purpose built Mac seems too expensive for most photographers except the
>> pro.
>> If you mean Mac is "clearly better for pro-photographers" then I will agree
>> with you, since I always hear people saying pro photographers use Mac. I'm
>> not a pro so I use PC :-)
>>
>> C.H.Ling
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "SwissPace" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>> Without getting into the MAC/PC dispute again Maybe I should have
>>> quantified that, for non technically minded photographers or those who
>>> just want to get on with photography then the mac is clearly a better
>>> choice. The main advantage to them is ease of use, My group wastes hours
>>> supporting our office users with their PC issues and they are usually
>>> silly issues, you don't get so many of those with mac users. I was not
>>> very impressed with the last two releases of osx, lion and mountain lion
>>> just didn't work for me and I didn't like the direction but now apple
>>> listened and they have announced a machine and an upgrade to the os
>>> targetted mainly at pro video users but with the side benefit of
>>> improving it for photographers. The improvement to multiple displays
>>> being for me of main interest
>>>
>>> Now if you are happy to dismantle your pc and swap cards cpu's,
>>> motherboards and add disks etc and generally like tinkering then you
>>> have the knowledge and the want to tinker a PC is fine (for me I have
>>> enough of the damn things during the day) but if you want to just buy a
>>> box plug it in and have the best performance for minimum fuss as most
>>> professional photographers do and then be able to order from a shop a
>>> new harddrive and simply plug it in and get the speed then thunderbolt
>>> trounces sata esata etc..
>>>
>>> I know its not for everyone but IF a photographer just starting out came
>>> and asked what machine should they buy, then be honest and neutral
>>> wouldn't you recommend to them a mac especially if they could wait until
>>> the fall when there will be a purpose built machine and os available,
>>> but even now there is no anti virus to worry about, there are some
>>> fantastic pro apps in aperture and final cut and even Logic Pro to
>>> handle their video and photographic needs as well as access to the adobe
>>> suite of tools, its easy to migrate to different hardware when necessary
>>> (yes you can clone a pc drive but its not as easy), the backups and more
>>> important recovery is very easy with no extra software required.
>>>
>>> I will say that its not the best for some BUT for Tina who admits to
>>> being non technical and wanting a machine with warranty etc.. then I
>>> honestly think that for her it would be worth moving to a mac, and even
>>> better if she could wait for the new mac pro and os maverick.
>>>
>>> BTW most of the PC slow downs we have been having at work have been due
>>> to anti virus programs the (other were attributed to some switches that
>>> kept soft rebooting)
>>>
>>> IanW
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/06/2013 08:47, C.H.Ling wrote:
>>>> Sorry Ian, I just want to know how the mac is "clearly better for
>>>> photographers". I must have missed something, if so, I will consider to
>>>> switch even I have just upgraded my PC.
>>>>
>>>> C.H.Ling
>>
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