I will be getting two of the base model, will report back here... cant wait to use them
I will be getting two of the base model, will report back here... cant wait to use them
Samsung PCIE SSD http://www.thunderbolt4mac.com/Apple.../index.asp?C=1
cant wait for the superfast OS boot drive!!!!
I recently replaced my 2007-era Mac Pro with an iMac. The new computer is a 16GB model coupled with an external LaCie Thunderbolt drive. The iBench benchmark says the iMac is three times as fast as my old Mac Pro, and it certainly seems adequate for Photoshop work. I'm happy with it. Just FYI.
Mike Lewis
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The new one is really a specialist workstation designed for HD video and 3D visualization and CGI. While it would be a great photoshop machine, it would be a terrible value. Thousands of dollars of its price are sunk in the dual professional video cards, which have no impact on 99% of the kinds of image processing done by photographers. It can be ordered with many more cores than an imac, but Photoshop makes poor use of more than 6 cores. Many of Photoshop's functions aren't threaded at all, and so only use a single core. These functions will actually run a bit faster on a top of the line imac.
The real killer for me is that there's no internal storage expansion. This means an external thunderbolt raid enclosure, or something similar, becomes mandatory. So add $1000 to $3000 to the price of the system. This isn't a big deal for video guys who have always worked like this. But for a lot of photographers, the 4 internal drive bays in the old mac pro hit a sweet spot (5 or 6 internal drives are possible, if you're willing to monkey around a bit.)
At any rate, I'm as disappointed as the video pros are probably thrilled. It's just not for me.
The imac does perform well, but I don't like it as a photo workstation. I don't want to pay a premium for a built-in monitor that's inferior to my graphics monitor. I don't want to be forced to use external storage for everything. I don't want a machine that's hard to open up and work on. When I outgrow my 2008 mac pro, I'll probably replace it with a 2011 one.
"This method was based off of HardwareHeaven.com's popular Photoshop Benchmark V3 benchmark, but adapted to specifically target GPU accelerated effects."Originally Posted by Preston
I suggest looking closely at those specific effects, to see if they have any relevance at all to the way you work. I keep GPU accerleration turned on, because it smooths the on-screen rendering of certain uses of the brush tool. Other than that, I'd never even notice it.
We talking about the iMac late 2012 here, or something newer?
Wouldn't Apple give their software engineers the latest and greatest !
Let's see what Jim says !
I know just enough to be dangerous !
i'm using the one just released at home (the one on the right http://www.apple.com/imac/specs/ )
It is a fun company to work for!
some interesting comparison numbers here.. the iMac doesn't do all that bad in comparison...
http://www.macworld.com/article/2082...ly.html?page=2
I am impressed by the iMac. Another opinion from the same site: http://www.macworld.com/article/2082..._mod?=obinsite
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