I am thinking of getting a 27" iMac and want to know if configuring it with 32GB of memory will allow me to edit video comfortably (able to scrub in realtime) on it using Adobe CS6 etc.
I don't use Adobe Premier, but I think it would work fine. I use FCP7 on a 2006 MBP and it runs without a glitch. Yes, it's slow to render, but edits run beautifully. I imagine the new iMac would outperform my system by at least 3 times.
I am thinking of getting a 27" iMac and want to know if configuring it with 32GB of memory will allow me to edit video comfortably (able to scrub in realtime) on it using Adobe CS6 etc.
Ram is very important in Adobe CS6.It's not all about the RAM, and 32GB isn't going to make much of a difference than 8GB.
Ram is very important in Adobe CS6.
RAM is important for every application.
You won't be able to run a computer without RAM.
really??? useless comment.
of course RAM is needed, but maybe not 32gb...
I've done very little editing in my life so I'm not even an amateur at it, but maybe this machine will encourage me to get into it more
It's not all about the RAM, and 32GB isn't going to make much of a difference than 8GB.
If you don't edit much then why spend the money on 32GB RAM?
Not even professionals bother getting all that RAM...
People don't seem to realise how much 32GB RAM is. My iPad has 32GB storage...
Ok. Then what would justify the need for 32gig of ram?
I currently use 8gb of that ram as a ramdisk for photoshop to use as a scratch disk
aperture easily uses 4+ on its own since I've got a photo library of 30,000+ pictures
as cheap as 32GB is, there is no reason NOT to max it out if you'll use it
That's pointless. The scratch disk on Photoshop is only used when you don't have enough RAM to perform a task. You run out of RAM, so Photoshop temporarily uses the allocated disk as RAM, slow but surely. Assigning the scratch disk to the RAM is just going to cause problems for other applications.
That 4GB is probably inactive RAM, not RAM actually being used. It's just being reserved for the application in case it needs it, but if another application needs RAM, Aperture will give up its reserved RAM for that application.
32GB isn't very cheap, especially through Apple. But you're right; if you're going to use it all, there's no reason not to get it...other than the fact that only very few things will need such an amount...
Everything I've read says otherwise. For example:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4147073
I'm no expert on that end of things, but if lots of users are saying that PS uses the scratch disk no matter what you do, then I'll use a ramdisk until I get my external SSD
I got down to 50MB free at one point out of the whole 32GB. As soon as the render was complete, I went back to 24GB free.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-748aa.html
That's most likely inactive RAM.
If you click the 'System Memory' tab on Activity Monitor, you'll see the different types of RAM in the lower left corner. The picture I have attached isn't a good example because there's barely any "Inactive" RAM, but sometimes the "Free" will plummet, but there'll be a high number for "Inactive".
To the right of that, there's also "Page outs", which tells you how much memory from the RAM has had to be transferred to the hard drive because there isn't enough. Mine's at 0, because I have enough RAM to cope with whatever I've done today.
Only if you have some data there do you actually require more RAM.
I suggest you turn your computer off every night if you don't already, this will purge the RAM entirely. If you keep it on, 'memory leaks' will occur. Often I will restart my computer before beginning any large tasks, that way any hidden applications will halt (Like Preview; Mountain Lion will keep Preview in the background for a while if you've used it, but keep it off the dock)
Ram is very important in Adobe CS6.
Yes specially after effects and photoshop.The most important I think is hard disk speed and you need 3 disk to edit properly app disk,scratch disk or render disk and footage disk.Yes 8GB is the minimum for using decently CS6, I raccomend 32gb considering that now the ram is very affordable its gonna make a big difference. Who edit usually keeps opened many programs in the same time so your workflow will benefit of extra ram. I edit with my 2011 IMAC 32gb , FULL HD footage very smoothly, so the new Imac will just do better.
I am thinking of getting a 27" iMac and want to know if configuring it with 32GB of memory will allow me to edit video comfortably (able to scrub in realtime) on it using Adobe CS6 etc.