Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Mac Pro or Macbook Pro with $3500?

thriii said:
im a little confused.. y would the software be the bottleneck ?:confused: and what is that thing!?

just noticed ur sig.. all those Pretty Ls.. let me borrow some :eek:.. and the 5DmkII :p
Click to expand...

You can throw 128GB of RAM and 1000 cores at Photoshop and it will only be able to use a fraction of that. You can throw 128GB of RAM and 1000 cores at Aperture or Lightroom and it won't use all of it. The software itself isn't designed to use those resources to the max.

Drobo is a great backup solution for users with a lot of data. You can hot-swap in hard drives for up to 16GB worth of storage space. It connect to your computer via USB, FW800, or scsi ethernet cable. There is a 4 bay version as well, if the 8 bay version is too much.
 
vaderhater245 said:
with adobe products, isn't there a max of 4GB used due to not being 64bit ready?
Click to expand...

64 bit or 32 bit, there are very few programs that are written to use more than 4GB of RAM. Likewise, most are not written to be multi-core aware; and if they are, most do not distribute tasks effectively.

Programs like Photoshop, Aperture, Lightroom, etc. hog system resources pretty evenly so laptop performance is usually degraded because of the hardware differences between their desktop counterparts. GPU, CPU, RAM, and hard drive speed will almost always be better on a desktop and those programs abuse all of those resources as much as possible.
 
Grimace said:
64 bit or 32 bit, there are very few programs that are written to use more than 4GB of RAM. Likewise, most are not written to be multi-core aware; and if they are, most do not distribute tasks effectively.

Programs like Photoshop, Aperture, Lightroom, etc. hog system resources pretty evenly so laptop performance is usually degraded because of the hardware differences between their desktop counterparts. GPU, CPU, RAM, and hard drive speed will almost always be better on a desktop and those programs abuse all of those resources as much as possible.
Click to expand...

since photoshop is what im concerned about most.. so far i have the
2.66 ghz cpu
4870
3x ??GB of ram (not sure which to get yet)
Intel SSD (boot drive/apps)
Caviar 1TB (music/photos/data)
Caviar 1TB (photoshop scratch disk)
Stock Drive (Win7)

would i have problems with photoshop files? somethin like 6000x6000 at 300dpi for example.. and any suggestions on the ram?
 
thriii said:
since photoshop is what im concerned about most.. so far i have the
2.66 ghz cpu
4870
3x ??GB of ram (not sure which to get yet)
Intel SSD (boot drive/apps)
Caviar 1TB (music/photos/data)
Caviar 1TB (photoshop scratch disk)
Stock Drive (Win7)

would i have problems with photoshop files? somethin like 6000x6000 at 300dpi for example.. and any suggestions on the ram?
Click to expand...

8x2GB of RAM should do you quite nicely. Get 8GB from Apple (4x2GB) and add 4x2GB more from datamem.com
 
Grimace said:
8x2GB of RAM should do you quite nicely. Get 8GB from Apple (4x2GB) and add 4x2GB more from datamem.com
Click to expand...

what about gettin 3 sticks of ram ? some1 in this thread said it would be better to use 3 for some reason

edit: here..

vaderhater245 said:
with 09' Mac Pros you want to install ram in 3s. nehalem runs in triple channel for best results. Your question about hdds is a little confusing. this is my plan for a hard drive setup.

SSD- Boot/Applications Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167016

1TB Black- Data drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

Stock drive- Bootcamp into Win7.
Click to expand...
 
thriii said:
i have a better monitor.. dont want to get an imac.. is there anythin wrong with my setup
Click to expand...

You have a better monitor than the 27" IPS panel the iMac uses? You can always use your present monitor in tandem with the iMac.
 
Jack Flash said:
You have a better monitor than the 27" IPS panel the iMac uses? You can always use your present monitor in tandem with the iMac.
Click to expand...

yea its IPS but its glass.. not as accurate as matte for work that has to be color accurate.. i did think about usin the monitor with mine, but rather go with the mac pro since it would be a better choice for future upgrades
 
And you won't have to deal with a lit of exteral hard drives for scratch and back up disks. Get the pro
 
The Quad Core only has 4 RAM slots and 1 CPU socket, so I'd opt for the 27" iMac or the Octo Core Mac Pro.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back