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What computer do you use for editing?

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iSax1234

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I'm pretty sure this is well deserved in this section of the forum....... anyways....

What computer and software(s) do you edit your photographs on, tell us specs, and any comments on your computer whether be positive or negative, and what your editing.

This should be interesting:D

Post your photos as well if you wish!
 
20" iMac with Photoshop CS3 and Bridge. I can be bothered to buy for Lightroom or Aperture. Go Bridge!

I need to upgrade to 4GB of ram though.
 
2.4ghz/2gb Macbook with a cheap 22" BenQ screen, PS CS4 & Lightroom 2. Also export best shots to iPhoto for friends/family to use. :)

Really need a faster HDD and more ram and lightroom runs like a bit of a dog but holding out for funds for either an i7 iMac or MP.
 
I have a 17 inch MBP-the 2008 version-driving a 23 inch Samsung HD monitor. The laptop has a 2.5 GHZ C2D chip, 4 GB ram and the 250 GB HD.

I file (for now) with iPhoto and edit with PhotoShop CS3. My backup system consists of a Toshiba 160 and WD MyBook Studio FW 800. The WD runs TimeMachine and has a seperate folder for photos.

Dale
 
A Quad Core Mac Pro, though I really wish I'd splurged on 4 CPUs when I got it because I generally have a lot of other stuff going on. These days I'm generally using Capture NX2 as my raw converter and PS CS4 as my editor. I was keeping things in Aperture 2, but I think I'm likely to get LR3 next. I also use Bibble Pro, Photomatix and AutoPano Pro as necessary. I was using RPP as my raw converter, but need to retest it as it seems the defaults for NX are sharper these days compared to when I originally tested RPP. On the road I'll do basic edits on a 17" MBP if I have to.
 
2009 Macbook Pro 13", 2.53ghz, 6GB Ram driving a 30" DELL Ultrasharp. Running Aperture 3 (after buying the upgrade) with a dual backup system, one online, one on disk.

Nothing special but it works.
 
2007 Mac Pro 2.66 quad; 13GB Ram, 70GB 10k scratch disk; Radeon 4870; Dell Ultrasharp monitor (with a crappy used second monitor for palettes)

Lightroom 2
Photoshop CS4
Bridge
PTGui
Noise Ninja

have been very pleased with my setup (especially after ditching the 7300GT card it came with)
 
I'm using a mac mini 2.0 , nvidia graphics , 4 gig. memory , 500 g internal hard drive plus 2 1T. firewire externals , 23"ACD ( the matte one ) , a Nikon Coolscan 5ED film and slide scanner , CS4 with PT Lens and Alien Skin Exposure plugins . Tried Lightroom but Bridge works better for me so far.
 
I have the oldest hardware here it seems! :D
Mac mini 1.5 and a 17" studio display monitor.

I use a combination of CS4 & iPhoto, I also have Lightroom running on here.
When needed I access my husbands PC that runs the latest version of Corel.
 
2009 MacBook Pro 17" -- 3.06ghz, 4GB RAM, 7200rpm 500GB. I'm thinking about upgrading to 8GB RAM and adding a OptiBay 5400rpm 640GB (for storing music, movies, etc) drive soon.
 
amd triple core with 4 gig ram windows 7 machine since cs4 only supports windows for 64-bit photoshop. my mac is just for general internet usage.
 
I currently use a 2007 17inch MacBook Pro, 2.4ghz w/ 6gigs of Ram. I'm using Aperture 3 for managing and most of my edits now, with Photoshop CS4 sitting on the sidelines for any heavy duty pixel edits. I use noise ninja occasionally for my ISO 3200 shots if I want to keep them.

I currently have 3 externals involved in this, 1 is a time machine/vault backup, the other is an on the road aperture 3 library for small edits, and the other is my big old 1tb LaCie drive.

things on my want/need list is another few terabytes of harddrives, a monitor, and a mac pro.
 
A Mac Pro (just replaced my 2006 with a 2009) with two 30" ACDs using a combination of Nikon Capture NX2 and Photoshop CS4. I find having the extra screen real estate very useful.

I also have a MacBook Pro 3,1 which I use for editing on the road.
 
My current setup ..

24" iMac C2D @ 2.5Ghz w/ 4GB RAm
Lightroom, Photoshop CS4, Silver Efex, Viveza, and the Nik Sharping Program
Genuine Fractals for uprezzing
2 x 320 Lacie Rugged FW800 Drive as primary photo storage(1x primary;1 backup kept in in-house fireproof/waterproof box).
Custom "Hardened" OWC FW800 for off-site backup (kept in safety deposit box at bank)
Wacom Bamboo Medium (more than enough for photowork)

On the go ...
13" Unibody MBP
Lightroom and PS CS4
Sofortbilt for shooting tethered
15' high quality USB cable
Second 320 Lacie Rugged FW800
 
Mac Pro + 30" Dell Monitor,
Spyder 2 pro for calibrating the Dell,
RAW Conversion: Capture NX
Photo Editing: Photoshop & Photomatix

:)
 
My hardware's pretty lightweight by comparison to most here.

I used to use a MacBook Pro, but now I'm on a MacBook Air (1.83GHz processor / SSD drive / 9400M). For software I've now moved to Aperture 3, with occasional use of Photoshop CS4. Initial organization and edits are done using the built-in LCD (calibrated w/ Spyder 2 Pro, but it's certainly not a particularly good screen); for images I care more about I generally plug into an external Dell monitor (calibrated, of course).

Eventually I intend to purchase a higher end LaCie, NEC, or Eizo panel; but the Dell calibrates pretty well actually.
 
This is a photography forum, isn't it???

Where are the photo's of your system? :p

Here's mine...

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2009 Mac Pro Quad (2.93GHz; 6GB) with dual 24" ACD's and 3x Intel SSD's in RAID0 for storage.

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BTW, as is probably obvious, I suspect I'm one of the few here where my computer is worth more than my camera. :)
 
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