Which retina for just lightroom and Photoshop?

[josh bear]

Hi All

I edit photographs on both my current imac and my MacBook pro retina. There are a host of threads over the performance of both the base and upgraded model and I guess I am looking for a definitive view from owners of the models and users of lightroom and Photoshop.

The base model is in stock in the UK. A built to spec machine I guess wouldn't arrive until after Christmas.

I edit raw files from a full frame leica M. I use lightroom and then apply any further edits in Photoshop. In addition I occasionally edit family movies.

Will the base model work well for this? Note. I will be ensuring it has 32gb of ram.

Thanks for any help

Josh

 

[FredT2]

I edit raw files from a full frame leica M. I use lightroom and then apply any further edits in Photoshop. In addition I occasionally edit family movies.

Will the base model work well for this? Note. I will be ensuring it has 32gb of ram.

Yes, it will work very well for Lightroom and Photoshop.

 

[hojoon0724]

Hi All

I edit photographs on both my current imac and my MacBook pro retina. There are a host of threads over the performance of both the base and upgraded model and I guess I am looking for a definitive view from owners of the models and users of lightroom and Photoshop.

The base model is in stock in the UK. A built to spec machine I guess wouldn't arrive until after Christmas.

I edit raw files from a full frame leica M. I use lightroom and then apply any further edits in Photoshop. In addition I occasionally edit family movies.

Will the base model work well for this? Note. I will be ensuring it has 32gb of ram.

Thanks for any help

Josh

Short answer: yes.

I bought mine last week. Didn't want to wait 3-4 weeks so I got the base model from the Apple store. I'm doing exactly what you're doing but with a Nikon. I'm running a 27" Thunderbolt alongside too. Working with just 8gb of RAM at the moment but will be upgrading soon.
Not a single hitch. It's working really well and I'm really happy I didn't wait.

 

[josh bear]

Thanks both. As always I gravitated to the highest model for no other reason than I like "bragging" rights. Which is ridiculous when I don't need the processor or graphics upgrade! The standard one TB is fine as I have external thunderbolt drives.

So Common sense has kicked in and I can spend that saved money on the other half or on a parrot drone for me. So common sense not 100 percent working yet.

Thanks again

Josh

 

[robgendreau]

I have the upgraded model and I can't say that it is tremendously faster.

For LR, meh. It actually has some issues and some don't like how it works on ANY riMac. But that's likely software. What I did find, however, is that with a retina MY work actually got faster because I'm not zooming in and out all the time. A pleasant effect I hadn't counted on.

For PS, I think the multicore performance of the i7 is better. But I don't think I've come anywhere near stressing the chip, so I expect that in the real world it doesn't make that much difference either. Barefeats has a i7/295 vs i5/290 comparison, and in a PS noise reduction the i7 bested the other by 20.6 seconds to 16.9.

I think in retrospect I'd take the drone over those 3 seconds....

 

[manowar]

Josh i use Lightroom and Photoshop all the time and on Friday i walked into Apple and bought the base model 5K.
Its bloody fast and both PS and LR work without any problems.