best computer: I am new to this , would like to view photos from a cd or dvd that I have stored them on and possibly store photos on a computer . What do you suggest would be the best...

peterbiltgirl06 Loc: Florida

I am new to this , would like to view photos from a cd or dvd that I have stored them on and possibly store photos on a computer . What do you suggest would be the best computer to use . Also I will be taking this with me on my excursions, I like to take a lot of nature photos .

Pepper Loc: Planet Earth Country USA

I have a PC and Laptop with Windows 7 and both are ok but most will tell you that for photography Mac is the best.

LoneRangeFinder Loc: Left field

Pepper wrote:

I have a PC and Laptop with Windows 7 and both are ok but most will tell you that for photography Mac is the best.

I love my MacBook Pro. However the newer ones with the Retina screen don't contain a CD drive. Not sure why Apple did this. Seems kinda dumb-- but there's probably some reason. You would have to get an external drive.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Need a good graphics card, an lots of memory.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/38694532

Crwiwy Loc: Devon UK

peterbiltgirl06 wrote:

I am new to this , would like to view photos from a cd or dvd that I have stored them on and possibly store photos on a computer . What do you suggest would be the best computer to use . Also I will be taking this with me on my excursions, I like to take a lot of nature photos .

For anything to do with graphics a MAC is best - if you can afford it.
I have used PC's since the advent of Windows 2 and virtually all my crashes and problems have been while using graphics.

Effjayess Loc: NE,Pennsylvania

I just ordered a 27" iMac and asked the same question at the apple store, they told me that so much media is now directly downloaded or on flash type devices that cd/ DVD will not be around in 5 years. Makes sense, look at the cd music industry. Anyway the optional drive is only $85 and plugsin via USB.

republican Loc: Glendora. Ca

I went to my local commputer repair shop and asked the same questions. They built me a computer with a high end graphics card and lots of memory. He also added what he needed to make it so my grand sons could play high use games. The cost was high and I could have done things cheeper but I didn't. Try you computer repair shop they might save you money

RichieC Loc: Adirondacks

I've thought about this and came up with this. While a cd drive is needed, it usually isn't while you are traveling. Several reasons I can think of, they use a lot of battery power, they are large, and they invite crap into the machine, they break way more often then anything else in a laptop, and your new computer is probably thinner and lighter without it.

Get an external CD drive for $30 - $100 ( newegg), leave it on your desk and plug it in when you need it, I think you'll find they both live longer this way!

LoneRangeFinder wrote:

Pepper wrote:

I have a PC and Laptop with Windows 7 and both are ok but most will tell you that for photography Mac is the best.

I love my MacBook Pro. However the newer ones with the Retina screen don't contain a CD drive. Not sure why Apple did this. Seems kinda dumb-- but there's probably some reason. You would have to get an external drive.

jrb1213 Loc: McDonough GEorgia

you want the highest speed processor and a great graphics card. So look for a high end gaming computer, this gives you speed in processing and resolution on screen. I would also get a laptop so you don't have to be at home to work. There are some great ones to be had for about $2000 if you are a pc laptop user.

yhtomit Loc: Port Land. Oregon

peterbiltgirl06 wrote:

I am new to this , would like to view photos from a cd or dvd that I have stored them on and possibly store photos on a computer . What do you suggest would be the best computer to use . Also I will be taking this with me on my excursions, I like to take a lot of nature photos .

The best for you money wise would be the type of software you already own.
I am PC and am an artist.I have an ss drive as my primary 2 external hard drives where I store everything,never to the primary.
a beefy video card,24 gb ram and a 12 core processor.I capture light with a d200 converted to IR,a d300 and a d8ooe.
The d800e files are the only one that challenges my computer.
It still goes back to what your software fortune is invested in.
Good luck.

Ronny Loc: Netherlands

Have a computer i7 pc build with 2 internal harddrives. Have all the programs loaded in a Sata3 or higher and use the other drive for the files and images.
An i7 gives you the memory and the speed you need.

Kuzano

Effjayess wrote:

I just ordered a 27" iMac and asked the same question at the apple store, they told me that so much media is now directly downloaded or on flash type devices that cd/ DVD will not be around in 5 years. Makes sense, look at the cd music industry. Anyway the optional drive is only $85 and plugsin via USB.

The part of this post about the eventual disappearance of CD/DVD disks and drive is very pertinent.

Now is a good time to begin migrating your data, documents AND images away from CD/DVD disks and get optical media totally out of your work flow and your storage media. You may be lucky to find an Optical drive in five years to be able to read the optical disks you now have. Move to other memory based storage media.

Not only is the drive availability due to be an issue, but your current optical media disks are "rotting" as we post here.

Go to Yahoo, or Google, and search....

CD Rot
DVD Rot

It may be inevitable that soon you may insert a CD or DVD in your drive and not be able to read anything on the disk.

Elmosal Loc: Austin Tx

peterbiltgirl06 wrote:

I am new to this , would like to view photos from a cd or dvd that I have stored them on and possibly store photos on a computer . What do you suggest would be the best computer to use . Also I will be taking this with me on my excursions, I like to take a lot of nature photos .

I love my Mac ,,

Nikon_DonB Loc: Chicago

The Elite HP's with a good i7 or i5 cores will suit you well.

RTFM

Don't forget the IPS monitor.