What's a good desktop computer for mostly photography use?
Aug 12, 2019 00:32:57 #
Agree: "if you are comfortable with win10, a switch to Apple products, as good as they may be, may prove more frustrating than helpful for the conversion."
david vt wrote:
This subject comes up about every 2-3 months. Lots of long threads. You can get all you need from a search af the archives.
I agree that, if you are comfortable with win10, a switch to Apple products, as good as they may be, may prove more frustrating than helpful for the conversion. I will not say it would not be worth it, but it really depends on your total usage of the machine and total view of applications you are using
Do some digging on old threads
I agree that, if you are comfortable with win10, a switch to Apple products, as good as they may be, may prove more frustrating than helpful for the conversion. I will not say it would not be worth it, but it really depends on your total usage of the machine and total view of applications you are using
Do some digging on old threads
Aug 12, 2019 01:35:42 #
Camera buyer
Loc: Las Vegas
I recall when I first starting to use Photoshop I dealt directly with people at Adobe. At that time it was only available for the Mac. I remember trying to get them to broaden their audience to the MSDOS platform.
I guess they did!
I guess they did!
Aug 12, 2019 08:03:23 #
RatGMAN wrote:
The computer I currently use for my photography (which I supplement with an attached Dell U2412m monitor) is about 20 years old and starting to show it's age. I'd like to replace it with a desktop (or under the desk) computer. I run Win10, and would like sufficient memory and hard disk size to not have to be concerned with processing speed and/or storage.
20 years old & Win 10! I'd really like to see a Windows 98SE or 2000; Pentium III or (first gen 4) PC running Windows 10. Did PCs from then even have sufficient RAM to load Windows 10? My first computer was a i80486-66Hz running Win 3.11 over DOS 6.21. Pulling our G.A.S.y legs?
Aug 12, 2019 11:31:41 #
Before you order, and if you're going to be using Photoshop, go to the Adobe site and check which video cards are supported.
Aug 12, 2019 14:24:34 #
It isn’t only the computer, it is also about the peripherals you have and want to keep. Some had serial cables, some could use Firewire, those that used USB probably used USB-1. In the Mac line Apple went from PowerMac Motorola chips to Intel chips. Also Apple removed the optical drives (bye bye reading & burning CD/DVDs) in their modern laptops nearly all ports, so your USB hubs and peripherals are u usable. Besides thinking old computer to new computer, I would suggest you think of your computer work as a ‘system.’
Aug 12, 2019 21:59:26 #
Store bought are fine, but Windows computers are easy to build yourself. Built my first one a decade ago, now have 6, couple of desktops, couple of HTPCs, and couple of servers. Plenty of sites ( pcpartpicker comes to mind) to help. Nice thing about doing it yourself is you know what's in it, and easy to upgrade.
I do like Seasonic PSUs, 32 GB memory (G.Skill), 1TB Samsung SSD for Windows Pro OS and programs, room for some HDD spinners for data, Fractal Design makes some nice cases (I like the quiet cases even though I have a number of high power Silverstone fans running in them (heat is your enemy)). Get a Mobo that has a digital display for diagnosing boot problems (parts will fail, either immediately or years later).
I do like Seasonic PSUs, 32 GB memory (G.Skill), 1TB Samsung SSD for Windows Pro OS and programs, room for some HDD spinners for data, Fractal Design makes some nice cases (I like the quiet cases even though I have a number of high power Silverstone fans running in them (heat is your enemy)). Get a Mobo that has a digital display for diagnosing boot problems (parts will fail, either immediately or years later).
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