Upgrading to Apple IMac, monitor size question
Sep 20, 2019 11:08:21 #
scaudill wrote:
Hi,
I have been editing my pictures with Lightroom/Photoshop on a laptop with a 15” screen. I will be moving to an iMac and have two options in monitor size a 21.5” and a 27”. I looked at a 27” yesterday and it seems huge. In the members valuable opinion, is the 27” too large, almost overwhelming? What would be the preference among the group? Thanks
I have been editing my pictures with Lightroom/Photoshop on a laptop with a 15” screen. I will be moving to an iMac and have two options in monitor size a 21.5” and a 27”. I looked at a 27” yesterday and it seems huge. In the members valuable opinion, is the 27” too large, almost overwhelming? What would be the preference among the group? Thanks
I have a 22" for my Dell PC Tower and I do my Photoshop, etc. stuff on it. It is a bit small. Larger than my old HP 18" LapTop though. My wife has a 26" Monitor for her Dell PC Tower but she uses it for MS-Office (MS-Word, MS-Excel, etc.) mostly. I use hers for some audio editing and PSE 9 when I need that instead of Ps CS6. No such thing as too large. I eventually want a 32" Monitor for my PC. A 27" would be great for your photo work.
Sep 20, 2019 11:40:25 #
For fine detail work, having more than one window opened at a time (e.g. - browser and post-processing software), the larger the monitor(s) the better.
Sep 20, 2019 12:33:48 #
scaudill wrote:
Hi,
I have been editing my pictures with Lightroom/Photoshop on a laptop with a 15” screen. I will be moving to an iMac and have two options in monitor size a 21.5” and a 27”. I looked at a 27” yesterday and it seems huge. In the members valuable opinion, is the 27” two large, almost overwhelming? What would be the preference among the group? Thanks
I have been editing my pictures with Lightroom/Photoshop on a laptop with a 15” screen. I will be moving to an iMac and have two options in monitor size a 21.5” and a 27”. I looked at a 27” yesterday and it seems huge. In the members valuable opinion, is the 27” two large, almost overwhelming? What would be the preference among the group? Thanks
As others have said, you will adjust to and love the screen size! My advice is to make sure you go with the SSD instead of an HDD. World of difference when booting up, etc!
Sep 20, 2019 12:51:38 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
StevenBrownPhoto wrote:
As others have said, you will adjust to and love the screen size! My advice is to make sure you go with the SSD instead of an HDD. World of difference when booting up, etc!
I agree with the SSD. I have a 1Tb in mine. Any files that I am working on are kept on the SSD until I am done editing; at which time they are copied to external hard drives including my RAID system. Once everything is fully backed up, the files are erased from the SSD. Only my programs, working photo files and a small amount of non-photo files reside on the SSD. That allowed me to have a smaller SSD and save money on the iMac. I could have gone with the 500Gb SSD and saved more, but I over built my computer to allow for the future.
Sep 20, 2019 12:56:50 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
suntouched wrote:
I upgraded mine myself. Easy and quick to do. There are enough slots to upgrade to 32G.
Don't buy an iMac with more than the basic 8Gb! Buy the basic 8Gb and buy an upgrade kit online. You can easily do the upgrade yourself in less than 15-minutes since the 27" iMac has a panel on its back that gives you access to the RAM which are in slip-in, slip-out sockets for easy change out. I saved about $400 over Apple's price that way.
Sep 20, 2019 13:00:55 #
cboysen
Loc: Homewood, IL
I've had 2 of the 27 " for the past few years and I wouldn't change at all. You'll love it.
Sep 20, 2019 13:39:20 #
Tomcat5133
Loc: Gladwyne PA
Been working on an iMac 27 for 7 years and it is still good. The image is so good
pretty close to my original video or stills I shoot.Therefore unless you are doing critical
color work to your taste or for video grading this monitor is terrific.
Others have mentioned what we are going to do when we need another iMac.
They were expensive but are really expensive now. Good luck enjoy.
pretty close to my original video or stills I shoot.Therefore unless you are doing critical
color work to your taste or for video grading this monitor is terrific.
Others have mentioned what we are going to do when we need another iMac.
They were expensive but are really expensive now. Good luck enjoy.
Sep 20, 2019 14:11:50 #
bpulv
Loc: Buena Park, CA
Tomcat5133 wrote:
Been working on an iMac 27 for 7 years and it is still good. The image is so good
pretty close to my original video or stills I shoot.Therefore unless you are doing critical
color work to your taste or for video grading this monitor is terrific.
Others have mentioned what we are going to do when we need another iMac.
They were expensive but are really expensive now. Good luck enjoy.
pretty close to my original video or stills I shoot.Therefore unless you are doing critical
color work to your taste or for video grading this monitor is terrific.
Others have mentioned what we are going to do when we need another iMac.
They were expensive but are really expensive now. Good luck enjoy.
Speaking of color, the iMacs produce almost the entire Adobe RGB color gamut. I know that because I frequently calibrate my monitors and printers. The different between the calibrated adjustment is consistently minimal over the short and long term for calibration checks. I.e., out of the box, you won't need to worry about color shifts between what your eye sees on the screen and what you print with a printer calibrated to your monitor (I calibrate both the monitor and printer a minimum of once a week). For non-professional users, I would say that the investment in calibration equipment is not necessary.
Sep 20, 2019 14:26:45 #
scaudill wrote:
Hi,
I have been editing my pictures with Lightroom/Photoshop on a laptop with a 15” screen. I will be moving to an iMac and have two options in monitor size a 21.5” and a 27”. I looked at a 27” yesterday and it seems huge. In the members valuable opinion, is the 27” two large, almost overwhelming? What would be the preference among the group? Thanks
I have been editing my pictures with Lightroom/Photoshop on a laptop with a 15” screen. I will be moving to an iMac and have two options in monitor size a 21.5” and a 27”. I looked at a 27” yesterday and it seems huge. In the members valuable opinion, is the 27” two large, almost overwhelming? What would be the preference among the group? Thanks
Go with the 27", that one you can upgrade memory yourself the 21" you cannot. Check b & h photo, best price I could find.
Sep 20, 2019 14:35:02 #
If you go to the 27, you will love it! I have had a 27 ever since the first 27 came out and I will never go back to a smaller screen.
Sep 20, 2019 15:20:36 #
scaudill wrote:
Hi,
I have been editing my pictures with Lightroom/Photoshop on a laptop with a 15” screen. I will be moving to an iMac and have two options in monitor size a 21.5” and a 27”. I looked at a 27” yesterday and it seems huge. In the members valuable opinion, is the 27” two large, almost overwhelming? What would be the preference among the group? Thanks
I have been editing my pictures with Lightroom/Photoshop on a laptop with a 15” screen. I will be moving to an iMac and have two options in monitor size a 21.5” and a 27”. I looked at a 27” yesterday and it seems huge. In the members valuable opinion, is the 27” two large, almost overwhelming? What would be the preference among the group? Thanks
Go with the 27" , I did and I love it 2017iMac plus a 27" Thunder Bolt monitor
There are two choices The 27" iMac with max RAM @ 32gb and The 27"iMac pro which can go sky high on RAM. Abobe CC runs great with 32 gb I suggest B&H for the computer and you can install the ram yourself.
Sep 20, 2019 15:21:25 #
I got the 21.5" and while it is a nice screen I am sorry that I did not get the bigger screen. If $ is no object get the bigger screen so there will be no regrets. You are so use to the lap top screen that a desk top screen will seem overwhelming at first. You will quickly adapt to the new one.
Sep 20, 2019 15:35:33 #
I have 2 27" monitors on my desk side by side and slightly angled toward each other. I have them set up as extended and couldn't imagine going back to even 1 27" monitor
Sep 20, 2019 16:54:59 #
When you first sit in front of it, you are overwhelmed. It then captures your imagination and becomes your personal unicorn! Things will never be quite the same again.
Sep 20, 2019 17:17:02 #
via the lens wrote:
27" was my choice and I love it. I've used Macs for 30 years and love how big the screen is now, considering I started on something about 10" or so across. Too funny! Bigger is better. You can open more than one program and you'll have a lot of "real estate" to see what is going on. I actually have two 27" screens that I use, one is an old mac and I use it as a screen only.
I have a 27" 2011 iMac and am planning to upgrade soon. I would love to use the old one as a second screen! Can you please tell me how you set up your old iMac to use as a second screen? Thank you.
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