Photography Setup (Apple or Windows)

[Vipor]

Question for you seasoned Photogs. I am wanting to update my home computer system and would like to take into consideration my photography aspirations while I am at it. Naturally, I am trying to be cost conscious while doing this which is why I am looking towards you seasoned photogs to see what your recommendations would be.

Which of these setups would you recommend?


Mac:

27" iMac ($1,699) (good size screen, good speed, good size storage, but not mobile)​

2.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
4GB (two 2GB) memory
1TB hard drive[SUP]1[/SUP]
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 512MB


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27" iMac ($1,999) (good size screen, good speed, good size storage, but not mobile)

3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5​

4GB (two 2GB) memory
1TB hard drive[SUP]1[/SUP]
AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 1GB


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15" MacBook Pro ($2,199) (good speed, good size storage, mobile, but small screen and expensive)

2.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz
750GB 5400-rpm[SUP]1[/SUP]
Intel HD Graphics 3000
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB GDDR5​

Windows:


15.6" HP Envy ($1,144) (good speed, good size storage, IPS display, mobile, but small screen and not Mac OSX)
2.2Ghz Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM with Turbo Boost to 3.1GHz
8GB DDR3 (two 4GB) memory (max 16GB)
750GB (7200RPM) hard drive[SUP]1
[/SUP]Intel HD 3000 graphics and the AMD Radeon HD 7690M with 1 gig of DDR5 VRAM (Switchable Graphics)




and maybe add...

Two HP 2511 x 25" LED monitors ($454)
or
Two HP 2711 x 27" LED monitors ($542)

 

[Derrel]

27" iMac ($1,999) (good size screen, good speed, good size storage, but not mobile)

3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5​

4GB (two 2GB) memory
1TB hard drive[SUP]1[/SUP]
AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 1GB​

 

[table1349]

Here we go again.

 

[Derrel]

Yeah....the quest for quality, reliability, beautiful design, and simplicity versus the cheapest possible price on something that sort of gets the job done...the old Mac versus Win-doze debate. Besides, the Mac can be booted into Windoze, should you feel more comfortable with that...it's like two computers in one.

With the ever-increasing size of digital camera video clips and image files, plus the absolutely chitty screen on most laptops, there is no laptop computer that's really well-suited for image handling, processing, and editing. Buy the best computer you can afford,and enjoy it.

 

[KmH]

All the computers used in my studios were PC's, and I'm using a PC now.

 

[412 Burgh]

I'd go with a iMac over the MacBook. Currently I use a MacBook Pro 15"

2GHz Intel Cor i7
4GB 1333 MHz DDR3
500 GB (But I store all my photos on an external hard drive 800 GB)

Runs well, looking to upgrade ram sticks though