PC w/i7 or iMAC w/Core 2 Duo for Lightroom
I found that I could get the following configurations for about the same price ($1300 - $1 400):
Dell Studio XPS, i7 920, 6 GHz DRAM, 1 TB drive, 24 inch Dell monitor, graphics ATI 256 K
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iMac Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 640 GB drive, 24 inch built-in monitor, 256 K Nvidia Graphics, 802.11n
I can't myself. If money was no object, I'd get a Mac Pro and have the best of all worlds. The iMac is interesting because of the better software stability and the Dell is interesting because the processor and capabilities are fantastic for the price. My question is, the i7 will work much better than the iMac Lightroom? It is a key criterion that I spend a lot of my computing time on Lightroom.
Thank you!
I have the Studio XPS i7 920 and I love it for LR 2.3 64. Architecture triple channel is a huge leap in performance - do not forget to specify the memory into three. The ATI graphics card is better for LR - Nvidia conflict seem to persist.
Comparison with CS4, LR is very different. LR treats the file in the order where CS4 can have as many open as memeory files will allow. So, LR is more economical on memory. I have 3 GB and treat 10MP files very easily.
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