imac for photshop spec

imginy · 28 Oct 2017 at 19:09

Hi guys a friend of mine wants an imac for photo shop just to edit photos he takes and scans in could you recommend which ram and hard drive to get please he wants the 27" version and it to last him a long time.

I know the coffeelakes are not out yet on imac so I will recommend he waits for them but I know nothing about photoshop or imacs.

Spit · 28 Oct 2017 at 19:10

What’s his budget?

If he’s minted this is due soon...

https://www.apple.com/uk/imac-pro/

imginy · 28 Oct 2017 at 19:14

Spit said:
What’s his budget?

If he’s minted this is due soon...

https://www.apple.com/uk/imac-pro/

He's got the money but he literately only wants it to clean up the photo's he takes in photoshop.

I guess the pro would be a waste on him.

The imac he has now is 10 years old and he using that right now.

spoffle · 28 Oct 2017 at 19:17

Tell him that he doesn't need a mac to edit photos. Some people have the completely misguided notion that Macs are a prerequisite for photography or graphic design.

imginy · 28 Oct 2017 at 19:18

spoffle said:
Tell him that he doesn't need a mac to edit photos. Some people have the completely misguided notion that Macs are a prerequisite for photography or graphic design.

He know's that already I told him pc would be cheaper but he loves apple has everything apple if you know what I mean.

imginy · 28 Oct 2017 at 19:23

Just really need to know like which GPU to get? and how much RAM is needed? and if it needs a ssd or hybrid?

Captain · 28 Oct 2017 at 21:53

Really need a budget, I paid £650 last week for a 27” i7 iMac, 4tb HDD, 250GB SSD, 16GB of memory, it’s great.

imginy · 28 Oct 2017 at 22:05

Clov!s said:
Really need a budget, I paid £650 last week for a 27” i7 iMac, 4tb HDD, 250GB SSD, 16GB of memory, it’s great.

Wow nice price where you get that? What year?

He doesn't have a budget can get any.

Captain · 28 Oct 2017 at 22:06

imginy said:
Wow nice price where you get that? What year?

He doesn't have a budget can get any.

It was on here, members market. 2012 I think or late 2011.

imginy · 28 Oct 2017 at 22:34

Clov!s said:
It was on here, members market. 2012 I think or late 2011.

I will keep an eye on there.

imginy · 29 Oct 2017 at 08:58

Will this spec be ok?

570 4gb memory
16gb ram
512 ssd then external samsung t5's

Amp34 · 29 Oct 2017 at 18:32

All depends on what photos. It sounds like he shoots film and scans them in? Does he scan to jpeg or raw? High resolution (50-100 megapixels) or low resolution 2000x3000 images?

The gfx card isn’t particularly important, although it can help a little. An SSD for storage and a reasonable amount of RAM is more important. 16GB should be plenty for the next few years if it’s just standard photos.

imginy · 29 Oct 2017 at 18:36

Amp34 said:
All depends on what photos. It sounds like he shoots film and scans them in? Does he scan to jpeg or raw? High resolution (50-100 megapixels) or low resolution 2000x3000 images?

The gfx card isn’t particularly important, although it can help a little. An SSD for storage and a reasonable amount of RAM is more important. 16GB should be plenty for the next few years if it’s just standard photos.

thanks

He mainly takes pictures with his film black and white camera gets them developed then scans them in from what I understand, I think he said file size is quit low like below 100mb.

Amp34 · 29 Oct 2017 at 18:48

100MB is big for an image file so presumably he scans at a high resolution into Tiff format (or similar).

16GB will still be fine most likely. Personally I wouldn’t go any lower if he wants to keep it for a while, 32GB is probably overkill at this point.

imginy · 29 Oct 2017 at 18:52

Amp34 said:
100MB is big for an image file so presumably he scans at a high resolution into Tiff format (or similar).

16GB will still be fine most likely. Personally I wouldn’t go any lower if he wants to keep it for a while, 32GB is probably overkill at this point.

Ok thanks for your help nothing else I need to know.