What do you edit photos on? PC/MAC and software choice?

James J

James J

James J

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I'm interested in finding out if users here use a PC or a MAC based system for photo editing and if so, whats the configuration of either type of machine (or both!?)

Personally I was considering the move to an iMac 27 inch when they are refreshed but I'd have to spend a daft amount of money to get one which is vastly faster than my current setup -.-

Also, would be interesting to see what software you guys use.

I'll start the ball rolling:

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[B][COLOR="Red"]Mac/PC[/COLOR][/B] = Macbook Air 2011 13inch
[COLOR="red"][B]Hard Drive space[/B][/COLOR] = 128gb SSD + 2x 1tb external hdds
[COLOR="red"][B]RAM[/B][/COLOR] = 4gb DDR3
[B][COLOR="red"]Screen res[/COLOR][/B] = 1440x900
[B][COLOR="red"]Software[/COLOR][/B] = Aperture 3 and Canon DPP
 
Windows 7
Intel i7 2.6GHz
8gb mem
Various HDs but no SSDs.
Asus 1200X1920. 24" Asus IPS monitor.

Lightroom, gimp
 
Macbook Air (2011)
128GB SSD (although I am looking at options to upgrade this - running short of space)
4GB RAM
1440x900
Lightroom 3 (will probably buy 4 next month after payday)

I believe Lightroom 4 allows an install on a laptop and a desktop simultaneously, so I could also edit on my desktop

Windows 7
Q6600
4GB RAM
320GB + 750GB spinning rust
24" 1920x1200
 
I use a Windows 7 PC, SSD for boot/scratch disks plus 3TB of storage.
16GB RAM, and I do my editing on a 24", 1920x1200 screen.

For software, I use Lightroom mainly, with a bit of Photoshop for the more advanced adjustments.
 
PC
Mains specs in sig
Windows 7 64Bit
4Gb Scratch disk in Photoshop CS5 is run off a ram drive for more advanced tweaking
Lightroom 3 sees most of the action though :)
1920x1080
 
PC: Core i7 920
HDD: 2x 150GB Raptors (RAID 0) boot, 1x 1TB and 1x1.5TB storage, 2x2TB for backups
RAM: 12GB DDR3
Screen: 24" Dell 1920x1200
Software: Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5
 
PC Core i5 2500k 8GB ram
128GB ssd system
2x1TB raid 1 data
24" U2410
Lightroom3 and PS Cs5
Proselect on 50" plasma for viewings
 
PC: Q6600 @ 3.2GHz
HDD: 3 x 1TB Spinpoints (Weak point really)
RAM: 8Gb
Screen: 28" Viewsonic calibrated using X-Rite i1 Pro
Software: Currently Corel Aftershot Pro and Corel PSP X4 - (Cost £60 in total)
 
PC = i7 2600k
Hard Drive space = 120gb SSD + 1tb + USB Drobo 4x2tb
RAM = 16gb DDR3
Screen res = 1920x1080
Software = Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS6


Mac = Mac Mini duel core 2.4ghz (2010 model)
Hard Drive space = Think its 320gb
RAM = 8gb
Screen res = 1920x1080
Software = Aperture 3 and Lightroom 4

I only use the PC to do it now as the mac is no where as fast as the pc for loading the images etc.
 
Mac/PC = 24" iMac 2.4GHz Core2Duo (2008 Model)
Hard Drive space = 500GB internal + 500GB External
RAM = 4gb DDR2
Screen res = 1920x1200 (Dell U2410 External Monitor)
Software = Aperture 3 and Photoshop CS5


Mac/PC = PC (Phenom II 955 @ 3.6GHz)
Hard Drive space = 2x 500GB internal, 1TB external
RAM = 4gb DDR3
Screen res = 1920x1200 (Dell U2410 External Monitor)
Software = Photoshop CS5
 
PC
Windows 7 64bit
i5 2400, 16GB RAM
storage: process on 1TB local drive, RAW backed up to 6TB NAS on import
screen: 27" H-IPS 2560x1440, at AdobeRGB
software: Lightroom 4
 
Using Aperture on an iMac 27" (2560x1440 screen res, i5 750, 8gb RAM, ATI4850). I love the screen size though could do with an SSD to speed things up a bit.

Dave
 
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divuk83 said:
Using Aperture on an iMac 27" (2560x1440 screen res, i5 750, 8gb RAM, ATI4850). I love the screen size though could do with an SSD to speed things up a bit.

Dave
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Alpherah said:
Mac, iMac 27" mid 2010 - 2.8 Ghz Core i5
8GB Ram
1TB internal + 2TB external (networked)
Screen res: 2560 x 1440
Lightroom 3
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Alpherah, do you also feel like you need to speed up your iMac for photos?
 
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