iMac 27 inch?

Certainly that amount of screen real estate is going to give you plenty of options, but it doesn't necessarily need to be the 27" model to be more than useful for editing.

The screens are indeed very good, but for true representation, will need calibrating like any other.
 
no screen is colour perfect without regular calibration.

and macs arent "better" for photography, its just a personal preference on operating system vs windows :) if youve got an old spec computer yes it might be struggling but any new computer of the same sort of spec should open RAW with ease.
 
WillNicholls said:
so what is the advantage of an iMac that makes them apparently "industry standard"? do they just not slow up that easily?
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There isn't an advantage other than it being an 'all in one' unit, so less space needed for them.

Oh, and they look darn good too :lol:
 
"industry standard" is a bit of a legacy thing.

these days macs and other PCs are all intel based so all run the same hardware, 99% of the software available is available on both platforms. however designers are still trained on apple, to be honest i dont know why as like i say other than the operating system theyre the same thing.

ive said it many times, i could swap out all of our mac pros for same spec PC and they would be able to do the same job. but theyd all quit because they all "hate" windows... :rolleyes:
 
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WillNicholls said:
so what is the advantage of an iMac that makes them apparently "industry standard"? do they just not slow up that easily?
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There isnt any apparent advantage and they aren't any longer what you might call the "Industry Standard" They used to be when they were built using Apples own architecture but for several years now that so called advantage has gone as they are now built on the exact same Intel acrhitecture that Windows based machines use, the only difference between the 2 systems is the Operating System and the outright beauty of design
 
I'm sold on the Imac by the looks alone! The PC just doesn't get a look in with me anymore, although you do pay over the odds for all that niceness. You'll be able to get a higher spec. PC for the same money.
I have the 24" and I love it. Some people feel the screens are prone to glare, but I've had no issues with it.
Go and have a look at one in PC world or Comet. You'll soon fall in love.:D
 
neil_g said:
its awful in my opinion, cant stand any glossy screen.

ask a lot of professional designers and theyll insist on matte..
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Do Apple do a matte screen as an option? TBH I've never used a matte screen. The gloss one seems fine to me, although perhaps what you don't know you don't worry about. :shrug: ;)
 
As above, the same spec Mac and PC will work the same.

Wth the iMac the quality of the screen is great, obviously you could get a PC with a similar quality screen (LED backlit 27" IPS panel) so it is just down to personal preference.
 
wippers said:
I'm sold on the Imac by the looks alone! The PC just doesn't get a look in with me anymore, although you do pay over the odds for all that niceness. You'll be able to get a higher spec. PC for the same money.
I have the 24" and I love it. Some people feel the screens are prone to glare, but I've had no issues with it.
Go and have a look at one in PC world or Comet. You'll soon fall in love.:D
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I have with the 27" i7...:D
 
A PC or a Mac are equally capable of photo editing etc. I'm a graphic designer and at work use PC's for all design work and at home I use my Mac. For vector design work I much prefer using a Windows PC but that's because I feel more familiar with it having used it for years now. Mac's are rather gorgeous looking.
 
i run CS5 on my 24'' intel mac & it's works a treat
 
Craikeybaby said:
As above, the same spec Mac and PC will work the same.

Wth the iMac the quality of the screen is great, obviously you could get a PC with a similar quality screen (LED backlit 27" IPS panel) so it is just down to personal preference.
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Nope, there arent any 27" LED backlit screens, even Dells top of the range U2711 uses CCFL backlighting hence the massive 113 watt output
 
neil_g said:
even in the looks stakes PC are no longer the beige block of horridness..

plenty of really nice alu designs out there these days.
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Have you seen the Sony version of the iMac

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Definitely go and use one in a shop to get a feel for it. I use the 21.5" but was so close to getting the 27" lucky I didn't. It would have swamped my desk. Make sure you have the room first :thumbs:
 
I'm a Mac man. Switched in 2003. It is georgeous......end of
 
I <3 my 27''. I enjoy lording over the 21'' peasants ;)

But seriously eithers good, but dont expect them to be magically quicker than a similarly specced PC. Tbh I'd hold out for the Sandybridge revisions now.
 
I'd echo a few of the points already made, I work with Macs and I'd recommend taking a look at the 27"er in the flesh - it's a big beast! Also Apple have just updated the MacBook Pro's with the latest Intel chip [and Thunderbolt a new I/O port for fast data/monitor connection] so they will be no doubt be updating the iMacs soon.
As for buying a Mac - just do it you won't regret it
 
I've had my 2009 iMac 24" for nearly 2 years and it's still running like a dream. It has been upgraded to Snow Leopard and has always had 4GB of RAM and 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 640GB HDD.

I really cannot fault it. Sure, the design is nice and the whole system/ecosystem is exceptionally well designed but I can honestly say it has never ever crashed in those 2 years and I can be confident in knowing it will never let me down if I am running Photoshop CS3, Aperture 3, Mail, Safari, iChat, Skype, iCal and iTunes all at the same time.

Everyone I know who has a Mac will never ever go back to Windows. End.

Although if you want to play games, stick with Windows.
 
'Slow down' doesn't really effect the Mac OS, I still use an old G4 iBook [2005] for surfing the web and emails - runs quite happily - slow down only occurs when looking at flash video.
 
Slow down doesn't affect PCs if you don't install software all over the place...
 
Rebuild - really?
Remember to run that De-Frag software every week on a PC that should help with the slow down...
 
How do you rebuild a Mac, I'm curious as to what actually gets "rebuilt"

do you mean the Desktop ?
 
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