iMac i5 Retina Display 5K - strange question

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  scrimshaw on 11/03/2015 - 02:27

  Before apple partnered with Intel and used PowerPC chips, they had an architectural advantage that Adobe took advantage of.

  However, when they switched to Intel chips, that instruction set was lost. Currently, there is no advantage either way. In fact, you can get better hardware and therefore better performance for less money going the Windows route. But it all comes down to preference.

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    mskeggs on 11/03/2015 - 12:20

    I think there is quite a bit of inertia too. If you work in a graphics industry place and everyone has Macs, you should too, as it makes it easy for you to get support/help and for co-workers to show you how to do things etc.
    Also, because of the big historical installed base, add-on tools and things like colour matching etc came to macs first.
    It may still be the case that some add-on tools are on macs but not PCs.
    I agree from a price/performance perspective a windows computer is the better deal.

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    WhiteEvo6 on 14/05/2015 - 21:28

    Realise its a late post but the entire graphic design industry use Macs, I have worked in the industry for years and my wifes a designer and pre press operator. You won't see a PC anywhere unless its for file servers. Macs show fonts on screen how they will print, PCs don't. Apple/Steve made sure that typography was at the core of the OS, he wanted the OS to emulate paper.

    Whilst the speed gap has gotten closer the fact that PCs are so poor with fonts and typography hasn't changed. Windows still cannot manage to scale correctly when outputting to an external screen from a laptop for example.

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  ozhunter on 11/03/2015 - 02:29

  +1

  I do find Apple computers are fast in processing data

  That made me lol.

  1 Tb hard Drive (5400rpm - this is only thing that is slow)

  Get a ssd asap

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    sonu1111 on 11/03/2015 - 03:00

    Ozhunter - Windows 8 has been really good and comparatively way too responsive than Windows 7. If I open anything on Apple laptop, I do find it fast. As you mentioned, that statement made you laugh, I am sure that my MacBook Air seems fast as it doesn't have many software installed whereas on windows I have many. I prefer Windows over Apple, maybe I use to Windows computer.

    Scrimshaw - So basically people see other people buying Apple computer and they buy Apple now a days. It is very hard to explain people.

    Thanks guys for your reply.

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      ozhunter on 11/03/2015 - 03:03

      I am sure that my MacBook Air seems fast

      You have a fast ssd in your mba and a very slow hard drive in your desktop. Upgrading to a ssd would make everyday usage a lot faster.

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        mrmarkau67 on 11/03/2015 - 15:37

        Any SSD will speed up your desktop.

        But the SSD in your Macbook Air is probably PCIe based. You may need a new motherboard to get the same kinds of disk speeds in your desktop as your Air. More information here: https://www.ramcity.com.au/blog/m.2-ngff-ssd-compatibility-l…

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  plmko on 11/03/2015 - 02:52

  Apple also poached a few Adobe employees, and so there was mutual communications between Apple and Adobe for cross-promotion.

  Anyway the trade secret is that all the hard grunt work is done on windows computers, but all the pretty front end stuff clients will see is done on Apple, simply because their computers are more presentable. Honestly if you're a photo editing student I don't see why you'd need to spend $3k for a computer, worse yet an all-in-one computer that cannot be upgraded. Perhaps if you were someone doing video editing…

  I reckon you won't need to spend too much on the computer maybe $1k tops, but put it all on a good monitor $500-$1000. This is very realistic on the Windows platform.

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  ozhunter on 11/03/2015 - 03:06

  Quite a good chance that with the course she is using an imac. For pure power, it's not good value, though the imac does look nice, it's an all-in-one, great display, and can use both osx and windows apps.

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  Duck Mode on 11/03/2015 - 09:09

  Not that I'm an expert, but from what i've seen it appears they have more consistent monitor and overall quality than most other computer packages and charge a premium for that convenience on top of being a trendy brand name. They tend to use screens with good colour reproduction etc which would be good for video and photo editing. Also sometimes certain preferred software packages aren't available for windows machines.

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    MATTS on 11/03/2015 - 12:16

    do a google search for dirty blotchy screen …
    maybe they have fixed it in the new 5k imac

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  mrmarkau67 on 11/03/2015 - 09:32

  +2

  OK, so an 27" iMac with 5K display costs what, $3000?

  That comes with a 27" 5K LG LCD monitor. Its totally built in, for better or worse.

  If she buys a traditional desktop, how much is the 27" 5K display going to cost her?

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  scotty on 11/03/2015 - 09:35

  +6

  The beauty in that iMac is not in its tech specification but the 5k monitor. You cannot yet buy Dell UltraSharp UP2715K in Australia yet, and that monitor along costs USD$2,499.

  Therefore iMac 27" Retina with 5K display at $3k is actually reasonable.

  Well, until 5k display goes mainstream and the price comes down (like the QHD and UHD display now days).

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    mrmarkau67 on 11/03/2015 - 09:49

    And don't forget is a 5K display that runs at 60, not a 4k display that runs at 30.