How is this build looking?

Planned system, so far:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/crhawkeye/saved/1AkA
System concerns:
- Any dumb bottlenecks? Anything standout? What should I spend less on, what should I spend more on? Never built before. Still in research mode.
- Motherboard going to cut it? Originally targeted this as I knew it was workable with a hackintosh setup, which I plan to install. (for this reason want to stick to intel MBs)
- Still haven't figured out my drive situation. Do plan on having to manually back up on to multiple external HDs for storage.
- If I want to overclock the 3770k . . . will my current config work?
- As I understand it... GTX 660 should support thunderbolt (if I go there) with an adapter. Eventually plan on getting a higher res monitor, not sure it will be thunderbolt.
Uses:
- Chiefly photo processing (lightroom/CS6), but some HD video work with DLSR files. (figure premiere was more demanding of hardware, so posted here)
- Will be processing canon 18mp files and Nikon d800 36mp files raw. Will be stacking multiple 36mp raw files, will be stitching multiple 36mp raw files. Figures to be my most demanding photo process.
Expectations/tolerances:
I'm coming from an old 2 core amd system that had 6gb ram. Only used cs5/lightroom... no video editing. Did OK with smaller 18mp files, but 36mp seriously stresses it. Needless to say... I'm used to slow. The biggest thing I want to improve is actual responsiveness of interface. It'd be nice to be able to write a file two minutes faster than I used to or whatnot, but that's not as big a deal. (remember, used to slow, not a pro... need adeqaute)
I don't do this for a living, but am fairly serious abou my hobby. I want something that will last me 3 years or so at least. I don't see myself upgrading past the nikon d800 in that time frame. (or acquiring anything that gives me more challenging video files)
I was all ready to get a Dell XPS 850 or something... but convinced myself that maybe this would be a better idea. So here I am.
Thanks

Ok, updated parts list. Upgraded mobo and gold rated 720 super-sup. (don't know if 720 is overkill or not -- can't hurt)
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/crhawkeye/saved/1AQc
Still trying to figure out what to do hard drive wise. Have listed a couple toishiba 7200/2TB as they were seemingly rated as well as other HDs in that class. Was going to use a couple 2TB drives in raid 1, and then a samsung pro 256 SD. At least to start. Will add from there. Don't know if I'll be able to get away with multiple OS boots from 1 256gb SD drive or not, may be pushing it.
Think I'll skip worrying about thunderbolt for now, do believe there is an adapter that would get me there if I needed to anyway with this setup.
Looks like my price point has shifted to the 1500 range with this current config.

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Hello,
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{quote}
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Here is my response to a post Matt made on a blog:
THe whole post:
http://blog.simb.net/2009/01/19/take-flex-back-for-the-community/
@Matt
1st off thanks, now my input:
The crux of your criticism seems to be that the process that we use for decision-making is closed its certainly not how we feel
Unfortuntly, this seems like a case of bad commuication by Adobe and the Flex team. If notable community experts get the impression of closed doors, then *certainly* the rest of us get this impression as well.
but there has been very little participation from the community so far
Im a solid dev, and not an expert but I can contribute in things such as testing and low level optimization; But, the Adobe open source site is a galactic disaster and discourages me from getting invloved. It has so many webpages that just go around in circles - filled with text that is verbose, this frustrates me to a great deal. As opposed to somehting straight foreward like:
http://framework.zend.com/download/latest
or
http://code.google.com/p/papervision3d/
Everything is here and easily notable. I avoid the seamingly endless pages and confusion. If I want to get to the Flex dev mailing list I have to register, then choose the lists, add the lists to my account. go though my account prefs read some directions.. then set up some other preferences..jeeeezzzz. If I want to submit a feature request I am directed to create another login for some Bug and Issue management? HUH? I thought I was submitting a featue request.
Right on papervisions google HOME page I see Getting started > Papervision3D Mailing List.
Next when I finially do get to Flex SVN, this trunk. is nothing like I have seen.what IS all this stuff and where do I go to learn about it? There are countless subfolders filled with things I vaguely understand and if I want to learn what it is. where do I go? Is there even a src folder?
Here is a classic example.
Flex trunk Read Me:
http://opensource.adobe.com/svn/opensource/flex/sdk/trunk/README.txt
vs.
Zend Trunk Read me:
http://framework.zend.com/svn/framework/standard/trunk/README.txt
*What* is the Flex team thinking with this?
I just spent 5 minutes or so twirling through all these SVN directories and Adobes website and I am clueless. I feel like the project is unessarily complex and disorganized - even if it isnt. This just convinced me to delete my Flex sdk bookmark on my SVN client.
Adobe just lost one potential contributor to Flex SDK.
We have another idea that were bouncing around that I hope to share in a week or two but wont get into now.
Saying stuff like this is what gives people the impression of closed. Why not post these ideas the Flex team has? Even if it is stupid or incomplete
Thats the whole point.

Wow, thanks for your response. This is great. I now understand that I had a combination of prejudice and ignorance when regarding Adobe Open Source. Perhaps my ignorance on these particulars is something that other devs encounter ( that whole perception thing ). I have chatted with people who consider the Flex SDK and Flex Builder... not the same... but fused together so much that it'd be just crazy to try and use one with out the other When I mention using Flex without Flex Builder.... people get that glazed over look in their eyes....( FYI I'm a FDT man, but am keeping a close eye on the new Flex Builder ) I'll use Zend as an example ( it's the best that I can come up with ) but I feel like there is a difference between the open source framework and Zend Studio ( commercial software ). Anyway, I'm really excited about how you've responded to all this. I have more ideas, but Ill sit on them and think it through and get ready for next weeks meeting. Thanks, Alan On Jan 23, 2009, at 1:31 AM, Matt Chotin wrote: > A new message was posted by Matt Chotin in > > General Discussion -- > How Open source Flex looks to a mid level developer > > I've delayed responding to this because frankly I'm not sure what to > say for much of it. The first thing I have to point out is that > many of the things you mention are related to Flex Builder and not > the Flex SDK, which is the part that is open source. So things like > the FB features, and NDA as part of its prerelease program, etc are > part of the commercial offerings from Adobe, not the Flex SDK. > Every build of the SDK has been available from the open source site, > the MAX issues were for commercial products. > > The roadmap for Flex 4 has been posted on the Gumbo page now for a > while, we don't put up specific dates because we don't know specific > dates, and as we get closer to feeling certain on a date we've put > it up. I think that having dates up that constantly change is > counter-productive. > > We use a code name because you never know if another version is > going to jump into the middle or what could happen, locking in on a > version number is often just setting yourself up for confusion > later. Plenty of other projects use code names too, the idea that a > code name denotes secrecy is frankly ludicrous. > > Regarding your question about 1000 developers and 80% wanting to go > in a different direction: if 80% of our customers think we should > move one way, don't you think it'd be pretty silly as a company to > go against them? Adobe as a company, and the Flex team as a product > team, are very focused on delivering our customers value. If we > fail to deliver value, not only is our free open source product not > used, but our paid products aren't used as well. The things that > you sometimes run into are long-term vision vs. short-term pains, > and that may be where some aspects of open source vs. closed > differ. The Adobe team has a long-term vision of Flex, which we > have tried to share and get feedback on, and we make decisions based > on that vision while taking into account the short-term needs of > developers. I think this is a pretty reasonable approach overall, > and you as a Flex/Flash developer have probably benefited from it. > > I'm sorry you feel like Adobe is getting the only benefit of open > source and you aren't, we certainly believe that we've put pieces in > place to allow for everyone to benefit, and will continue to take > suggestions on how we can improve. > > Matt > > > On 1/21/09 7:54 AM, "Alan Klement" <[email protected]> wrote: > > A new message was posted by Alan Klement in > > General Discussion -- > How Open source Flex looks to a mid level developer > > Matt, your right. The Adobe Open Source site does have sufficient > resources, but the perception I had , as a developer interested in > getting invloved, was that the information was either not there, > incomplete, or difficult to find. The perception to me is that > Adobe is not serious about 'Open Source" - even if it is, the > perception I have is that it isn't. > > I don't mean disrespect, but I don't take "Adobe Open Source" > seriously. To illustrate my point I'll use this ( albeit a bit > extreme ) example: > > Suppose the Flex community consists of 1000 devoted developers. > 80% of these developers decide to take the sdk into a direction they > feel it needs to go. This decision, regardless if it's 'good' or > not, renders it incompatible with other Adobe products, namely Adobe > Catalyst. WIll Adobe accept the community's decision? > > When Adobe can answer 'yes' to that question, I will take Adobe's > commitment seriously. > > And there are so many other things t! hat send me red flags. > > - Why is the new name of Flex not public, and why am I, as others, > breaking NDA to talk about the renaming process with other Flex devs? > - What business is NDA doing in an 'Open' project. > - Why is Adobe tight lipped about a release for Flex 4? Where is > the roadmap? https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases . > - Why are new features in Flex Builder not public? Adobe asks 'what > do you want', but never tells us the results of these polls and what > features it is actively working on. > - Why are there builds of Flex 4 passed out at MAX, but unavailable > to non-attendies. Had I *paid* to go to MAX, I'd have Flex 4... > - You mentioned that there wasn't a 'budget' to make it easier for > devs to submit feature suggestions? Set up a google mailing list, > that'll cost you 0 dollars. > - What is the term 'budget' doing in open source. If Adobe won't do > something, ask the community to chip in. > -Who are the other Adobe Flex devs? I can go to other open source > projects and see the names and contact info of other devs. Why > aren't THEY posting their opinions on this message board? > _Why all the 'codename' garbage. 'Codename' denotes secrecy. > - and on and on.... > > To me, Adobe looks like they want all the benefits of an open source > project, but none of the consequences. Being open source means > releasing a degree of control over the software. Hell, Richard > Stallman is still trying to convince people to change 'Linux' to > 'Linux-GNU'. > > I would like to help, but I just don't think my efforts would be > seriously considered. I work all day developing Flex applications > and front end Flash web sites. I don't want to then spend my free > time to be engrossed with a project's red tape ( Adobe policies ) - > only to have my efforts to be blown off. > > Sorry guys, it just looks like a win-win for Adobe and a lose-lose > for me. > > ________________________________ > View/reply at How Open source Flex looks to a mid level developer <a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.59b790da/2 > > > Replies by email are OK. > Use the unsubscribe <a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?280@@.59b790da!folder=.3c060fa1 > > form to cancel your email subscription. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > View/reply at <a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?13@@.59b790da/5> > Replies by email are OK. > Use the unsubscribe form at <a href=http://www.adobeforums.com/webx?280@@.59b790da!folder=.3c060fa1 > > to cancel your email subscription.

Flash Builder looks blurry on Macbook Pro with Retina displays

Hello,
Flash Builder interface looks blurry on MacBook Pro with Retina displays.
Here is the screenshot:
http://i.imgur.com/qMmmu.png
Expand the image to the actual size, and notice that Flash Builder interface looks blurry.
Please fix this issue.
Andrey

I was having the same issue - couldn't believe my eyes on how horrible and fuzzy Flash Builder looked on my new Macbook Pro w Retina. Was suffering through it for the past week and just found this work around that someone figured out for Eclipse that also works on Flash Builder (guess b/c it's built on Eclipse). Here's the link to the bug report that shows the work around (Thanks to Brad Hudgeons):
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=382972
here's a cut and paste from the bug report in case the above url gets removed:
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The help I need from you:
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CPU- Intel i7 930 Bloomfield 2.8 Ghz
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GPU- PNY GTX 480
$500 on Newegg
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$400 on Newegg
BOOT DRIVE (PROGRAMS & OS)- WD Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB
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EXPORT DRIVE- Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
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MEDIA & PROJECT FILE "READ" DRIVE-(6)Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB in RAID3
$300 on Newegg
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Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
$10 on Newegg
RAM COOLING- (6) VANTEC ICEBERG DDR-A1C Heatsinks only
$30 on Newegg
GPU COOLING- ZALMAN VF900 – CU 2 Ball VGA Cooler
$60 on Newegg
CASE COOLING- (5) Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 800rpm
$90 on endpcnoise.com
DRIVE COOLING- ????
            TOTAL PRICE FOR SYSTEM COOLING- $250
Add'l questions:
       -I had planned on replacing the stock case fans that come with the Antec 1200 with some different "quiet" fans. Is this going overboard?
        -Do I need individual fans for each hard drive, or am I better off getting a few larger fans to cover the entire drive area?
        -Is the cooling system that I've put together here overkill, or sensible?
MEDIA R/W
BLU-RAY R/W- Pioneer BDR-205BKS Blu-Ray RW
$200 on Newegg
DVD R/W- ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD RW
$22 on Newegg
MEDIA R/W- AFT XM-35U BLACK USB 2.0 Kiosk Card Reader
$35 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR MEDIA R/W- $257
Add'l questions:
       -In the age of Vimeo, is a Blu-ray burner really necessary right now?
HUMAN I/O
MONITORS- (2) ASUS VH236H Black 23"
$400 on Newegg
SPEAKERS- BEHRINGER MS16 16 W 2.0
$60 on Newegg
MOUSE- Microsoft BlueTrack Explorer Mini Mouse
$50 on Newegg
KEYBOARD- Logitech Comfort Wave 450 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Ergonomic Keyboard
$40 on Newegg.com
Adobe Premiere keyboard stickers
$15 on editorskeys.com
            TOTAL PRICE FOR HUMAN I/O- $565
Add'l questions:
       -Cheaper monitors that will get the job done? I picked these sort of randomly..
        -Can anyone recommend a cheaper mouse that they like? Corded options are OK.
        -What kind of speakers do you have in your home office setup? I don't really need professional Studio Monitor quality at this phase in my career. Is it smarter to invest in a decent pair of headphones instead?
                      TOTAL PRICE OVERALL- $ 3,956
A little about me /my needs and usage:
I went to film school. I'm not an editor per se, but I did a number of experimental compositing and animation projects, things that I'd like to resurrect, polish up, and put in my reel. I also plan to use this machine to digest projects that are not yet shot. With this machine, I'll be making the switch from Apple systems to PC.
Formats I'd like to be working with in the future:
-Sony SxS cards (XDCAM EX)
-Many flavors of DV video (DVCPROHD, DV, AVCHD, HDV)
-HDSLR footage (native H.264-based streams)
-Maybe RED footage?
I've never built a computer by myself before, but I have friends that have, who can help me. The components I've selected for this build were based mostly on advice I'd read in this forum, particularly Haarm's many guides for newbies like me
I do NOT need to be the fastest kid on the block, but I do want to build a reliable system the RIGHT WAY. I don't want to be cheap about cooling. For the HDD system, I want optimized data throughput that is structured in a sensible way.
Many thanks in advance to anyone who bothers to read even 1/2 of all that stuff, let alone anyone who makes helpful suggestions on how I can bring down the price of this system.
Talk soon!!
-Leo K

Thanks to everyone for their helpful advice. I've taken all of it into account, and I was able to shave almost $700 off of the price of my build!
This is the result of my first major revision to my list. Does anyone see major conflicts or poor decisions here?
GUTS
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
CPU
Intel i7 930 Bloomfield 2.8 Ghz
$290 on Newegg
GPU
PNY GTX 480
$500 on Newegg
MOBO
ASUS P6X58D
$230 on Newegg
RAM
(2 sets) CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C9
$380 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR GUTS- $1,400
DRIVE SETUP
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
BOOT DRIVE
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB
$75 on Newegg
SCRATCH DRIVES
(2) WD Caviar Black WD1501FASS 1.5TB in RAID 0
$220 on Newegg
EXPORT DRIVE
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
$100 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR DRIVE SETUP- $395
CASE AND POWER
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
CASE
Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel Case
$160 on Newegg
PSU
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2
$240 on Newegg
UPS
powercom KIN-2200AP 2200 VA 1320 Watts 6 Outlets UPS
$234 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR CASE AND POWER- $634
SYSTEM COOLING
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
CPU COOLING
Thermalright TRUE Black 120Rev.C CPU Cooler
$60 on Newegg
THERMAL COMPOUND
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
$10 on Newegg
CASE COOLING
(2) Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 800rpm
$36 on NEWEGG
            TOTAL PRICE FOR SYSTEM COOLING- $106
MEDIA R/W
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
BLU RAY RW
LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner
$130 on Newegg
MEDIA RW
AFT XM-35U BLACK USB 2.0 Kiosk Card Reader
$35 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR MEDIA R/W- $165
HUMAN I/O
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
MONITORS
(2)- SAMSUNG 22"Height &Pivot Adjustable Stand Black Widescreen LCD Monitor
$360 ON Newegg
SPEAKERS
PNY GTX 480
$100 on Newegg
MOUSE
ASUS P6X58D
$30 on Newegg
KEYBOARD
Logitech Comfort Wave 450 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Ergonomic Keyboard
$40 on Newegg.com
TOTAL PRICE FOR HUMAN I/O- $530
                      TOTAL PRICE OVERALL- $ 3,230

Help please - An email address that I rarely used several years ago got reset to someone else's apple ID in place of the email account they used to create their account. How can this happen?

A friend accused me of switching an email account that I used several years ago to send them photos on Flikr (gmail) for their Apple ID - in other words of.messing with their account. I only used the gmail account to post / send them and several other people photos on a few occasions and have not used the account since. I forgot that I had it. When this friend couldn't access their iTunes account the store discovered that the email had been reset to my very old gmail address. How is this possible? Now, they are accusing me of hacking in although no purchases were made and nothing was done with the account. Still, my reputation is at stake. Could they have done it in error? It looks bad for me. Help please.

I made up the names edward and daniel, it's not actually anyone's email address, so no need for concern.
In practice, I'm sure you're right that I would have fewer problems with a longer, more complex email address. But in principal, the problem remains. I could sign up for the Apple ID
1234.NoOneWillEverUseThisAddress.5678@gmail
and someone else could sign up for the Apple ID
1234.NoOneWillEverUseThisAddress.5678+1@gmail
and apple would have no problem with it, even though for all intents and purposes it's the same email address. So the problem is not just the ambiguity of my, to use Dahveed's words, overly simplistic and unsophisticated, email address:
there is a fundamental flaw in the way Apple links email addresses to accounts that allows for this ambiguity. If they followed the same conventions that gmail did, there would be no possibility of this problem.

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