New quad mac pro - RAW import time, 1:1 preview rendering speed

Hi
Does anyone own a new quad core (purchased new 2009) with 4 or 8 ram who may share
processing times in lightroom 2.3? How many seconds it takes to render a 5d mark2 raw
or sraw1 file as 1:1 preview? How many seconds for a raw to import?
Trying to determine if a new quad core machine with 8 ram is sufficient to turn around workflow of
processing 1000-2000 raws per project.
Thank you,
Ken

I can't answer you question with regards to the 5D2 as I don't have one, but generally you will find that the current crop of MacPros is as good as it gets in power terms.
More RAM is always advisable, if you are thinking of 8GB then you will probably find a use for it!
Lightroom is multi-core aware and quite happy to use them, it likes lots of RAM especially for 20+ MPx files - maybe think of more than 8 if you can afford it.
The disk speed is important as well - as I/O access is an important part of LR operation. So big fast drives help - with the MacPro you can get SAS drives - 10,000 rpm but limited (I think) to 300GB.

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