Which computer would it be better to buy for photoshop cc - the newest mac mini or the mac pro?

i think 16 mb of ram is essential, but other than that, is there a reason to spend more for the mac pro?

CPU, Graphics card, and disk speed also impact performance. Details that may help you are in this article (which is applicable to CC): How to tune Photoshop CS6 for peak performance

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If i were to get this computer would i need a new network for this or what accessories would i need?

If i were to get this computer would i need a new network for this or what accessories would i need?

If you have WiFI which is not something extremely specific, and I believe it is not - you are fine with network, just go and buy you a computer and enjoy.

Best PC to buy for Photoshop CS5, Premiere Elements and Proshow Producer

I am looking for a new PC to replace my 10 year old one.
This would be used primarily for Photoshop CS5, Lightroom, Premiere Elements and Proshow Producer.
I am thinking of going to Digital Storm to get one of their top line gaming machines with Sandybridge cpu, high end video card and at least 16 to 32 gb Ram
(although I do not play games on the pc}.
Is this overkill, or would a different kind of PC be better?
what do you recommend?
jaslu1

I'm definitely going to look into it. Thanks. Have a great holiday.
From: TLL... <[email protected]>
Subject: Best PC to buy for Photoshop CS5, Premiere Elements and Proshow Producer
To: "Jay Slutzky" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, July 1, 2011, 11:38 AM
Dell Precisions are great machines, you could look into their Studio or Studio XPS too. Not quite workstation qualtiy but I'm beating the snot outta one @home and it's holding up well for a 600 buck eBay chassis...

I just bought a mac mini over the weekend. I saved items from my old G4 to an external hard drive. I go to plug in the external hard drive and the new computer is not recognizing it. Help.

I just bought a mac mini over the weekend. I saved items from my old G4 to an external hard drive. I go to plug in the external hard drive and the new computer is not recognizing it. Help.
Here is the information I have. The external hard drive is a 120GB Acomdata. It has both USB and Firewire. When I go to plug in to the mac mini through USB, it is not being recognized. When I switch to Firewire on the old computer I can see it, however when I go to USB it is not being recognized (even on the old computer).
I'm at a loss as to what to do. Any advice would be helpful.

Shalese wrote:
Have you ever tried the FW 400 to 800 adapter?
I have used them on multiple occasions and they work just fine.
Try this (maybe you already have):
-Boot Mini with drive disconnected.
-Do not connect drive but turn it on
-wait a few seconds for drive to spin up
-plug cable into the Mini then into drive.
This is an old drive and may have some timing
issues.
I had an Acomdata drive a long time ago. It
worked fine with FW but USB was flakey.

I am going to buy a mac mini i7 with 3 thunderbolt displays for forex trading. the question is if i use bootcamp and run windows on the mac mini will the displays still run the same way as if i was running it on Lion?

I am going to buy a mac mini i7 with 3 thunderbolt displays for forex trading. the question is if i use bootcamp and run windows on the mac mini will the displays still run the same way as if i was running it on Lion?

No idea if Windows will do it, but you can run Windows without Bootcamp & have OSX available at the same time, which should give you all the Monitors that OSX uses.
Parallels...
http://www.parallels.com/
VmWare Fusion...
http://www.vmware.com/mac

I have a airport time capsule, an older airport extreme, and an airport express. I want to hard wire my Mac Mini to the network. What is the best arrangement of the devices? which ones should be hard wired to optimize extending the network?

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I am using TM Unifi with an ASUS RT-N18U Wi-Fi router. I would like to know could I use Apple AirPort Time Capsule to extend (repeater, booster) my Wi-Fi to a part of the house where the Wi-Fi signal is poor
Yes,, if you plan to connect the AirPort Time Capsule to the ASUS router using an Ethernet cable connection that will remain fixed and permanently installed at all times.
No, if you were planning to have the AirPort Time Capsule connect wirelessly and extend the Asus WiFi signal, since it would not be compatible with another manufacturer's router for that purpose.
Another way of saying the same thing here would be that if you want to extend the network wirelessly, it will take two Apple routers to do so

I have a 2009 Mac mini and the wireless card has never worked, would I be able to cover it with my three year extended warranty?

I have a 2009 Mac mini and the wireless card has never worked, would I be able to cover it with my three year extended warranty?

matthewfromwhangarei wrote:
I have a 2009 Mac mini and the wireless card has never worked, would I be able to cover it with my three year extended warranty?
If you mean AppleCare, then I would believe the answer will be yes.
First make sure you have a full backup of everything on your Mac, then run, don't walk to your nearest Apple store.
Note: Due to your Mac now being in computer years, somewhat elderly, Apple may not have the require parts in stock. This will either mean you might have to leave it with them for a number of days, or maybe they will offer you a new Mac mini. While a new Mac mini (if offered) might be a welcome possibility be aware that the new Mac mini no longer has a CD/DVD drive and it comes with Mac OS X Lion and as a result might not run some of your old software.

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My MAC mini looses the wi-fi connection to a Belkin N wireless router when it goes to sleep or shut down. I have to re select the network when restarting or waking the computer up. I think this just started with Lion. My iPod and iPad have no trouble.

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Thank you BGreg. That is what I have been doing, and then it works just fine. I think it was doing the same thing in the previous version of Lion. I may be incorrect about that. I upgraded to 10.7.3 a few weeks ago, and then last week I reloaded the combo update, hoping it would help. Not so. Thank you for letting me know it is a common problem. I have tried permissions in Disk Utilities, and in Macaroni, both at least 4 times, plus numerous restarts. Nothing Improves. It still can not find the internet when it wakes up or gets up.

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IOFireWireAVC.kext
IOFireWireFamily.kext
IOFireWireIP.kext
IOFireWireSBP2.kext
I restarted and BAM...Snow Leopard booted crazy fast and the mouse and keyboard worked instantly.
The System Profiler says "No FireWire ports were found."
So this tells me that the FW port is probably the culprit and is messing up the installation.
So how do I hack the Mountain Lion installer and tell it to ignore the FW port, which is obviously quite dead? Or is there something I can do to the Base system that is similar?

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I am thinking of being a new macbook pro with retina but after reading the problems with overheating would i be better of buying a dell ??

i am thinking of buying a macbook pro retina 15 but after reading reports of this overheating am i better of buying a dell ?? i already have a imac that has started to overheat when put to sleep unless i close safari down.

Good grief no. I've just done a consulting job that involved Dells, and if you think there are some issues with Apple, wait until you try to deal with Dell. The tech support is awful, they transfer you 4 times then hang up. The product is marginal at best. Google that if you want confirmation.
While Apple machines have had some issues on specific models, for the most part my experience has been very favorable. Especially if you have Applecare. Take the computer in if you have a problem and let the Genius Bar fix it for you.
Your "overheating" issues are probably due to something like Flash running in the background, which just continues to grow in size and suck up machine resources the longer it's on.

Which computer will yield visibly better performance?

I'm making a start in video production and film editing, and given my fondness of Macs going with Final Cut Pro is an obvious choice.
My question is, will I feel a large performance boost going all out with a Mac Pro given that Final Cut Pro is still a 32 bit program? Right now I am leaning in to getting a high end iMac given how good their hardware has gotten.
What things should I consider in buying a new computer knowing that I will be doing HD video editing, rendering, and production?

The 32 bit vs 64 bit question is focusing on the wrong issue. Since we have no clue about your level of experience or competence in the world of video, don't take offense if when I ask - have you ever worked with professional tools before?
There are eleventy billion HD formats. Which ones are you planning to work with?
Are you really planning on working with film or do you simply mean video?
Is this a business or a hobby?
If it's a business, what does your +pro forma+ business plan tell you regarding level of investment and ROI?
If it's a hobby, how much money can you afford to throw at it?
In addition to the computer and hard drives, you'll need a broadcast monitoring solution, flexible i/o device(s), good speakers and a reasonable space, desk and good chair. Oh, and much of the equipment will last just 3-5 years and you'll likely need to invest in all that stuff again.
This question gets asked often enough that a search of the forum will turn up all sorts of treads with a great deal of detail. Of course, going down to your local public access channel and volunteering to help on some productions will also give you a more solid grounding.
Good luck.
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