Is this the right model for photoshop CS4? (MA970LL/A) I am in photography school - career switch - and have a pre-intel G5 which cannot run CS4 properly. I want to upgrade in a way that will allow growth and, most importantly, allow management of a huge amount of photos. Is this mac appropriate or overkill? Is an upgrade on the video card needed? Last, how much does it cost to add Airport and wireless? Thanks!!! Is this the right model for photoshop CS4? (MA970LL/A) I am in photography school - career switch - and have a pre-intel G5 which cannot run CS4 properly. I want to upgrade in a way that will... » Read More Is this the right model for photoshop CS4? (MA970LL/A) I am in photography school - career switch - and have a pre-intel G5 which cannot run CS4 properly. I want to upgrade in a way that will allow growth and, most importantly, allow management of a huge amount of photos. Is this mac appropriate or overkill? Is an upgrade on the video card needed? Last, how much does it cost to add Airport and wireless? Thanks!!! « Show Less
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Thanks John. I bought the machine with two 2.8 ghz, 2 gb ram 320 gb hard drive, superdrive, airport, etc. I plan on purchasing extra RAM online, maybe at B&H.; I will hook up external harddrives for more storage for the present, eventually getting more hard-drives. I don't really understand the whole RAID discussion. As for screens, after a lot of research, I went for the NEC 2080Wuxi2 with the software. I think the LaCie seems just as good, the Eizo reputedly better, but I want some screen space. THe B&H; store has custom set-ups for photography. One thing they have is blue-tooth which seems absent hereThanks again. Thanks John. I bought the machine with two 2.8 ghz, 2 gb ram 320 gb hard drive, superdrive, airport, etc. I plan on purchasing extra RAM online, maybe at B&H.; I will hook up external harddrives for more storage for the present, eventually getting more hard-drives. I don't really understand the whole RAID discussion. As for screens, after a lot of research, I went for the NEC 2080Wuxi2 with the software. I think the LaCie seems just as good, the Eizo reputedly better, but I want some screen space. THe B&H; store has custom set-ups for photography. One thing they have is blue-tooth which... » Read More Thanks John. I bought the machine with two 2.8 ghz, 2 gb ram 320 gb hard drive, superdrive, airport, etc. I plan on purchasing extra RAM online, maybe at B&H.; I will hook up external harddrives for more storage for the present, eventually getting more hard-drives. I don't really understand the whole RAID discussion. As for screens, after a lot of research, I went for the NEC 2080Wuxi2 with the software. I think the LaCie seems just as good, the Eizo reputedly better, but I want some screen space. THe B&H; store has custom set-ups for photography. One thing they have is blue-tooth which seems absent hereThanks again. « Show Less
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My Mac Pro which came with 2GB of RAM needs more if I am to load and use my Nik filters. To make it really sing with CS4, I think it will need at least another 2GB, possibly 4. Two more gigs will run you ca. $500, four double that amount. With a total of 6GB, one should be able to take full advantage of the full range of plug-ins and quickly render images. By the way, I bought a LaCie 320 monitor for mine and it is excellent for photography (and it doesn't have a glossy screen). Apple monitors do not meet the needs of the serious amateur or professional photographer.
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Absolutely perfect for it. You can pick out the various components to suit your wallet and needs, but do NOT skimp on the RAM! And, install a second drive if possible. They're both very inexpensive if you you know where to buy them. I have always used http://www.transintl.com/macupgrades/index.cfm for my HDs and RAM.
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I am using Mac OS X 10.9.1 with Photoshop CS6 with no problem. It works well.
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I, too, agree with dosers and Mark B. Plus, I'd add that you're somewhat looking at the glass as half empty. You've got a Mac G4...that's still working...on Leopard, perhaps. That's got to be at least a 5 year old computer, if not older, that is still working to your satisfaction. There's something to be said for that! If and when you're ready to get a new Mac w/ Intel processors, it will be worth it. But rest assured that your current Mac has exceeded the average expectancy and expectations of personal computers.
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Don't bother. Highly specialized apps (like those in CS3) you want to run natively. And the mac version is very good. Call Adobe; they DO offer a cross-platform upgrade (there is cost, but it's significantly less than buying a new product). You'll be much happier in the long run, and save time running them natively.
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Hi i don't know how serious you are about photo editing but I have done it for years and find Photoshop Elements 6 to be excellent. I have used it for about a year now. It came out later that the one for windows so when windows came out with PE7 for windows I called adobe and asked them if it had more features in the windows version and he said that PE7 for windows was the same as PE 6 for mac because the mac version came out later it had all the new features first. It has many of the features of the much more expensive full version of photoshop. There are online tutorials to help you learn it and there is tech support. I bought it originally for under $100 and upgrades are cheaper. If you do a search you might find it cheaper. The new version of Iphoto is also very good. It comes free with the new macs or it is part of Ilife 09. I have looked into Adobe lightroom and Aperture 2 and have not been persuaded that they are necessary for me. PE6 for mac has raw support for many cameras . Hope that helps. Ron
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Sorry not exactly sure what are the requirements for photoshop software you will be using, certainly this is an i7 4Gen laptop, should be able to run any programs on it, if you are currently using a laptop and you have used the same applications with that many pictures and works fine, then with newer models you shouldn't have any problem. We would also recommend to find more info online.Thank you,
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The fan issue regarding the X4 I believe is actually moot because since the reviews that stated any fan issues, we changed the case and went with a much more efficient and ventilated case, as well as having an extra case fan now. There is room for a second... and 3rd (I just checked) DVD drive and is this the best we have for Photoshop work... no. Our technical best would be the AAC-T7S but that is not available on Amazon yet. We currently have a model called the AAC-X8 which we have in stock that would fulfill photoshop work VERY well. It has an 8 core 8320 processor, 16GBs RAM, a 2 TB hard drive and everything else that come standard (card reader, DVD drive, 3 year warranty.) We are working on getting that up and running on Amazon's catalog.
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No. You can only upgrade from CS5 to CS6. Your best bet is the Creative Cloud Photography Plan: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KNDCCE6/ref=cm_cd_asin_lnk (monthly) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O66FYRS/ (Yearly pre-paid) The old pricing model was $699 (Photoshop CS6) /$999 (Photoshop CS6 Extended). But consider this: at that price a customer can have the Creative Cloud Photography Plan @ $9.99/mo for close to 6/8.5 years respectively. The Creative Cloud Photography plan includes Photoshop CC, Lightroom & Lightroom mobile. Plus you get all the product updates/upgrades (e.g. Photoshop 2014, 2015, 2016, etc & Lightroom 6, LR7, LR8, LR9, etc) for OS compatibility and support during that time. With the old model, you'd have to pay extra for upgrades in that same time period. One of the reasons for moving to this model is to make sure customers can keep up with the fast changing technology landscape where Apple and Microsoft are updating OSes every 12 months and introducing new hardware and devices at a faster and faster rate. Hope that helps, Jeffrey Tranberry Digital Imaging Product Development Adobe Systems, Senior Product Manager, Chief Customer Advocate
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bought mine Saturday, came with old leopard (but i bought snow leopard)best macbook pro ever. snow leopard really makes it come alive (with speed)my adobe and pro apps load up with the greatest of ease (it's scary how fast they run now), heck, even firefox doesn't slow down the system anymore! (though it does take it's time)and now you can add more than 10 items to you dock (when dragging a folder down), soo awesome!
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the cace is great, it is strong, and i do not problem with that, in general i am so happy with this computer, and help me alot with my job as wedding photographer, photoshop, dark room, light room is running very well, i recomend you to by this, with this price is owesome. at last the decision is your, good luck
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DAB, just read your reply, I've been debating the same issue. My plan is for video and photo editing, along with music recording. I think I'll need the extra HD space and the GPU would be handy. I think you just convinced me. But I'm waiting until after August 2010 to see if there are new iMacs being announced.
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sigma recently came out with 17-70 version which has a C mark on it. its a good walk around woiyth f2.8 to 4. IS or OS is a good thing and its a personal decision. I have always preferred them as sometimes you forget to hold your breath for that magic moment which may not be as crisp otherwise.
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V4 should be good for the next 3 or so years if the developer keeps his current pace..Regardless, upgrades are offered at a discount..usually 30 dollars...that is nothing for this type of vms software.Check out ipcamtalk.com, there is a blue iris user forum there.
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Yes a PC version of any software will not run on a Mac, unless you install a Windows OS on the Mac. Then you could run your PC version of PhotoShop on the Windows OS on the Mac. This would be cheaper than buying a new version of PhotoShop BUT would add a level of complexity to using PhotoShop. If you don't want to do it this way I believe the basic level of PhotoShop Creative Cloud is $10 per month. So instead of paying $650, or more, for another PhotoShop CS6, you would buy 65 months of Creative Cloud.
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make the ram 8GB and you will be flying! otherwise works pretty good with photoshop but i think that it will work as good with engineering design like autodesk, solid works and etc. You can really feel the difference between celeron or pentium proc (i wont even mention AMD...)
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I think the "Dual Install" ability on Windows and Mac is a great feature. My first purch was the Photoshop Elements 2006, I have an HP Laptop and a MacBook Pro so I had to buy them separate and it gets costly to do this. So buying one with the installation available for both my machines is great. I never buy software from a "download" I buy actual hardware, I want physical material in hand to find if needed to reinstall or look up info.
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What Reid Smith actually asked is "what's the difference between the $299 academic edition and the $199 student/teacher edition?" He never got an answer to his question. I posted a lengthy explanation on a review of Photoshop CS4 Student Edition. The review is not available now that CS4 is discontinued, but you can still read it by accessing all of the reviews written by The Irish Patient here on Amazon. It's entitled "If in doubt, consider the academic edition instead," and it was the highest rated review for that product. Briefly, the difference under CS4 was that you didn't have to jump through any hoops to activate the $299 academic edition. The $299 academic edition came with an activation code inside the packaging. You were good to go as long as you could get a third party retailer (like AcademicSuperstore) to send you the academic edition disk. With the $199 student edition, all you got was a disk without an activation code. The code could only be obtained by going through Adobe's verification contractor. You had to open the seal on the software and then send your proof of student or teacher status to Adobe. If you were verified, then you would get an e-mail with the activation code. If you were denied, you had to fight with Amazon to return opened software.