Hi Reva, Lot's of good info shared on this topic. I note that you did say "PC" in your post. Did you mean that as I'm interpreting it -- you're husband wants to stick with Windows? Lot's of good systems out there for sure if you want to stick with a PC. You'll need to spend more time working out your system configuration needs from the photography perspective and then comparing pricing from various vendors, but I guess you're accustomed to that since you spec out business PCs. Others have addressed most of the config things. I'll echo the basics: fast processor and lots of ram for working with big files. Good graphics card and quality calibrated display for accurate color. Ditto what Tom said about Macs. In something as simple as an iMac you can be up and running right away. Add a second Cinema display for your palettes or as your primary display (all properly calibrated), and you're cooking pretty good, bam! (imho) Swap the iMac for a dual- processor MacPro desktop and you've pretty much got a full-on studio setup (sans printers/scanners/storage/iPod, et al :-)). Add a MacBook Pro for location work or client meetings, sweet! QUESTION: Maybe this is another topic thread -- but -- anybody on the list have any experience with Apple's "Aperture" -- image editing and photo workflow software for professional photographers? http://www.apple.com/aperture/ http://www.apple.com/aperture/profiles/ Hope this helped. Happy Holidays! Kimo On Dec 5, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Tom/Reelife Productions wrote: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Reva, > > If your husband is doing creative work, there's nothing that beats > an Apple (I'm very familiar with both platforms). For a laptop, I > would highly recommend the MacBook Pro (http://www.apple.com/ > macbookpro). I'm convinced it's the best (laptop) computer the > world has to offer. > > If you already have a nice monitor and want something other than a > laptop I would suggest the mac mini (http://www.apple.com/ > macmini). It's a fantastically amazing little white square-thingy > than has a really fast dual processor, can burn dvds/cds and comes > with the amazing iLife (itunes, iphoto, idvd, iweb, imovie) > software package...(I bought my parents one for christmas) > > and I'm not even an apple representative...but I'm thinking about > it :} let me know if you have more questions. I'd love to help > you make the "switch". > > > > Regards, > > Tom Adams > > Director/Owner > Reelife Documentary Productions > using today's technology to educate, entertain & enlighten > "cool digital video stuff...not boring or dumb" > 413.575.9707, Williamsburg, MA, USA > > MAIN SITE: > www.reelifeproductions.com > > PORTAL: > http://web.mac.com/reelifeproductions > > SAMPLES: > http://web.mac.com/reelifeproductions/iWeb/videosamples > http://www.youtube.com/reelife > > > > > > > On Dec 4, 2006, at 8:48 PM, Reva Reck wrote: > >> ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. >> ** You too can help the group >> ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >> ** If you did, we all thank you. >> >> >> Hi all, >> My husband is a photographer & needs a new PC. He has a good >> monitor, which he'll be keeping. I'm used to spec-ing out business >> PC's, but don't know much about the requirements of programs like >> photoshop, or digital camera interface software. Anybody have any >> recommendations? Does a laptop make any sense? We can't get >> anything better than satellite where we live, so I was thinking >> that for big uploads he could go somewhere with reasonable >> internet access speeds if he had a laptop. This may well be a >> gift, so if you know him, don't mention this posting! >> TIA, Reva >> -- >> >> ________________________________ >> >> Reva Reck >> (978) 544-3911 >> reva at revareck.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >> >> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech >> Discussion list. >> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the >> Members page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech > Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Joomla Site Content Management Systems Experts AZURELINK -- Simply Connected! 58 Cottage St, Suite 1 Amherst, MA 01002-2125 (413) 549-2020 (800) 549-2060 Fax: (413) 825-8344 www.azurelink.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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