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Notebook for photo editing (D800 RAW)

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  • heartyfisherheartyfisher Posts: 3,192Member
    Thanks Park1953 .. sounds very good to me !
    Moments of Light - D610 D7K S5pro 70-200f4 18-200 150f2.8 12-24 18-70 35-70f2.8 : C&C very welcome!
    Being a photographer is a lot like being a Christian: Some people look at you funny but do not see the amazing beauty all around them - heartyfisher.

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  • studio460studio460 Posts: 205Member
    I know you spec'd Windows machines only, but I think it's worth mentioning the late-2011 17" MacBook Pro (the refurbished section of the Apple store used to consistently have inventory of the 17" model, but they're out of stock at the moment). Note that October 2011 was the last production run of the 17" MacBook Pro, as well as the last MBP made with an ExpressCard/34 slot. Still a bit pricey at $1,899, but I got mine a few months ago and couldn't be happier. It's "refurbished" but it came looking brand new. Here's the essential specs:

    17" late-2011 MacBook Pro 8,3 model no. MD311LL/A:
    Quad-core 2.4GHz Sandy Bridge Core i7
    750GB HDD/4GB RAM (user-upgraded to 16GB of 1.35V Crucial RAM for about $120)
    ExpressCard/34 slot (using a Lexar CF-to-ExpressCard adapter--ingest is blazing-fast)
    Thunderbolt I/O (10Gbps)

    I run both Aperture and DxO Optics Pro Elite on this machine, and it processes Nikon D800E RAW files with ease. Plenty of power, and excellent I/O. The 17" screen size makes working on it a pleasure, and is also large enough for clients to view when shooting tethered on location.
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  • Parke1953Parke1953 Posts: 456Member
    heartyfisher It seems to work good but I think it needs more than 6gig of ram or maybe I'm just spoiled. My first computer had a whopping 4meg of ram and then updated to 8meg. WOW.
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  • heartyfisherheartyfisher Posts: 3,192Member
    heartyfisher It seems to work good but I think it needs more than 6gig of ram or maybe I'm just spoiled. My first computer had a whopping 4meg of ram and then updated to 8meg. WOW.
    LOL! so did my first MAINFRAME.. the whole university was so excited about the 4 extra MBytes of main memory !

    Moments of Light - D610 D7K S5pro 70-200f4 18-200 150f2.8 12-24 18-70 35-70f2.8 : C&C very welcome!
    Being a photographer is a lot like being a Christian: Some people look at you funny but do not see the amazing beauty all around them - heartyfisher.

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  • Parke1953Parke1953 Posts: 456Member
    heartyfisher we had IBM AT's not sure but i think they had only 2meg of ram when we first got them, then we got ATX's with 4meg and upgraded those to 8meg. That goes back some. We used them to help run the HILAC.

    Anyway I did just a small bit of editing with the laptop and seems to work ok.
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