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JimmySchoster

JimmySchoster

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Hello,
My 9 year old MacBook Pro just had an unrepairable breakdown (Genius Bar diagnosis). I am thinking about purchasing the new M4 Mac mini. People at the Apple Store told me that Acer would be a good monitor and less $ than an Apple monitor.
Any suggestions for a good photography monitor for <$300. ?
Thank you!!

Jimmy
 
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I wonder if you would be better off with an iMac. It at least has the Retina screen built in.

you can use almost anything as a screen but the decent photo processing screens I have seen cost considerably more.

the Mac retinal screens are pretty good.
 
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The Apple site states that the base memory is adequate for photo processing but I would go up to the next level for $200 more.

The Retina screens on the Macs is a really nice screen.

the Studio 5k monitor is a really nice monitor as well.
 
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The new iMacs (once available) can be configured with up to 32 GB of unified memory. For my purposes (Z8/D850 photo editing in LR, LRC, PS and Topaz Photo AI), I’m looking at 48 to 64 GB when I upgrade my M1 MacBook Pro/32 GB/1T sometime early next year.
 
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MMoretti said:
The new iMacs (once available) can be configured with up to 32 GB of unified memory. For my purposes (Z8/D850 photo editing in LR, LRC, PS and Topaz Photo AI), I’m looking at 48 to 64 GB when I upgrade my M1 MacBook Pro/32 GB/1T sometime early next year.
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Thank you. Just curious what processes you are doing that require 48 - 64 GB RAM. That will help me make my decision. Best, Jimmy
 
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JimmySchoster said:
Right, makes sense. I actually looked at the iMacs today too. How much RAM would you recommend for photo work in Lightroom cc and Photoshop?
Jimmy
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You should check Adobe's website for minimum and recommended specifications for LR and PS ( https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/system-requirements.html ), but I suspect that 16GB is the absolute minimum these days. The newer versions of LRC have become more GPU intensive, and while Apple uses unified memory in its new chip architecture, you still need enough RAM. And, you should see if the machines you are considering will allow you to upgrade the RAM configuration in the future. The need for memory will most likely increase in the years to come.

--Ken
 
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