G5 anecdote

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liquidrliquidr
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I go to a very well resourced photo school. As many know a good part of the photo industry has had a great love affair with Macs, hence our program is almost all Mac, the only PCs there are used as stereos.



We just hosted a photo educators workshop where an apple reseller was present with a G5 and a top of the line Dell. The demo setup was a PhotoShop test using multiple filters, both computers were set on a macro program handling the execution of the set to begin at the exact same time. By the time the Dell had opened the file the G5 had already opened the file, applied the filter set, and saved the file.

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  • Reply 1 of 14
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    Do the Macs at your school have iTunes? You could eliminate the rest of those PCs.
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  • Reply 2 of 14
    liquidrliquidr Posts: 884member
    Nope, No iTunes, if it's not work related it is deleted by server administrators.
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  • Reply 3 of 14
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by LiquidR

    Nope, No iTunes, if it's not work related it is deleted by server administrators.



    Shouldn't they 'delete' the PCs then?
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  • Reply 4 of 14
    lemon bon bonlemon bon bon Posts: 2,383member
    Quote:

    Shouldn't they 'delete' the PCs then?







    Lemon Bon Bon 8)
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  • Reply 5 of 14
    coolmaccoolmac Posts: 259member
    Which G5 was it?

    the dual 2gig or one of the others?
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  • Reply 6 of 14
    junkyard dawgjunkyard dawg Posts: 2,801member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by LiquidR

    Nope, No iTunes, if it's not work related it is deleted by server administrators.



    Odd. Where I come from, music is considered an integral part to getting work done.



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  • Reply 7 of 14
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Yes, the porn industry...boom-chacka-wacka-wacka-beyowng-chaka-wacka...
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  • Reply 8 of 14
    gilschgilsch Posts: 1,995member
    No offense, but can you be more specific about the specs of BOTH machines? I want to believe, I really do....
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  • Reply 9 of 14
    liquidrliquidr Posts: 884member
    Sorry, I must've slipped in after the specs were given. I wasn't supposed to be in there. It was for educators only. I was shooed out shortly after.
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  • Reply 10 of 14
    junkyard dawgjunkyard dawg Posts: 2,801member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pscates

    Yes, the porn industry...boom-chacka-wacka-wacka-beyowng-chaka-wacka...



    Yeah there's nothing better than working on a photo spread with a beautiful model servicing me to the rhythm of iTunes.



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  • Reply 11 of 14
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    aaannnnnddd nice one
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  • Reply 12 of 14
    johnsonwaxjohnsonwax Posts: 462member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg

    Yeah there's nothing better than working on a photo spread with a beautiful model servicing me to the rhythm of iTunes.



    I didn't know you were a beautiful model.
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  • Reply 13 of 14
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Doesn't "opening a file" come down to loading it from the HD into the RAM? Maybe they fitted the dell with a 4200 rpm drive, and the G5 with a 10.000 rpm one. Or then again, maybe the G5's really ARE better.
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  • Reply 14 of 14
    musicaltonemusicaltone Posts: 189member
    A Dell / G5 comparison 'opening photoshop' would be good!
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