New Mac

[Ron_Casas]

Just purchased a new 24" Mac monitor and computer combo....

What a great picture it puts out, night and day from my old 17" PC!!!

Now I just have to get all of the software.... hmmm...

[misty4105]

Congrats!! I thought about getting a Mac but know NOTHING about them. Beautiful area you live in BTW Been there many times.

[Ron_Casas]

Thanks,

I really don't know much about Macs yet, but it is a good time to make the jump.

it was on sale -$300.00 and no sales tax this weekend!!!

Yeah we moved here about 6 years ago and have not looked back for one second...

lots of pretty places to photograph here for sure...

[Stercus Vultus]

Congrats, Ron. You'll love it.
What model Apple do you have driving that 24" screen?

[Stercus Vultus]

Originally Posted by misty4105

I thought about getting a Mac but know NOTHING about them.

Start here: Apple - Mac

[Ron_Casas]

Originally Posted by Stercus Vultus

Congrats, Ron. You'll love it.
What model Apple do you have driving that 24" screen?

It is the combo 24" monitor with the computer built in, 2.66 GHz processor, 4 GB of ram, 640 GB for the Hard Drive.

[Stercus Vultus]

Originally Posted by Ron_Casas

It is the combo 24" monitor with the computer built in, 2.66 GHz processor, 4 GB of ram, 640 GB for the Hard Drive.

Ah, so it's an all-in-one iMac! Not a separate computer-and-screen combination. Excellent machine! Got one too, and a 17" MacBook Pro, a 20" iMac, and a 17" G4 iMac ("the lamp"). Of those the 24" iMac is the ideal photo editing work station: wickedly fast, gorgeous screen real estate, the OSX UI, and OSX apps.

[Ron_Casas]

Originally Posted by Stercus Vultus

Ah, so it's an all-in-one iMac! Not a separate computer-and-screen combination. Excellent machine! Got one too, and a 17" MacBook Pro, a 20" iMac, and a 17" G4 iMac ("the lamp"). Of those the 24" iMac is the ideal photo editing work station.

Yeah the image quality of this machine is impressive for sure, my jaw has not come off of the floor yet it looks so good.

It will make a good photo look great, a great photo look awesome, and an awesome photo look out of this world!!!

[christianssobrien]

Originally Posted by Stercus Vultus

Ah, so it's an all-in-one iMac! Not a separate computer-and-screen combination. Excellent machine! Got one too, and a 17" MacBook Pro, a 20" iMac, and a 17" G4 iMac ("the lamp"). Of those the 24" iMac is the ideal photo editing work station: wickedly fast, gorgeous screen real estate, the OSX UI, and OSX apps.

Don't you find the glossy screen difficult to deal with when you start working within the blacks and isn't it a little too contrasty?... I am just wondering as I have only worked with the matt screens.

[Ron_Casas]

Originally Posted by christianssobrien

Don't you find the glossy screen difficult to deal with when you start working within the blacks and isn't it a little too contrasty?... I am just wondering as I have only worked with the matt screens.

It is a little too early to tell, as I have only had it for about 30 hrs... lol

I have not gotten photoshop for it yet I will have to call them on Monday to see what kind of deal I can get, I hear making the switch from PC to Mac they will let you pay just the upgrade price for it, and not have to pay the full price for the program.

I have worked on one photograph in Photomatix and it looked just great, there were not many blacks in the photograph though...

Time will tell, so far I like what I see..

[Stercus Vultus]

Originally Posted by christianssobrien

Don't you find the glossy screen difficult to deal with when you start working within the blacks and isn't it a little too contrasty?...

I greatly prefer it over matt screens (my previous MBP and 17" G4 iMac had/have that).

[gryphonslair99]

Originally Posted by christianssobrien

Don't you find the glossy screen difficult to deal with when you start working within the blacks and isn't it a little too contrasty?... I am just wondering as I have only worked with the matt screens.

What environment are you working in? When I post process I work in a darkened room with no lights to my back to cause any glare issues.

[christianssobrien]

Originally Posted by gryphonslair99

What environment are you working in? When I post process I work in a darkened room with no lights to my back to cause any glare issues.

I work in low light... but the glossy screens are designed to create a more vivid set of colours and a higher contrast. The glare really isn't an issue here. But as I mentioned, I have only worked on Matt screens. I have a MBP at home and MacPro at work. I was just looking for other peoples opinions who may have worked in both!

[Stercus Vultus]

Originally Posted by christianssobrien

I work in low light... but the glossy screens are designed to create a more vivid set of colours and a higher contrast. The glare really isn't an issue here. But as I mentioned, I have only worked on Matt screens. I have a MBP at home and MacPro at work. I was just looking for other peoples opinions who may have worked in both!

I have/had iMacs with matt and glossy screens. I easily prefer the glossy screens.
I have/had MacBook Pros with matt and glossy screens. I easily prefer the glossy screens.
Compared to matt screens, however precise/exact their color and contrast rendition may be, glossy screens are a treat for my eyes. A joy to work with.

[gpw]

You did the right thing, also made the change a week ago and got myself the Mac Book Pro 15.
Its awesome, no issues and I cant get enough of it. Great machine- just love it. Just a few days and you get to know everything.

[Ron_Casas]

Any one know if it is true about Photoshop not charging full price on the switch and just charging the upgrade price?

[gryphonslair99]

Originally Posted by Ron_Casas

Any one know if it is true about Photoshop not charging full price on the switch and just charging the upgrade price?

If you have a LEGAL version (yes they check) of PhotoShop for Windoze you will need to write Adobe Tech Support, explain the change of Operation Systems and provide the key code for you version of PhotoShop. You will then be able to purchase PhotoShop upgrade version that will work for your new Mac.

Personally, I havn't bothered to do so yet, since CS4 is a 32 bit version. I'm waiting for CS5 and the 64 bit version that they should have done with CS4.

[gpatch]

Ron
What was the total price for the 24" combo unit? I might get a desktop for the house.
I just bought a 13" Macbook last month and even though I had a week learning curve, love it.

The bad thing is, I havn't been able to use my camera as much as I wanted to in about 3 weeks.
I spent a week learning the Mac, then decided to buy Lightroom 2 and Phostshop CS4.

Even though I can import photos, etc in LR2, I wanted to really understand it before I started putting thousands of photos in it. So far its great.

Wish I had did this years ago.

GPatch

PS I lived in Hilton Head for a year. It was great !!

[Ron_Casas]

Originally Posted by gpatch

Ron
What was the total price for the 24" combo unit? I might get a desktop for the house.
I just bought a 13" Macbook last month and even though I had a week learning curve, love it.

The bad thing is, I havn't been able to use my camera as much as I wanted to in about 3 weeks.
I spent a week learning the Mac, then decided to buy Lightroom 2 and Phostshop CS4.

Even though I can import photos, etc in LR2, I wanted to really understand it before I started putting thousands of photos in it. So far its great.

Wish I had did this years ago.

GPatch

PS I lived in Hilton Head for a year. It was great !!

I picked it up at Best Buy and it was right around $1800 with the 3 year extended warranty...

[hexi]

I have also an 24´Mac since 2 Weeks after 10 years Windows
and I am very happy.

Greetings
hexi