Re: [artshow_photo] New Mac Computer

Hi Sarah:

The best bang for your buck is a Mac Mini. They are surprisingly fast and quite affordable (as far as Macs go). I would check out the options on apple.com:

If you configure one, I would recommend these options:

2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive

Cost will be just over $1000.

If there is one with the options above on the refurbished section (not the Snow Leopard Server), I recommend those as well since you can save about 20-30%:

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac

If you want a laptop that you can plug into a larger screen, almost any of the latest i5 or i7 MacBook Pros will do a great job. There are a number of them on the refurbished site. I highly recommend one with an anti-glare screen.

In all cases, you will want at least 4GB of RAM. That is critical.

There are many monitor calibration software options from ColorVision and X-Rite. The least expensive high quality option is the Spyder 3 Express. Below is a good review:

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/reviews/profiling/spyder3express_1.html

Hope that helps.

All the best!
Andrew

Andrew Darlow
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On Nov 29, 2010, at 9:10 AM, mercurius_1 wrote:

> I think I'm finally going to jettison my PC and move over to a Mac. But I'm clueless about the best configuration and need your advice.
>
> I will need to run Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, as well as monitor calibration software (recommendations on this are welcome as well because I'm currently using an outdated product that only works on my PC). Also MS Office suite and maybe a video editing software. What do you recommend? I don't want to spend this much money and then discover that I didn't get enough horsepower, etc.
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah
> www.sarahpollock.com
>
>

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