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I've finally seen the light and am about to move from PC to Mac.
I'm finalising a spec for a Mac Pro on the Apple Store, but have a couple of questions... hope they're not silly ones!
1. I want two 24" Apple Cinema displays but am not sure what graphics cards I need to drive them.
On the 'Graphics' options, it says "You can attach multiple Apple flat panels with DVI connectors to your Mac Pro graphics card, one directly to the Dual-Link DVI port the other via a Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately)."
Yet on the 'Displays' options, it says: "Note: Connecting two 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Displays requires an additional NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics card."
So which is right... Do I need One Graphics card or two? If the answer is that I only need one, is there any performance benefit to Photoshop in adding a second card anyway (considering that CS4 now uses GPU's to accelerate performance)?
2. I'm kind of reliant on Microsoft Office. Should I get Office for Mac or is iwork a good alternative? If I opted for iwork then what can I use to replace Outlook (for email client, calendar & contacts)?
TIA folks!
I'm finalising a spec for a Mac Pro on the Apple Store, but have a couple of questions... hope they're not silly ones!
1. I want two 24" Apple Cinema displays but am not sure what graphics cards I need to drive them.
On the 'Graphics' options, it says "You can attach multiple Apple flat panels with DVI connectors to your Mac Pro graphics card, one directly to the Dual-Link DVI port the other via a Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately)."
Yet on the 'Displays' options, it says: "Note: Connecting two 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Displays requires an additional NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics card."
So which is right... Do I need One Graphics card or two? If the answer is that I only need one, is there any performance benefit to Photoshop in adding a second card anyway (considering that CS4 now uses GPU's to accelerate performance)?
2. I'm kind of reliant on Microsoft Office. Should I get Office for Mac or is iwork a good alternative? If I opted for iwork then what can I use to replace Outlook (for email client, calendar & contacts)?
TIA folks!