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Show me yours and I'll show you mineJust a simple 2 part question really, your editing computer, what year is it from and what platform is it?
Thanks
iMac late 2015
Show me yours and I'll show you mineJust a simple 2 part question really, your editing computer, what year is it from and what platform is it?
Thanks
Home built i7-2600k based box that I assembled New Year 2011, so eight and a half years. Since building it I've allowed Windows 7 to convert to 10 (pro) and doubled the RAM to 16GB. Nice 15K rpm mechanical boot disk helps keep things sprightly.
No slowdowns, no re-installs, no "cleaners" used, no defragmenting, it just keeps going. I did upgrade the original GPU I built it with to allow it to drive three screens including one in 4k.
I'm about to replace it with another homebrew machine based on an 8700k, for no other reason than "I can", which should last me at least another eight years.
2016 15" MacBook Pro
I think there are some additional points why a computer is as old as it is. Generally I don’t think people upgrade them as much as cameras. If it’s working it’s working. If you’re interested in computers you are more likely to upgrade or play around with them.I don't want that, just want some facts on how old is your machine really.
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It's not a Mac then!5 years old, but just about to swap the mobo, cpu and ram.
It's not a Mac then!
Bit OTT for lightroom or photoshop or do you use video software ?Prefer workstations to "ordinary" PC because you get so much more bangs for your buck!
My editing workstation is an HP Z800 with twin Xeons which gives me 12 cores and 24 threads!
Kicks the crap out of all i7 4 and 6 cores.
Twin Xeons 5690s
96 GB RAM!
250GB Samsung 970 NVME M.2 running at 1.8 / 1.5GB/Sec GB/Sec
1TB Samsung 970 NVME M.2 running at 1.8 / 1.5GB/Sec GB/Sec
3x500GB Samsung 960 EVOs in a RAID 0 configuration giving a 1.5GB disc running at 750MB/Sec.
2TB HDDD for data.
I once suggested in a product analysis that the programmers and testers should be given 5 year old computers for the project. My opinion this would ensure that the widest possible customer base would therefor be able to use the product didn't meet with the approval of the development team...some folks have more GAS with computers than with cameras
No, it's just for Minesweeper.Bit OTT for lightroom or photoshop or do you use video software ?
I think there are some additional points why a computer is as old as it is. Generally I don’t think people upgrade them as much as cameras. If it’s working it’s working. If you’re interested in computers you are more likely to upgrade or play around with them.
Could you add voting to the thread ie age range and pc or Mac? The thread may then be able to give you some results.
I don't bother with PS or LR, I use older editing programs which I've had for years and Topaz AI Gigapixel and Neat Image and EasyHDR3 and various other programs.Bit OTT for lightroom or photoshop or do you use video software ?
It plays Sudoku perfectly!No, it's just for Minesweeper.
I once suggested in a product analysis that the programmers and testers should be given 5 year old computers for the project. My opinion this would ensure that the widest possible customer base would therefor be able to use the product didn't meet with the approval of the development team...
My dev machine at home is a Z800 with twin Xeons and 96GB RAM (bought s/h on TP in fact), only 8 cores / 16 threads though. I don't edit on it though, so didn't mention it. It's a splendid thing and will probably outlast me .Prefer workstations to "ordinary" PC because you get so much more bangs for your buck!
My editing workstation is an HP Z800 with twin Xeons which gives me 12 cores and 24 threads!
Well: I've only been programming since 1978. Perhaps I'll learn why it's a bad idea to develop on the same kit the average user has real soon now.so I imagine you got educated on why that was a bad idea pretty quickly.
That’s when I started in IT. I had the sense to retire from it 15 years ago.Well: I've only been programming since 1978. Perhaps I'll learn why it's a bad idea to develop on the same kit the average user has real soon now.
You lucky devil. I only escaped about 5 years ago.I had the sense to retire from it 15 years ago.
Prefer workstations to "ordinary" PC because you get so much more bangs for your buck!
My editing workstation is an HP Z800 with twin Xeons which gives me 12 cores and 24 threads!
Kicks the crap out of all i7 4 and 6 cores.
Twin Xeons 5690s
96 GB RAM!
250GB Samsung 970 NVME M.2 running at 1.8 / 1.5GB/Sec GB/Sec
1TB Samsung 970 NVME M.2 running at 1.8 / 1.5GB/Sec GB/Sec
3x500GB Samsung 960 EVOs in a RAID 0 configuration giving a 1.5GB disc running at 750MB/Sec.
2TB HDDD for data.
Forgive my ignorance - what is the difference between a workstation and PC - other than power?
workstations tend to have a graphics card that is designed for things like 3d rendering/design applications instead of a gaming card, the operating system also usually includes a lot less preloaded garbage software than an off the shelf pc too. Also tend to find slightly better/faster ram and a cpu which again compliments the purpose of the machine rather than gaming (so xeon instead of an i5 etc). As time has gone on the differences are more marginal now than they used to be and it mostly boils down to the graphics card.
I don't bother with PS or LR, I use older editing programs which I've had for years and Topaz AI Gigapixel and Neat Image and EasyHDR3 and various other programs.
Apart from AI Gigapixel all my photographic editing is done inside a VM.
In fact virtually all my programs are run in VMs because they can be transported onto any machine without any problems and still work exactly the same.
In fact Talk Photography is inside a VM running Windows 7 on Linux on a Z600 workstation which I'm presently using for surfing.
And I can use 24+ VNs running all at once to transcribe DVDs etc.
They are created using XP which I gutted years ago using NLite to enable me to get 1GB VMs running XP.
And I also have an Nvidia 1050Ti 4GB video card.
I don't play online games but it would probably cope with slower games.
One problem with the Z800 and Z600 series (or at least all the ones I have used) is that the fans don't ramp up when the CPUs get hot, so I use CoreTemp set at 75C to shut the workstation down if either cpu reaches that temp.
And I have also installed SpeedFan - that is coupled each individual core and set to turn the fans on when a core reaches 60C.
And of course when running 24+VMs I can also cap them so the CPUs assigned to them don't go to 100%.
And if necessary I can also go into the Contol Panel and turn down the actual speed of the CPUs and so reduce the temperature.
And 96GB RAM means I can create a 64GB Ramdrive (or any other size) if I want and still have a shedload of RAM available for other programs.
?Sounds like a total faff though lol