I’ve finally jumped the ship. Last Friday I’ve finally ordered a brand spanking new iMac. Top of the line 24″ aluminium model with 3.06GHz Intel core duo processor, 4Gb RAM, 1Tb HDD, 512Mb nVidia graphic card. On top of that I got myself 1Tb Time Capsule. Got it through Apple Shop on Black Friday. Now for the disappointing bit – it will arrive some time mid-December. I know it is not that far off in the future, but you know how it is when you wait for a new toy. The time just drags on and on.
iMac
On the other hand this gives me two weeks to plan the migration from Windows, get Mac version of the software I use on almost daily basis (Photoshop, Lightroom), some new software for calibrating the display and clean my desk.
What would be interesting is crossgrading from Windows Adobe CS2 to Mac OS X CS4. I am going to call Adobe here in Switzerland and see how much the crossgrade will cost me. And then, once my iMac is delivered, the journey will begin. I’ve already identified few places in my photographic workflow where I’ll be forced to make some changes. I use Downloader Pro to transfer my images from camera to HDD. I know there are some other programs that do just that but I have failed to identify a program that creates XMP files and Geo-codes the images at the same time. Downloader Pro does it in one go. Lightroom should not be a problem as it should work just the same as under Windows. Lightroom export plugins for Flickr and Zenfolio should work as well.
Hardware calibration might be problematic as apparently the brightness of iMac screen cannot be turned down enough. And I do not want to use shades as it introduces some color cast. There is some software that works with i1 Display2 puck and addresses this issue. I’ll have to look into this.
Anyway, it looks like interesting and busy X-mas for me.
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Without wax,
yOOrek
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Comments ( 7 )
finally!! Now your digital life will be less painful
regards,
mazePS: comment written on a 3.06Ghz /4GB iMac
maze added these pithy words on
Dec 01 08 at
07:56
It is on its way -
04 Dec 2008 16:46:00 Eindhoven
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04 Dec 2008 11:15:59 Eindhoven
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yOOrek added these pithy words on
Dec 04 08 at
18:13
Ive been reading your blog for quite a while. You have a very nice blog. Please post more often. Keep it up. – Business Entrepreneur
Business Entrepreneur added these pithy words on
Dec 05 08 at
08:09
See my latest post. Looks like today is the day. Also check my newest blog about life on the other side http://www.yoorek.com/imac/
yOOrek added these pithy words on
Dec 05 08 at
14:26
