I need help

[Tim]

Yeah the iMac is still your best bet. Not only is it great for handling photos, but its an overall great machine that will last you a while. If you get the 2.66GHz 24 inch one, you get a huge HD, 4 gigs of ram, a huge screen. its only 1500. Then PS CS4 which is 700 on apple's site. then an extra HD, probably external, would run you about 125 for 1TB. Thats about 2500 dollars and a pretty sweet setup.

[Joel Bookhammer]

Hey Tim do you have one? If so how easy is it to calibrate the screen to a print? Thanks for all the help.


Thanks


Joel

[Tim]

Hey Tim do you have one? If so how easy is it to calibrate the screen to a print? Thanks for all the help.


Thanks


Joel

I don't have one, I have a macbook, but thats because I'm a student and laptop makes more sense right now. I plan on getting an iMac as my next system though. I have never calibrated my monitor, but the sRGB and adobe RGB seem to be accurate enough for me not to notice any difference.

[IAMB]

Tim, since you already have the laptop, it might make more sense to just buy the desktop accessories to go with it rather than a new iMac... the 20" cinema screen is a fantastic display.





Joel, the Mac monitors are incredibly easy to calibrate for printing. Very user-friendly.

[Tim]

The problem with that is that the macbook graphics card is poor. Besides, by the time I buy an iMac my macbook will be about 4-5 years old.

[40Doodle]

One othert thought Joel with regard to your budget. I don't know how much you own and how much you need to buy for this project, but as a NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) member, you can glean enough discounts on stuff to more than pay for the $99 membership fee and have money left over in your pocket.


For example NAPP members (through May 31st) get 20% off products from the Adobe store (like Photoshop, Lightroom, etc). There are lots of companies that participate with NAPP to provide discounts to their members on Hardware, Software, Training, etc. MacMall for example has NAPP member prices on MAC products. I joined NAPP last year when I wanted to upgrade to CS4 and have more than paid for my membership with their member discounts on things. The magazine is very well done with lots of learning help and their website has tons of tutorials that also very well done (free for members).


Just some food for thought and here's NAPP's website:


NAPP





Rick