Chad wrote:
Does anyone know of the best mac to buy (no money issues) and all of the components within to make AC9 and other software the fastest it can be
No money issues?? Can I come work for you?In all seriousness, you get what you pay for. If money is really not an object, go for the biggest and fastest--dual 2.5GHz G5. Add as much ram as possible--in your case max out to 8 GB. Then add a NVIDEA GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL to run your two 30" cinema HDs. Add (IMHO) a Kensington Expert Mouse Pro (which is actually, despite the name, a trackball)--shoot! I just drooled into my keyboard.
...I suppose you could get by with just one 30" cinema HD if you wanted to go "cheap"
Dwight wrote:
Wait.
Don't go overboard!
ArchiCAD can still only address 2Gb of RAM.
Sure, but who only has one app open at a time? I was being rather flippant with my answer, but Dwight's point is well-taken. You really do have to analyze your use and determine just what you need.
Dwight wrote:
The 30" cinema display is the most any normally sighted person can look at - it fills the visual field. Anybody who owns two of them will have Carpal Tunnel Neck - you know it: the bouncing head doggies in back windows of Hong Kong girlie cars.
You just don't want anyone to have more pixels than you!
Dwight wrote:
I have 3.5 Gb - still the cheapest overall solution working with what they give you plus 512mg chips in the other slots - and with Photoshop running hot it still does not run out.
We need more and more ram as apps get more complex. I keep in mind how long I expect to keep my CPU. The optimal situation would be adding ram during its life and using the last slots just before retiring the machine. If you think you'll have the machine long enough to need more than 3.5Gb, then I'd go with 1Gb chips as you need them. If not, then buying the 512Gb chips is more financially responsible.
I'm not sure how intense your demands are on your machines, but it probably isn't higher than Dwight's.
With all of this "open" I"m down to 800Mg available, so I'd be closing one or more major applications to render in any of them.... but who needs to have Photoshop, ArchiCAD, Cinema and Artlantis open at the same time?
Sort of like my Greek friend Christo Pandeledes who claims to have "three women at the same time." Maybe you can work with two applications at once, but that third one waits forever.
And that 30" display. I was going for the two of them, but I made up a cardboard mockup and decided it was too big. Start with one and see.
Another option is the two 23-inchers..... if you have to have a seam, why go whole hawg?
Sort of like my Greek friend Christo Pandeledes who claims to have "three women at the same time." Maybe you can work with two applications at once, but that third one waits forever.
And that 30" display. I was going for the two of them, but I made up a cardboard mockup and decided it was too big. Start with one and see.
Another option is the two 23-inchers..... if you have to have a seam, why go whole hawg?
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