A high end iMac or the upcoming Mac pro is a much better choice.Thanks for the response Arash. Mac minin is overall low end and rather weak system with cheap/slow components, it is not really spec'ed to handle D800 RAW files and serious image processing. it's made for laptops/mobile devices with small screens. The Intel HD integrated graphics is very poor, it gets miserably slow if you drive a big monitor. But the cheap ones may not drive 30" monitors, you should get something with at least 1-2GB dedicated Video RAM and a separate GPU. It matters for video editing and 3D applications. You don't need a super high end Video card since it doesn't make much of a difference 2D stuff like LR/PS etc. Yes the i7 CPU makes a big difference when working with large files. If I'm only going to see marginal gains from the mac mini over my current set-up, I'd rather save my money and keep saving to get a 27" iMac.
My questions are:ġ) Will the 2.3 GHz quad-core (i7) give me a large performance boost over the 2.5 GHz dual-core (i5)? The price difference is $200 ($599 vs $799).Ģ) Should I be worried about the Intel 4000 HD graphics card? Is that "enough" to handle D800 files and LR/CS smoothly?ģ) In a more broad sense, what will give me more bang for my buck? The graphics card? The processor?
#Photo editing montor for mac pro 2.26 upgrade
I can upgrade the hard drive to a SSD and max out the ram to 16 GB - no problem. I'm looking at buying a mac mini, but wanted to know what specs to watch out for. I'm shooting with a Nikon D800 and processing files is painfully slow. I'm looking to upgrade my four year old Macbook pro for something a little better to edit with.
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