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I have just gotten into amateur photography as a hobby and found that my aging 2.16 C2D MBP is pretty out of date and doesn’t run current software very well. I’ve read that even newer Macs can have trouble running programs like Aperture and LR when processing photos without significant RAM and a really good GPU.
I’m thinking of getting a new iMac and trying to decide between the new lower-end configured i5 27” and the last gen i7 27” model. Anyone know which would provide better performance? Would there be a big performance difference between 1gb graphics RAM on the older model versus 512mb on the new one?
I’ve also heard of other photography/software related problems with the iMacs, such as the screen isn’t supported by Adobe RGB or something like that, and the graphics chip isn’t Adobe-certified. Honestly, I'm not even sure what this is all about. Is there anything to this and should I heavily consider these factors as an amateur processing RAW images?
Which of the available newer and older models would you suggest? If I can get away with really good performance out of an even lower-end model like an older i3, that would be fine too, but I do want a larger display for sure. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I’m thinking of getting a new iMac and trying to decide between the new lower-end configured i5 27” and the last gen i7 27” model. Anyone know which would provide better performance? Would there be a big performance difference between 1gb graphics RAM on the older model versus 512mb on the new one?
I’ve also heard of other photography/software related problems with the iMacs, such as the screen isn’t supported by Adobe RGB or something like that, and the graphics chip isn’t Adobe-certified. Honestly, I'm not even sure what this is all about. Is there anything to this and should I heavily consider these factors as an amateur processing RAW images?
Which of the available newer and older models would you suggest? If I can get away with really good performance out of an even lower-end model like an older i3, that would be fine too, but I do want a larger display for sure. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!