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I've only recently become a Mac Junkie, so I'm still trying to absorb the technical aspects of the platform.
I am heavy into graphics and photography. I bought a new MacBook Pro last summer and fell in love with how fast and smooth Photoshop ran (than on my PC) and then Aperture really hooked me.
I recently picked up a (2009) Mac Mini. I have it hooked up to dual 27" Cinema Displays..
I wanted to start doing all of my rendering on a desktop rather than my MBP. However the rendering time in Aperture and Photoshop is rather sluggish in comparison to my MBP.
I just bought a used 1,1 Mac Pro (haven't received it yet) and I'm looking to upgrade it accordingly to get good rendering times for Aperture.
Specs are:
Quad Core 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
4 GB (4x1)
500 GB HD (1)
So I guess the best thing to upgrade would be the memory. Would I just get 4 more 1GB DDR2 677mhz FB-DIMM's? Or would I have to buy a full set of 8? Anyone know a good place to pick up memory pretty cheap?
-Tron(budget)ix
I am heavy into graphics and photography. I bought a new MacBook Pro last summer and fell in love with how fast and smooth Photoshop ran (than on my PC) and then Aperture really hooked me.
I recently picked up a (2009) Mac Mini. I have it hooked up to dual 27" Cinema Displays..
I wanted to start doing all of my rendering on a desktop rather than my MBP. However the rendering time in Aperture and Photoshop is rather sluggish in comparison to my MBP.
I just bought a used 1,1 Mac Pro (haven't received it yet) and I'm looking to upgrade it accordingly to get good rendering times for Aperture.
Specs are:
Quad Core 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
4 GB (4x1)
500 GB HD (1)
So I guess the best thing to upgrade would be the memory. Would I just get 4 more 1GB DDR2 677mhz FB-DIMM's? Or would I have to buy a full set of 8? Anyone know a good place to pick up memory pretty cheap?
-Tron(budget)ix