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Mac Mini and intensive PhotoShop usage
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 885883" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Yes. There are pros & cons to your question.</p><p></p><p>Although any Intel based Macintosh would probably be a decent upgrade from a G4 (depending on what sort of graphics card you have in your G4)...the Mac Mini is still on the bottom end of performance in the current Macintosh lineup.</p><p></p><p>Not to say that it's a "slow-poke"...just bottom end. </p><p> </p><p>You also have to make sure that the software you're using is optimized for Intel processors, otherwise you may not see much of a speed increase...and possibly no speed increase. </p><p></p><p>Older software is optimized for PowerPC processors...like you find in G3's, G4's, and G5's.</p><p></p><p>Also...if you upgraded the hard drive in your G4 to a faster model...the hard drive on a Mac Mini may be slower. If you're working with big graphics files...slow hard drive read, write, and throughput speeds will drive you nuts!</p><p></p><p>If you're heavily into Photoshop & other Adobe products (I'm assuming CS3 or CS4)...and working with graphics up to billboard size...most folks doing this wouldn't get a mini.</p><p></p><p>But...with all of the above said...the newest Mac Mini's are no slow pokes...and since you're upgrading from a G4 (you didn't mention the processor speed)...you should see some improvement.</p><p></p><p>But a Mac-mini is no Mac Pro...so don't expect Mac Pro like speeds.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps,</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 885883, member: 56379"] Yes. There are pros & cons to your question. Although any Intel based Macintosh would probably be a decent upgrade from a G4 (depending on what sort of graphics card you have in your G4)...the Mac Mini is still on the bottom end of performance in the current Macintosh lineup. Not to say that it's a "slow-poke"...just bottom end. You also have to make sure that the software you're using is optimized for Intel processors, otherwise you may not see much of a speed increase...and possibly no speed increase. Older software is optimized for PowerPC processors...like you find in G3's, G4's, and G5's. Also...if you upgraded the hard drive in your G4 to a faster model...the hard drive on a Mac Mini may be slower. If you're working with big graphics files...slow hard drive read, write, and throughput speeds will drive you nuts! If you're heavily into Photoshop & other Adobe products (I'm assuming CS3 or CS4)...and working with graphics up to billboard size...most folks doing this wouldn't get a mini. But...with all of the above said...the newest Mac Mini's are no slow pokes...and since you're upgrading from a G4 (you didn't mention the processor speed)...you should see some improvement. But a Mac-mini is no Mac Pro...so don't expect Mac Pro like speeds. I hope this helps, - Nick [/QUOTE]
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