Best Mac Configuration For Photographers

IMac 5k for Photographers (In-Depth Review). After all, it's the best photo editing screen I've ever seen, and at the same time I think most photographers will only find a marginal difference between this screen and the previous generation iMac. My configuration cost $3,785.26 and I put in $300 of RAM, bringing the total cost to $4,085.

I'm switching from a Windows PC back to my, mid 1980s Apple IIC, beginning. I want to get a new iMac 27' for photo editing. I have a LR catalog with 80K images, roughly 1.5 GB in size not including previews. I tend to keep my computers for as long as possible before replacing. I've heard that the priority order for upgrades is the following (for my purposes): 1) ram 2) hard drives 3) processor 4) video card.

Office for mac publisher. Do you agree? Why or why not?

What would be best for me? RAM - should I buy it all from Apple or add more myself? How much is enough? I believe that I want to get the largest SSD and will still have to store most of my images on an external drive.

Is there a reason to go with the 512 instead, besides to save money? Which processor is best for LR and light Photoshop use? Will planned Adobe speed improvements lead me to a better choice? Which video card is best for LR and light Photoshop use?

Will planned Adobe speed improvements lead me to a better choice? Currently, I do not edit video. Thank you for helping me make a better educated choice for my new iMac. Save money and add RAM yourself and take that money and put it towards another upgrade.

2.Hard drive is the toughest decision. Coming from the same boat as you editing photographs. I opted for the 1TB SSD because I didn't want to sacrifice the user experience of a very fast computer. If you can sacrifice the overall speed for your computer then get the 3TB fusion drive.

It won't be slow but it won't be the fastest option either. But will give you that storage you need as a photographer. If you're only doing LR work then get the i5, but if you will do intensive photoshop work then go for the i7. That doesn't mean that the i5 will be a bad option if you're still unsure. It will still get the work that you need to get done.

4.If you don't edit video then stick with the M390. Good luck on your decision! I'm looking at upgrading my 2009 iMac (top spec) to the new 5K. My main power use will be LR editing of Canon and Sony RAW files. A7RII files and 1DX and 7D2 files. I rarely use PS but will occasionally for more advance cloning and adding canvas.

My thoughts so far are to go base RAM and use OWC to upgrade.way more economical.I'll probably go to 24MB through them that will be much less than getting 16GB through Apple. I'm going to go max processor (i7 at 4GHz) but probably don't need to do this as the base one is pretty good I think. Graphics I will go with the max 4GB as LR and PS should use more and more graphics card capabilities as time goes on.